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title: "configuration management"
description: "A discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item, control changes to those characteristics, record and report change processing and implementation status, and verify compliance with specified requirements."
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term_id: 259
language: English
language_code: gb
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slug: "configuration-management"
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# configuration management

A discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item, control changes to those characteristics, record and report change processing and implementation status, and verify compliance with specified requirements.

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Test Manager 2012
- Expert Test Management 2011
- Foundation Extension - Agile Tester 2014
- Expert Improving the Test Process 2011
- Advanced Security Tester 2016
- Foundation 2018

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/konfigurationsmanagement/) — Konfigurationsmanagement
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E6%A7%8B%E6%88%90%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86-configuration-management/) — 構成管理（configuration management）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/gerenciamento-de-configuracao/) — gerenciamento de configuração
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/zarzadzanie-konfiguracja/) — zarządzanie konfiguracją
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/gestao-de-configuracoes/) — gestão de configurações
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/konfiguracni-management/) — konfigurační management
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/konfigurationsstyring/) — konfigurationsstyring
- [Nederlands](https://istqb-glossary.page/nl/configuratiemanagement/) — configuratiemanagement
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/konfiguracio-menedzsment/) — konfiguráció menedzsment
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/konfiguraciomenedzsment/) — konfigurációmenedzsment
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/konfigurasjonsstyring/) — konfigurasjonsstyring

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