person Author: Process Fellows
The following criteria may serve as exemplary criteria to select relevant work products to be subject to configuration management:

• Uniqueness and Identifiability: The item must be uniquely identifiable (e.g., through a name, ID, or version number).
• Change Impact: Changes to the item can affect system properties, functionality, compliance, or other CIs.
• Need for Control: The item requires formal control to ensure consistency, traceability, and integrity.
• Reusability: The item is reused across multiple systems, projects, or releases.
• Compliance or Regulatory Requirement: The item is subject to audits, standards, or legal requirements (e.g., medical device documentation, safety-critical software).
• Customer or Stakeholder Deliverable: The item is part of what is delivered to the customer or required by stakeholders.
• Baseline Inclusion: The item is intended to be part of a configuration baseline, meaning it must be formally approved and controlled.
• Versioning Requirement: The item evolves over time and needs version tracking to manage changes.
• Dependency Relationships: The item has dependencies or is depended upon by other items, making its configuration critical.