So You Don’t Want CM?
16th Annual ACDM Technical &
Training Conference
Presented by Steven Easterbrook, CMPIC LLC
This is CM
Pl
Id
Ch
Change
CM Planning Identification Management
101
102
103
St
Va
Status
Accounting
Verification &
Audit
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Periodic Table of CM Elements
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Who Stands Behind
CM?
ANSI/EIA-649A
CM Planning &
Management
Configuration
Identification
Change
Management
Configuration Status
Accounting
Verification and
Audit
ITIL
Planning
Identification and
Naming
Control
Status Accounting
Verification and
Audit
MIL-STD-973
Retired
CM Plans
Configuration
Identification
Configuration
Control
Configuration Status
Accounting
Configuration
Auditing
ISO 10007
CM Planning
Through CM Plan
Configuration
Identification
Configuration
Control
Configuration Status
Accounting
Configuration
Auditing
CMMi
Organizational policy Configuration
for ...the CM process Identification
Configuration
Control
Configuration Status
Accounting
Configuration
Audits
FHA CM
CM Planning
Identification
Change Control
Status Accounting
Configuration
Audits
MIL-HDBK-61A
Management &
Planning
Configuration
Identification
Configuration
Control
Configuration Status
Accounting
Verification and
Audit
NASA-STD- 5
Planning
Identification
Change
Management
Status Accounting
Verification and
Audit
FAA 1800.66
CM Planning &
Management
Identification
Change
Management
Status Accounting
Verification and
Audit
GAO-09-232
FISCAM
CM Plans
Configuration
Identification
Configuration
Control
Configuration Status
Accounting
Verification and
Audit
Configuration
Identification
Configuration
Change
Management
Status Accounting &
Metrics
Verification and
Audit
PMI- Project CM
CM Planning
Standard
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No CM = Information Not Identified,
Created, Released
Specs
Data
Requirements
Drawings
Test Plans
Build
Information
Material
Specs
Etc.
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No CM = No Identifiers
Other
Identifiers
Numbering
Part/
Doc/Code
Naming
Drawing
Numbers
Spec
Numbers
Serial
Numbers
Part
Numbers
Lot
Numbers
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No CM = No Change Control
No Accountability
Screen, Initiate CR,
Solution, Impact
Proposed Solution &
Technical, Safety,
Security, Schedule,
Cost Analysis
Dispositi on
Implementation
Implementation Plan, Action Items,
Change Documents, Data,
Change Product, Facility, etc.
Approve
Disapprove
Change Action Item Tracking
Change Request Tracking
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So is This What You Really
Want?
• No identifiers- nothing is numbered, named or identified?
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No structure, no baselines- what goes into what and what
documents are related to what parts is unknown. What the
current configuration is, is unknown.
Requirements and documentation whose integrity is
questionable? Whose existence is questionable.
No change control. Unauthorized, unknown changes. No
traceability.
No recording and reporting Information (status accounting)
about anything change or product related.
No idea if the product conforms to whatever it is supposed
to conform to.
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Read About It
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The Bottom Line
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Those who say they do not need CM know
very little about CM.
Not doing CM has always been a recipe for
disaster and that is why there are various
industry CM standards, CM guidelines,
Quality Assurance initiatives, Federal
Regulations that address the need for CM
type processes.
Not doing CM can have a huge negative
impact.
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About CMPIC
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About the Presenter
Steven Easterbrook
Mr. Easterbrook is currently President of the Configuration Management Process
Improvement Center (CMPIC LLC).
CMPIC provides CM certification courses and CM consulting services. Steve was
formerly Vice President of the Institute of Configuration Management. Steve is
also a former President of the Association of Configuration and Data Management
(ACDM) and is currently on ACDM's Board of Governors. He is also a member of
TechAmerica G33 committee (authors of ANSI/EIA-649) and the American Society
for Quality (ASQ).
CM Experience
He has been a contractor CM analyst, a government CM specialist and a
commercial CM manager. He also has seventeen years as a CM educator,
assessor and consultant.
Steve has taught over 3700+ students CM principles. He has also lectured to,
and/or consulted with, thousands of individuals from hundreds of companies and
government organizations on CM process improvement. He has also spoken at, or
been keynote speaker at dozens of CM related conferences.
Publications
Steve has written various articles on CM for a variety of publications. He is also
the editor of "The CM Resource Guide" first published in 1994 and now available
at www.cmpic.com/cmresourceguide.htm. He is also the founder of the CM Trends
Group on LinkedIn.
Education
B.S Cornell University, MBA Bryant University, CMPIC Certified (University of
Houston), CMIIC (Arizona State University), and CM Lead Assessor (Arizona
State University).
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