Appendix B

Evolution of the Practice Standard on Project Configuration Management

This practice standard was developed from a driving need to explain in detail the interactions of the controlling processes within the PMBOK® Guide–Third Edition. During the development of the PMBOK® Guide 2000, several gaps were identified in the controlling processes throughout the document. The scope of closing those gaps as well as the explanation of how configuration management (CM) interfaced with project management was just too voluminous. This resulted in the projected changes being outside the scope of the PMBOK® Guide.

The next evolution was to determine the best mechanism for clarifying the issues found in the PMBOK® Guide. The Standards Member Advisory ...

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