The IPT, region, or solution provider CCB shall approve Operating Procedures. 4.1.4 Configuration Status Accounting IPTs, regions, and other solution providers shall develop and maintain configuration information for their configuration items or products in a systematic and disciplined manner in accordance with this policy and National Configuration Management Process and Procedures. Status accounting information includes developing and maintaining site configuration data, and the incorporation of modification data on systems and configuration items. This configuration information must be available for use by decision-makers over the lifecycle of the product. 4.1.5 Configuration Verification and Audit IPTs, regions, and other solution providers shall verify that a product s requirements have been met and the product design meeting those requirements has been accurately documented before a product configuration is baselined.
Verification takes the form of a functional configuration audit and a physical configuration audit.
The functional configuration audit provides a systematic comparison of requirements with the results of tests, analyses, or inspections. The physical configuration audit determines whether the product is consistent with its design documentation. In addition, operational systems must be periodically validated to ensure consistency between a product and its current baseline documentation. Verification of the incorporation of modifications is a critical function of this activity. This validation includes verification of facility baselines and conduct of system audits after commissioning.