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Approaches for Integrating Configuration Management into Your ITS Project Development Processes

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"Approaches for Integrating Configuration Management into Your ITS Project Development Processes"

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Slide 1: Approaches for Integrating Configuration Management into Your ITS Project Development Processes

Talking Technology and Transportation T3 Webinar
February 21, 2008

Slide 2: Configuration Management Webinar Speakers

Host

• Frank Cechini, FHWA CA Division

Speakers

• Ron Ice, ICE and Associates
• Mark Morse, Washington State DOT
• Chuck Larsen, Oregon State DOT

Slide 3: Formal Definition of Configuration Management

"A management process that establishes and maintains consistency of a product’s attributes with its requirements and product configuration information throughout the products life cycle"*
EIA 649-A National Consensus Standard for Configuration Management, April 2004

Slide 4: CM is a Process

• CM is a set of activities that help establish and maintain the integrity of the system elements and control changes
• It is an integral part of the systems engineering process
• The process can be tailored so CM can support both large and small projects
• Commercial tools are available for large projects but a spreadsheet works well for smaller projects

Slide 5: CM Relation to SE Process

[Image of Systems Engineering V. Shows location of CM activities within the overall V. Shows that setting up CM Plan begins at the Concept of Operations stage and continues on through the following SE stages: System Requirements and Sub-requirements; Component Level Design; Software Coding and Hardware Fabrication; Unit Testing; Sub-system Integration and Verification; Systems Integration and Verification; System Validation; Operations and Maintenance; Changes and Upgrades, and; Retirement/Replacement. ]

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Slide 6: What are the Benefits of CM

• Established project product integrity
• Improved performance, reliability, & maintainability
• Product Traceability
• Extended life and supportability
• Reduced project risk & project changes
• Cost Savings/Avoidance

Slide 7: The Five Basic Elements of the CM Process

[Slide displays an image that contains circles of text. Each circle is a step in the Configuration Management Planning process. The steps are: Change Management; Configuration Identification; Status Accounting, and; Configuration Audits. All of these steps take place within an application environment. ]

Slide 8: Cover of the FHWA Systems Engineering Handbook

[Image of the cover of the FHWA Systems Engineering Handbook, online at: http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/seitsguide/index.htm. Screenshot of the SE Guidebook website at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/cadiv/segb/ ]

Slide 9:Contact Information

Frank Cechini, Statewide ITS Engineer
Federal Highway Administration
California Division
650 Capitol Mall, Suite 4-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-498-5005
frank.cechini@fhwa.dot.gov

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