Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

configuration management
     
         A discipline applying technical and administrative
        controls to:
     
        1. Identification and documentation of physical and functional
        characteristics of {configuration item}s.
     
        2. Any changes to characteristics of those configuration
        items.
     
        3. Recording and reporting of change processing and
        implementation of the system.
     
        See also {code management}, {software life-cycle}.
     
        (1996-05-29)