Engineering Documentation Control Practices and Procedures Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	Configuration Planning	11
3	Ingredients for a Configuration Management (Engineering Documentation Control) System	23
4	Configuration Identification	29
5	Engineering Documentation Release	49
6	Configuration and Change Control Philosophy	57
7	Engineering Change Control Forms	65
8	Interchangeability	83
9	Analyzing a Proposed Engineering Change	93
10	Change Processing System Requirements and Procedure	99
11	A Field Change System	107
12	The Change Organization	113
13	Configuration Status Accounting	117
14	Automating a CM or Documentation System	123
15	Guidelines for the Transition to a Configuration Management or Documentation Database	133
16	How and Where to Start Creating or Revitalizing a Company's Engineering Documentation Control System	141
17	The Future of Configuration Management in the Private Sector	151
18	Overall Summary	161
	App. A1: Interchangeability Rules	169
	App. A2: Acronyms	172
	App. A3: Glossary	174
	App. A4: Engineering Documentation Bibliography	188
	App. A5: CIM Applications	191
	Index	263