Configuration Management for Senior Managers

Policies and Critical Practices

Policies

If best-in-class processes are to be attained, every company/division should have one executive committed to be the CM champion. 2

The product design must be documented and controlled effectively and efficiently for profitable, sustainable, production, service, and sale of our products. 5

CM must be chartered, manned, and expected to be both communicator and the conveyor of new design documents and changes to the right people at the right time. 7

One CM office shall serve all the projects in one logical business unit. 10

One CM “organization,” usually in Engineering, needs to be established—part of a person in a start-up, a person as you grow, and several people when successful. 11

When your operations ...