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5.1.2 Automating Configuration Control in a Requirements Database: Balancing Data Protection with Productivity
Author(s) -
Panek John J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2001.tb02280.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , computer science , database , control (management) , requirements engineering , change control , requirements management , requirements analysis , automation , productivity , software engineering , systems engineering , configuration management (itsm) , user requirements document , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , software , operating system , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
As part of a standard system engineering process, more programs are realizing the benefits of using a database to manage their requirements. This may be accomplished using a tool that can be tailored to automate a configuration control process. It is important that the configuration control process is well defined and balanced. The process must be well defined for it to be successfully automated to control and change the requirements. The process must also be balanced in the sense that it must protect the requirements baseline without hindering the engineer's productivity in the continued development of the requirements set. This paper will examine the implementation of a configuration control process that was automated within a requirements database. The focus will be on examining how the process enables protection of baselined requirements while simultaneously enabling the engineers to continue with the requirements development. As a justification for the implementation, the benefits of automating the process will be identified.