Configuration Status Reporting

Definition

Configuration status reporting

the configuration management task of recording and reporting the status of configuration items and baselines

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Configuration Status Reporting is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Abstract
• Superclass: Configuration Management Task
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of Configuration Status Reporting are to:

• Determine the status of proposed changes, deviations, and waivers to a baseline.
• Determine the status of proposed changes, deviations, and waivers to a individual configuration items.

Preconditions

Configuration status reporting typically can begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The configuration management team is staffed.
• The configuration management members are adequately trained in configuration status reporting.

Completion Criteria

Configuration status reporting is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• All configuration items are retired.

Steps

Configuration status reporting typically involves the configuration management team performing the following steps in an iterative, incremental, and parallel manner:

• TBD

Techniques

Configuration status reporting typically can be performed using the following techniques:

• Determine when configuration statuses shall be reported.
• Determine who shall report configuration status.
• Determine to whom configuration status shall be reported.
• Determine the steps, techniques, and tools for performing configuration status reporting.

Work Products

Configuration status reporting typically results in the production of the following work products:

• Change Request Form

Guidelines

• TBD