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<p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:24px"><strong>Configuration Management Standard Requirements</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:20px">Crucial Requirements:</span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Are physical configuration assessments conducted to determine the degree of agreement between the current physical configuration and the configuration depicted in the facility documentation?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Are all the anomalies reported during testing adequately resolved (or the appropriate waivers/deviations were obtained and known defects with workarounds are documented in the release notes)?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">What percentage of user PCs and servers are included in a centralized software inventory/CMDB (configuration management database); which is populated by a software tracking tool?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Are structures, systems and components within the CM Program tested periodically to determine if they are still capable of meeting design requirements?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">A Configuration Management database (cmdb) can contain different configuration items (cis). Which items would not normally be regarded as a ci?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">How do the developers know which codeline to check their code into, and when to when to check it in, and what tests to run before check in?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Are your version control and configuration management policies and procedures the same throughout your entire organization and for all your products?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Do you have duplicate named source code items with physically different sources that are related possibly to different customers or release levels?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Can we answer questions like: Are all status reports being produced, including the required details, according to the business request?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Can we answer questions like: Are all configuration items created as requested by the business users, with the proper attributes?</span></span><br />
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