What Is Configuration Management?

Configuration management (CM) is a series of measures to control and standardize software products and their development process and life cycle through technical or administrative means. The goal of configuration management is to record the evolution of software products and ensure that software developers can get accurate product configurations at all stages of the software life cycle.

Configuration management

(Control of software products through technology)

The configuration management process is a management process for software products in the process of continuous evolution and improvement. Consistency and traceability make the product meet the needs of users to a great extent. It implements software products by controlling, recording, and tracking changes to the software and the software components generated by each modification.

To implement a configuration management system, the general steps and issues to consider are as follows:

1. Plan and adjust the network

Around the world of configuration management, some

Specifically, configuration management includes the following:

• Identification: identify the structure of the product,

  The implementation of configuration management includes two parts: tools and specifications.

  In software development

  The most important element in cloud security measures is configuration management.

  In a SaaS environment, configuration management is handled entirely by the cloud vendor. If possible, the client can pass the Assurance Business Standards Announcement (SSAE) No. 16, Service Organization Control (

  Configuration management itself is continuously enriched and developed both from theory and practice. For example, the application of configuration management to the management of the "knowledge base" has created a new field of "content management". The status reports and data statistics provided by configuration management also provide a basis for software measurement decisions. Configuration management provides various perspectives for project management to monitor project progress, and provides a guarantee for project managers to accurately grasp the progress of the project. Configuration management also provides a collaborative platform for developers, on which everyone can communicate and collaborate more efficiently. It can be said that configuration management is the cornerstone of software development!

  Configuration management has gained great recognition in China in recent years. It is no exaggeration to say that without configuration management, there is no software development, no software quality, and no development of the software industry. With the expansion of the software industry, the implementation of configuration management is not a matter of whether it is necessary or not, but of when and how. ^[2]