Context Based Configuration Management System
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Context Based Configuration Management System (TOP2-176)
A hybrid tool-suite for distributed strategic planning and decision making
Overview
NASA has developed a new technology to track the status of, and changes to, enterprise level programmatic operations. Enterprise decision making and operations rely on management of non-traditional configuration management (CM) components like estimates, agreements, goals, policies, etc. Additionally, enterprise operations have unique and diverse contexts/ environments such as reviews, workshops, fire drills, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congressional actions, procurements, etc. NASA's innovation Context-Based Configuration Management (CBCM) system integrates decision history and decision-map systems to commercial configuration management systems, and adds intelligence and Knowledge Management (KM) to the CM components to improve enterprise-level assessments and forecasting. This web-based interactivity allows significant and unobtrusive communications and context enhancements.
The Technology
Context Based Configuration Management (CBCM) is a hybrid tool-suite that directly supports the dynamic, distributed strategic planning and decision making environment. The CBCM system marries Decision Map technology with Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) configuration management work flow (Xerox Docushare), embedded component models (events models, configuration item models, and feedback models) all on top of a web based online collaboration technology (e.g., NASA/Xerox Netmark middleware engine). CBCM drives an enterprise management configuration system with built-in analysis functions, tightly interoperable with other enterprise management systems (through middleware connections) that deliver integrated reports and enable enterprise-wide inputs on decisions/actions/events, and present context-based query-driven views on configuration management information. The theory of operation flows from the most senior level of decision making and creates a master Configuration Decision Map. This map track events, configuration objects, and contexts. Additional Configuration Decision Maps can be created independently and/or as a result of the Master Configuration Decision Map by successive organizations and/or individuals in the entire enterprise. The integrated icon-objects have intelligent triggers embedded within them configurable by the users to provide automatic analysis, forecasts, and reports. All information is stored in an object-relational database that provides robust query and reporting tools to help analyze and support past and current decisions as well as track the enterprise baseline and future potential vectors.


Benefits
- Improves enterprise level assessment and forecasting
- Automatic analysis, forecasts, and reports
- Robust query and reporting tools
- Analyzes and supports past and current decisions
- Tracks the enterprise baseline and future potential vectors
- User friendly GUI interface
- Customized icons/object libraries and configurable KM
- Easy to deploy and maintain
- Middleware connections to other enterprise systems
- Multi-dimensional linking of hierarchy
Applications
- Large organizations with distributive operations, and complex product deliverables
- Budgeting program/Project management
- Risk Management
- Configuration management
- Schedule Management
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