The 16-hour Configuration Management Foundations course is part of the CM Principles and Implementation Certification series. This course provides a high level overview of the role of configuration management as it relates to assuring conformance in regards to products and processes. It also discusses the history of CM, the logic behind CM, the various elements of CM (planning, identification, change management, status accounting, verification and audit). It also reviews various government and industry approaches to CM as well as various perceptions associated with CM.

CLASS SCHEDULE & OUTLINE

• Introduction
• Configuration Management Overview
• Who Needs Configuration Management
• Configuration Management History and Requirements
• Workshop #1
• Configuration Management and Quality
• Elements of Configuration Management
• Terminology Issues
• Workshop #2
• Life Cycle Concepts
• Document, Data, and Management
• Configuration Management and Information Quality
• Workshop #3
• What Does Configuration Management Cost?
• Configuration Management is Misunderstood
• So You Don't Want CM?
• Workshop #4