Config Change, base line -question

Submitted by philzs on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 13:47

Hi guys,

I have two sentense that I don't really get,

maybe you can help me to understand it

1

Configuration control is focused on the specification of both the deliverables and the processes; while change control is focused on identifying, documenting, and approving or rejecting changes to the project documents, deliverables, or baselines.

I am not sure to understand the difference

2
"In configuration management, baselines are used to control change."

In that sentense, what is the link between configuration management and Baseline ?

thanks guys !!!

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Thu, 01/22/2015 - 06:50

Think about configuration from hardware perspective. For your desktop the configuration is

  • 1GB RAM
  • 100 GB Hard Disk 
  • Nvidia card
  • Sound card
  • 17 inch monitor.

Now since you are using this desktop its baselined configuration.

 

Suppose you buy 19 inch monitor. Then your baseline will change to 

  • 1GB RAM
  • 100 GB Hard Disk 
  • Nvidia card
  • Sound card
  • 19 inch monitor.

If you dont update the baseline then others will not know of this change. 

So we use baselines to control the configuration changes.

philzs

Sun, 01/25/2015 - 18:30

thanks