Artifact: Configuration Audit Findings |
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Purpose
To confirm the required work products are physically present and also verify the documentation of functional
characteristics of a configuration item are according to requirements specified.
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Description
Main Description |
This artifact typically contains the project's structure and methods for the following:
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Assess consistency of the baselines.
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Review configuration management system.
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Confirm completeness and correctness of configuration management records and configuration items.
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Confirm if configuration management is compliant with established standards and procedures.
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Brief Outline |
The artifacts typically contains the following sections in the Configuration Audit Findings:
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Introduction
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Date of Audit
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The Intent of the Audit
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Overall Assessment
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Physical Configuration Audit
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Baseline Identification
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Missing Work products
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Functional Configuration Audit
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Untested Requirements
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Failed Requirements
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Open Change Requests
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Corrective Actions
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Action
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Action
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Follow-up Date
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Tailoring
Impact of not having |
Without this artifact:
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Audit results cannot be recorded, such as reasons for audit failures.
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Cannot track the action items from the audit to closure, leading inconsistency and duplication of effort
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Consistency of requirements as stated in the plan with configuration management system
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Reasons for not needing |
Some reasons for not needing this artifact:
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If it is the responsibility of Quality Assurance team to perform configuration audit
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For small project configuration audit may not be necessary
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Informal Configuration Audit may be performed as part of another activity such as release management, security and
compliance and change management
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