Configuration Management Plan

Definition
A Configuration Management Plan (CMP)

"defines how the project office will maintain control of project baselines and items that must be tracked and managed in a formal and systematic fashion. Configuration items vary from project to project and depend on the level of control the project must maintain on items in support of the system acquisition. The project office Configuration Management Plan generally focuses on documents and project office infrastructure. The prime contractor will also have a Configuration Management Plan that describes how the developed system and software components will be controlled."