Introduction to Configuration Management

Presenter: Dr Mike Ryan

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Duration: 2 Days | Price: $1,980

 

Course Aim

The Introduction to Configuration Management course provides attendees with an understanding of the discipline of configuration management including the associated standards, functions, processes and practices. The course addresses why configurations are important and how they are identified and managed across the system life cycle. Every individual involved in defining, managing, acquiring, operating or supporting a system throughout its life has a role play in some aspect of configuration management.  The course places configuration management in the context of the other related disciplines involved in the delivery of technical projects and the system life cycle, particularly in the context of capability management, systems engineering, and Defence project and product management. An explanation is provided of the five major capability management functions outlined in EIA-649C, supported by examples and short exercises. Finally, the role of configuration management is outlined in each life-cycle phase. The course is ideally suited to those relatively new to program, project and product management, particularly attendees from Defence, other government agencies, and defence industry. 


Course Outline

CM Context

What is a system? | System life cycle | Systems engineering context | Role of CM across the system life cycle

Introduction to CM

Definitions | CM responsibilities | CM baselines | Benefits of CM | Examples of the benefits of CM | Exercises

Five Major CM Functions (EIA-649-C)

CM Planning and Management | Configuration Identification | Configuration Change Management | Configuration Status Accounting | Configuration Verification & Audit | Exercises

CM by Life Cycle Phase

CM during Conceptual Design | CM during Preliminary Design and Detailed Design and Development | CM during Construction & Production | CM during Utilization | CM during Retirement/Disposal | Exercises

Course Material

The following resources will be provided to attendees of this course:

  1. A PDF copy of the PowerPoint presentations used for the course.

  2. Solutions to the exercises undertaken throughout the course.