Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP)

Configuration Items

Configuration Items	Description
Phase - Initiation & Planning
Project Charter	Describes the scope, objectives, and participants in a project
Project Plan	Describes the project plan, initially defined scope of project and determined appropriate methods to complete the project.
Software Configuration Management Plan	SCM is a part of quality control of a project. Defines how source code & builds will be managed. Without this managers have little or no control over the products being produced. Ex. What there status is? Where they are in production life cycle? Whether they can change? What is the latest version?
Configuration Management Checklist	Checklist for SCMP, Checks for SCMP is followed in the project properly
Phase - Requirements
Requirements Specification (BRS)	Describes business requirement specification
Capacity, Infrastructure & Hosting Planning	Describes planning for system capacity, required infrastructure and hosting options
Change Request Log	A change log is a record of requests for change (RFCs) submitted for all changes in the product
Traceability Matrix	A traceability matrix is a document, usually in the form of a table that correlates any two base-lined documents that require a many-to-many relationship to determine the completeness of the relationship. Used to check & see whether system requirements met or not. In other words this matrix covers mapping of high level requirements with test cases to ensure that all test cases covered so that no functionality will be missed during testing.
Phase - Design
Functional & System Design (SRS)	Describes system requirement specifications
Test Plan	Describes planning for testing
Conversion/Migration Plan	Describes migration plan
Test Cases	List of test cases. A test case is a set of condition in which a tester determine whether a functionality of system is working as it was designed
Taxonomy Review Checklist	Checklist for taxonomy review
Code Review Checklist	Checklist for code review
Coding Standards	Documentation of coding standards
Test Plan Review Checklist	Checklist to verify test plan. Verify prepared test cases following standards like well-defined scope entry and exit points etc.
Module Dependency Matrix	Describes dependency of system modules on each other
Security Plan	Describe planning to implement system security. Define which security items has to be implement and how to implement them
Maintenance Plan	Describe maintenance plan
Phase - Development & Test
Coding (Ex. C#/JAVA)	Computer language coding
Database and database objects Creation	Database and objects like tables, functions, stored procedures creation
Unit Test Cases Preparation	Describe unit test cases preparation
Unit Test Cases Report	Describes unit test cases execution report
Installation Plan	System installation plan on deployment environment
Handover Training Plan	Describes plan for system handover to client
Change Request (CR)	Change request form
Software Readiness Checklist	Checklist to verify software readiness
Release Notes Internal	Release note for internal releases
Bug documentation	Describes analysis, cause and solution for specific bug
Deployment Checklist	Checklist to verify system installation / deployment
Phase 6 – Implementation
Software Release Audit Checklist	Establishes overall criteria for evaluating software quality, customer, deployment, compliance, operations, security, and support readiness
Release Notes External	Release note for external releases
Post Implementation Evaluation Report	Describes the successes and failures of the project. It provides a historical record of the planned and actual budget and schedules
User Manual	Guide for system users to describe how to use the system
Meetings Record (All stages)	Record of MOMs for all meetings in project lifecycle
Stage Exit Approvals (All stages)	Record of approvals from concerned authority on completion of every stage