(DoD) A discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to: (1) identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item; (2) control changes to those characteristics; and (3) record and report changes to processing and implementation status.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). configuration management. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/configuration_management/definitions/1960977 |
| Chicago | Military Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "configuration management" http://smartdefine.org/configuration_management/definitions/1960977 (accessed September 21, 2026). |
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