Baseline configuration lifecycle

Baselines are an optional feature of Configuration Management that allow you to define a set of attributes a configuration item (CI) should have. Typically a baseline only describes the attributes that you expect CIs to share in common, and does not include attributes that you expect to vary. A baseline configuration lifecycle indicates at what point the CI is within its lifecycle. A baseline can have the status of Analysis, Authorized, Design, Develop, Retired, or Retiring. Only baselines in the Authorized state can be newly-assigned to a CI.

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Configuration Item (CI)
Configuration Management
Configuration Management System (CMS)
Baselines
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Service desk
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