Artifact: Configuration Audit Findings
This artifact identifies a baseline, any missing required artifacts, and incompletely tested or failed requirements.
Domains: Configuration & Change Management
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:

  • Assess consistency of the baselines.
  • Review configuration management system.
  • Confirm completeness and correctness of configuration management records and configuration items.
  • Confirm if configuration management is compliant with established standards and procedures.
Brief Outline

The artifacts typically contains the following sections in the Configuration Audit Findings:

  • Introduction
  • Date of Audit
  • The Intent of the Audit
  • Overall Assessment
  • Physical Configuration Audit
  • Baseline Identification
  • Missing Work products
  • Functional Configuration Audit
  • Untested Requirements
  • Failed Requirements
  • Open Change Requests
  • Corrective Actions
  • Action
  • Action
  • Follow-up Date
Tailoring
Impact of not having

Without this artifact:

  • Audit results cannot be recorded, such as reasons for audit failures.
  • Cannot track the action items from the audit to closure, leading inconsistency and duplication of effort
  • Consistency of requirements as stated in the plan with configuration management system
Reasons for not needing

Some reasons for not needing this artifact:

  • If it is the responsibility of Quality Assurance team to perform configuration audit
  • For small project configuration audit may not be necessary
  • Informal Configuration Audit may be performed as part of another activity such as release management, security and compliance and change management