5 Part 5: V-Modell Reference Work Products

5.3 Products

5.3.4 Configuration and Change Management

5.3.4.2 Product Configuration

Process module: Configuration Management

Responsible: CM Administrator (when using process module Configuration Management)

Activity: Managing Product Configuration

Purpose

A »Product Configuration is a quantity of »Product Versions, a so-called baseline, which is intended to define the configuration units and their structural connections.

Product configurations are developed in accordance with the specifications of the »Project Manual and the Project Plan. A product configuration must be developed at least for every »Decision Gate and every project-internal milestone. Like every »Product Instance, also the product configuration itself will be administered in the »Product Library.

A product configuration must include the products specified for the respective decision gate or project-internal milestone in the »Product Version planned in the »Project Manual and the project plan. In addition, at least all »Product Versions with product dependencies shall be recorded. Additional »Product Versions may be recorded as desired.

Is generated by

Project Manual, Project Plan (see product dependency 4.13)