Status Accounting

Status Accounting
Aim of status accounting
to keep managers ,users ,developers, and other project
stakeholders informed about the various configuration stages
and their evolution.
Basic task
data capture
data recording
Report generation
CSA involves of storage and maintenance
Information about the configuration documentation
Information about the product configuration
Information about the product operational and maintenance
documents
Information about the CM process.
 Aggood status configuration
g system
y should be able
to answer the questions
what is the status of an item?
H a particular
Has ti l CR b been approved?d?
What item were affected by a particular CR?
Which version of an item implements an approved
CR?
How many high priority CR are currently not
implemented?
What is different about the new version of a system?
Status accounting information gathering

Information to be captured in the CSA system

should be based on such factors as the
nature of the pproduct ,,environment in which
product will be operated , the anticipated
volume and complexity
p y of change
g activity
y and
the information needs of the customers.
Update
p the status accounting g database
status accounting database
status accounting database is established to receive and process
the data collected regarding the evolution of the various CI of the
product during SDLC
Necessary information status accounting report
CI name and identification name

Name of the next higher level CI

Design start date

Design approval date and revision number

Coding start date.

Testing start date.

Build start and finish dates and revision number

System merge date

System delivery date and revision date

date.
Importance of status accounting

status accounting refers to information

management function in the SCM system.
status accounting is information gathering of
SCM
The information provide by the status
accounting function helps project
management identify problems,
problems source of the
problem and take corrective action before
y
system failure.
Status accounting report
Factors should be consider while designing the report requirement
Audience for the report

Information contained in each report

Need for the routine reportp or need on ad hoc basis

Frequency of the report

Distribution list

Examples
List all the CRs that have approved but not implemented.

list of how many people are working on a particular report .

Record
R d off h
how much
h titime was needed
d d tto iimplement
l t a particular
ti l
change
Number and details of CRs that are pending.
Common routine reports

Change log
Progress report
CI status report
Transaction report
Status accounting and automation

The SCM tools fully automate the status accounting

function.
SCM tool stores this information in a database, so
retrieval of information is too fast and efficient.
SCM tool generates the report (any format the user
want )
Advantages of SCM tool
quick, accurate and customizable
To get variety of information that can be retrieved
Enhance the capabilities of status accounting
function
Read only access
Report categories SCM tools

Change / problem tracking report

Difference reporting
Ad hoc queries
Journals