Software Configuration Management (Ivar Jacobsen, Martin Griss, & Patrik Jonsson)

Configuration Management: A supporting process whose purpose is to identify, define, and baseline items; control modifications and releases of those items; report and record status of the items and modification requests; ensure completeness, consistency, and correctness of the items; control storage, handling, and delivery of the items.

Ivar Jacobsen, Martin Griss, and Patrik Jonsson; Software Reuse: Architecture, Process, and Organization for Business Success; Addison-Wesley, 1997.