Part of your change management plan details what should happen in the change control system for your project. Theresa, a junior project manager, asks what the configuration management activities are f

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Options

• AConfiguration Item Costing
• BConfiguration Identification
• CConfiguration Verification and Auditing
• DConfiguration Status Accounting

• A
  90% (19)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

Configuration Item Costing (A) is not a recognized configuration management activity - cost estimation and tracking belong to the project's cost management processes, not configuration management. The three legitimate configuration management activities are Configuration Identification (B), which defines and documents the attributes of project deliverables and their relationships; Configuration Verification and Auditing (C), which ensures that what was built matches what was approved and documented; and Configuration Status Accounting (D), which tracks and reports the state of configuration items and any approved changes over time. None of B, C, or D involve costing - that's the dead giveaway that A is the odd one out.

Memory tip: Think of configuration management as "ID, Track, Verify" - Identification, Status Accounting, and Verification/Auditing. If an option mentions money or cost, it belongs in cost management, not configuration management.

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