Configuration Planning

• Tailor and negotiate Configuration Management (CM) activities per programme/project and communicate the agreed approach across all functions
• Generate and maintain the Configuration Management Plan as the programme/project CM roadmap
• Compile and maintain CM planning schedules, including planned baselines, design reviews, formal audits, and release milestones

Configuration Identification

• Identify configuration items, documents, software items, technical data packs, product structures, and baseline content
• Establish and maintain document plans, data pack structures, master record indexes, and release schedules

Design Review Support

• Verify that planned CM activities have been completed during design reviews and that baseline, release, and change requirements are being met
• Record and follow up CM actions arising from design reviews through to closure

Configuration Control

• Place drawings, electronic files, product structures, and controlled data under formal control in line with procedures and schedules
• Manage the end-to-end change control process, including logging, routing, impact assessment, decision tracking, implementation status, and closure
• Manage concession and deviation processes and maintain associated records
• Prevent unauthorised updates to released baselines and data

Configuration Control Board (CCB) Administration

• Initiate and administer CCB activities — preparing agendas, arranging meetings, verifying completeness of change packages, and serving as CCB Secretary
• Record CCB decisions, approvals, rejections, conditions, and implementation instructions
• Ensure all resulting status changes are accurately reflected in CM records and released data

Status Accounting

• Generate and maintain status reports covering change requests, concessions, deviations, documentation, baselines, and CCB actions
• Provide timely, accurate configuration status accounting to management, programme teams, quality, procurement, and production stakeholders

Build History and Records Management

• Manage build history records and configuration evidence for products/programmes
• Ensure all records, documentation, and audit evidence are stored, protected, retrievable, and retained for the required product/programme lifetime

Supplier Support

• Support procurement and quality in directing suppliers to implement applicable configuration control procedures
• Conduct or support configuration system audits at supplier facilities as required

Configuration Audits

• Conduct verification audits and support configuration audits, baseline checks, and document/data pack reviews
• Identify CM discrepancies, report findings, and track corrective actions through to closure

Training and Continuous Improvement

• Provide CM training and guidance to programme and project teams
• Train configuration practitioners in revision control, baseline discipline, change control, and records integrity
• Provide user feedback and improvement inputs to the Manager: Configuration