BASELINE CONTROL
As products continue to be sold, they often continue to evolve through the addition of new features, bug fixes, and cost reduction changes. When a newer, less expensive component or a component changed for some other reason replaces an original, the result is that multiple versions of the product enter production or make it to the market. Consequently, it becomes necessary to track multiple versions of the product. The configuration of each of the released versions can affect pricing and maintenance. An as-built baseline needs to be established for each released product. In addition, change control of product baselines is a necessity when there are multiple versions of a product released. Tracking both hardware and software product ...
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