Which projects need configuration management?

It's a project manager's worst nightmare: "configuration chaos." You wouldn't be happy if your new home was built from the wrong version of the plans. Every project requires at least some level of configuration management; exactly how much depends on the type of project and its size.

As we noted in "What is configuration management, and why is it important?" all products have two aspects: the physical product itself, and the paper (or digital) specs that…

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