Identification and documentation of the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item (CI) for the purpose of establishing a to-be-build standard of a product.
Control of all changes to a CI and the related documentation.
Record and report information is needed to manage configurations effectively, including the status of proposed changes and the implementation status of approved changes.
Auditing the CIs to verify compliance with the configuration identification documentation.
Using date based effectivity is not sufficient for all kinds of products. CM provides Model-Unit-Effectivity being compliant with CM requirements.