Chapter 6

Configuration Verification and Audits

The purpose of configuration verification and audit (CVA) is to ensure the composition of a project’s CIs and CI changes are registered, assessed, approved, tracked, and correctly implemented.

The verification and audit process may encompass the following:

  • Integrity of CI information;
  • Accuracy and reproducibility of CI History;
  • Traceability of the project’s CIs across the project management process as well as between CIs; and
  • Documentation is completed that defines the project.

PCM verification and audit establishes that the functional and performance requirements of a project and its deliverables have been achieved by the design and project implementation. PCM verification and audit is performed ...

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