Establish Baselines

Establish Baselines

Purpose:

A baseline is a set of specifications or work products that has been formally agreed upon and serves as the basis for further development or delivery to the customer.  Thus, baselines provide a stable basis for the continuing evolution of Configuration Items.  Baseline work products can be changed only through Change Control.

Objective:

A baseline of identified work products is established.

Description:

A baseline provides a starting point from which a comparison can be made. It is conducted prior to the beginning of the intervention and is the point of comparison for monitoring and evaluation of data. The bulk of baseline studies focuses on the intended outcomes of a project. They can also take into account secondary outcomes and assumptions, though these are not the primary emphasis.

RASIC

Inputs:

  • Project Plan
  • Deliverable Audit List

Outputs:

  • Project Configuration Management Repository

Controls:

  • Organizational Configuration Management Standard
  • Manual Configuration Management Standards
  • Configuration Status Accounting Report Template

Task Instructions:

Identify Configuration Items

    1. Using the Configuration Management section within the Project Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for selecting configuration items and work products that compose them based on documented criteria. 
    2. Using the Configuration Management section within the Project Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for assigning unique identifiers to configuration items.
    3. Using the Configuration Management section within the Project Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for specifying the important characteristics of each configuration item. 
    4. Using the Configuration Management section within the Project Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for specifying when each configuration item is placed under the configuration management. 
    5. Using the Configuration Management section within the Project Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for identifying the owner responsible for each configuration item.
    6. Using the Configuration Management section within the Project Plan, [the Project Manager] is responsible for specifying relationships among configuration items.
  2. Establish a Configuration Management System
    1. Using the Organizational Configuration Management Standards or Manual Configuration Management Standards, [the Project Management] is responsible for establishing a mechanism to manage multiple levels of control.
    2. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for providing access control to ensure authorized access to the configuration management system.
    3. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for storing and retrieving configuration items in a configuration management system.
    4. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for sharing and transferring configuration items between control levels in the configuration management system.
    5. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for storing and recovering archived versions of configuration items.
    6. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for storing, updating, and retrieving configuration management records.
    7. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for creating configuration management reports from the configuration management system.
    8. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for preserving the contents of the configuration management system.
    9. Using the selected Configuration Management Standard, [the Project Manager] is responsible for revising the configuration management structure as necessary.

Create or Release Baselines

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    2. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for creating or releasing baselines only from configuration items in the configuration management system.
    3. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for documenting the set of configuration items that are contained in a baseline.
    4. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for making the current set of baselines readily available.