ISO/IEC TECHNICAL REPORT TR 18018 First edition 2010-02-15 Information technology Systems and software engineering Guide for configuration management tool capabilities Technologies de I'information - Ingenierie des systemes et du logiciel- Guide pour les capacités d'outil de gestion de configuration Reference number ISO/IEC TR 18018:2010(E) IEC ISO @ISO/IEC2010 py IHS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC TR 18018:2010(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO/IEC2010 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, isO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO/IEC 2010 - All rights reserved I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC TR 18018:2010(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Application of this Technical Report. 4.1 Overview... 4.2 CM personnel. 4.3 Tool suppliers 4.4 Acquirers 5 Capabilities of configuration management tools .. 5.1 Overview of configuration management tool capabilities 5.2 Configuration management tool capabilities 5.3 Configuration identification.. 5.4 Configuration baselining . 5.5 Configuration control.. 5.6 Configuration status accounting 12 5.7 Configuration auditing .. 13 5.8 Release management and delivery.. 5.9 Other configuration management tool capabilities ... 16 Annex A (informative) Focus areas of each reference.. Annex B (informative) Configuration management services . 0 Bibliography. 27 CopyrightInternatinal Oorganizain for standardizalion All rights reserved ii Not for Resale