U. S. Department of Energy Office of the Executive Secretariat Document Online Coordination System (DOCS) Systems Configuration Management Plan (SCMP) October, 1998 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Assistant Secretary of Human Resources Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Management Operations, Management, Systems Support, and Customer Service Groups Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................................4 1.1. PURPOSE.........................................................................................................................................................4 1.2. SCOPE.............................................................................................................................................................4 1.3. SYSTEM OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................4 1.3.3. System Description................................................................................................................................5 1.3.4. System Architecture ...............................................................................................................................6 1.4. DOCUMENT OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................6 1.5. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS .............................................................................................................................7 1.5.1. Government Documents.........................................................................................................................7 1.5.2. Non-Government Documents.................................................................................................................7 1.5.3. Documents Reviewed.............................................................................................................................8 2. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION ............................................................................9 2.3. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ....................................................................9 2.4. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT..........................................................................................11 2.4.1.1. Standing Configuration Management Board Members.................................................................................... 13 2.4.1.2. Non-Standing Configuration Management Board Members............................................................................ 14 2.4.1.3. CMB Roles and Responsibilities ..................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.2. Interface Control.................................................................................................................................15 2.4.3. Configuration Management Policy and Procedures ...........................................................................15 2.4.4. Configuration Management Methodology and Tools..........................................................................16 3. CONFIGURATION IDENTIFICATION.......................................................................................................17 3.1. CONFIGURATION ITEMS (CIS).......................................................................................................................17 3.1.1. Software Configuration Items (SWCIs) ...............................................................................................17 3.1.2. Documentation Configuration Items (DCIs) .......................................................................................18 3.1.3. Hardware Configuration Items............................................................................................................19 3.1.4. System/Sub-system Configuration Items..............................................................................................19 3.2. CONFIGURATION ITEM IDENTIFIERS..............................................................................................................19 3.2.1. SWCI Identification Numbers ..............................................................................................................19 3.2.2. Software Release and Version Identifiers............................................................................................20 3.3. BASELINE MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................................................20 3.3.1. Formal Baselines.................................................................................................................................20 3.3.2. Internal Baselines................................................................................................................................20 3.4. DOCS CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES (REPOSITORIES) ...........................................................21 3.4.1. Physical Library..................................................................................................................................21 3.4.2. Electronic Library ...............................................................................................................................22 3.5. SYSTEM RELEASE MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................................22 4. CONFIGURATION CONTROL.....................................................................................................................24 4.1. CHANGE CONTROL .......................................................................................................................................24 4.1.1. System Change Requests (SCRs) .........................................................................................................24 4.1.2. System Change Request (SCR) Priorities ............................................................................................25 4.1.3. SCR Processing...................................................................................................................................25 4.1.3.1. Roles and Responsibilities of SCR Processing ................................................................................................ 27 4.2. SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION PROBLEM REPORTING............................................................................28 4.3. CHANGE TRACKING SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................29 4.4. VERSION CONTROL ......................................................................................................................................29 4.4.2. Production Phase Change Releases ....................................................................................................30 Docsscb5c.doc Page 2 of 93 2/23/2007 4.4.2.1. System Modification........................................................................................................................................ 30 4.4.2.2. System Enhancements...................................................................................................................................... 30 4.4.2.3. Software Modification and Enhancement Release Methods............................................................................ 31 4.4.2.4. User Notification of Changes........................................................................................................................... 32 4.5. NETWORK CM..............................................................................................................................................32 5. CONFIGURATION STATUS ACCOUNTING .............................................................................................33 5.1. CONFIGURATION STATUS ACCOUNTING PROCESS ........................................................................................33 5.2. CONFIGURATION STATUS ACCOUNTING REPORT (CSAR)............................................................................33 6. CONFIGURATION AUDITS AND REVIEWS.............................................................................................35 6.1. CONFIGURATION AUDITS..............................................................................................................................35 6.1.1. Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) ...............................................................................................35 6.1.2. Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) ...................................................................................................35 6.1.3. Roles and Responsibilities for Configuration Audit ............................................................................36 6.2. FCA/PCA PROCESS......................................................................................................................................38 6.3. IN-PROCESS CM STATUS REVIEWS (INFORMAL) ..........................................................................................38 6.4. PEER REVIEWS..............................................................................................................................................38 7. ARCHIVE AND RETRIEVAL........................................................................................................................39