Publisher's Synopsis
PRINCE is a structured set of principles for project management developed under the direction of the UK Government's Central and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA). Applicable to the spectrum of IT and non-IT projects both large and small, it comprehensively covers the management, technical and quality assurance tasks involved in project managment and the specialized techniques needed to support them. It is the preferred standard for public sector IT development projects and is rapidly becoming the accepted standard for private sector companies in the UK, continental Europe and the Far East.;Configuration Management is a set of techniques and procedures by which project activities and their associated documentation are managed and as such an essential part of any PRINCE project.;Providing guidance on how to implement a Configuration Management system, this work considers the benefits of such a project method and the characteristics necessary to introduce it successfully, including both the human and system requirements. It also provides practical advice on how to run a Configuration Management system on a day-to-day basis.
