Change Control & Configuration Management Flashcards

What is the primary purpose of a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) in a project environment?

Answer: To record and manage configuration items and their relationships

A CMDB stores configuration items (CIs) and their interdependencies, enabling teams to assess impact before making changes.

During integrated change control, who holds final authority to approve or reject changes on a large program?

Answer: The Change Control Board (CCB)

The Change Control Board (CCB) is the formal governing body with authority to approve, defer, or reject change requests on programs.

Which document formally describes the current approved scope, schedule, and cost baselines for a project?

Answer: Project management plan

The project management plan contains the performance measurement baselines (scope, schedule, cost) against which changes are assessed.

A team member discovers a defect in a delivered component. What is the FIRST step under formal change control?

Answer: Submit a defect repair request through the change control process

Even defect repairs must be submitted as formal change requests so impact can be assessed and approval obtained before work begins.

Version control in configuration management primarily ensures which of the following?

Answer: Only the latest approved version of a document or artifact is used

Version control tracks revisions to configuration items so teams always work from the correct, approved baseline version.

What term describes the formal process of verifying that a configuration item conforms to its documented requirements?

Answer: Configuration auditing

Configuration auditing verifies that configuration items meet their specified requirements and that changes were implemented as approved.

A project manager notices scope changes being implemented without formal approval. This situation is known as:

Answer: Scope creep

Scope creep is the uncontrolled expansion of project scope without formal change control approval.