Configuration Management in Software-Dominant and AI Systems Certification

CMPIC Course 18:  2 full-days in-person or 4 half-days as virtual  |  1.6 CEUs  |  Certification
 

Software CM.
ABOUT CM IN SOFTWARE-DOMINANT AND AI SYSTEMS CLASS

This course provides comprehensive insight to the theory, principles, and techniques of SAE EIA649 Configuration Management (CM) as applied to modern, software-dominant, and AI-driven systems throughout their entire lifecycle. It addresses the reality of continuous change—where code, dynamic dependencies, infrastructure as code, and machine learning models continuously evolve—and reframes CM from traditional tool operation into an evidence-based governance discipline.

The course illustrates modern strategies, techniques, and required tool capabilities (such as Git workflows, Software Bills of Materials [SBOMs], automated CI/CD pipelines, and dataset versioning) that support each activity in the system development lifecycle. Students will gain a value-based understanding of how to establish system intent, manage structural drift, and maintain authority across complex, graph-shaped dependency chains.

The course concludes by providing an advanced CM governance framework for planning, verifying, and executing deterministic audit replay, enabling organizations to reconstruct, explain, and prove system configuration truth and health at any point in time.
 

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CERTIFICATION

After successfully completing this course and exam, you will receive 1.6 CEUs along with your SCM for AI Dominant Systems Certification from CMPIC LLC.

 

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This course is designed for Software Configuration Management (SCM) practitioners, software architects, Sr. Software Developers, SCRUM Masters, and systems engineers seeking to expand their governance capabilities into modern software-dominant and AI-driven environments. It directly benefits DevOps engineers, release managers, security leads, and compliance specialists who need to establish provable history across complex codebases, infrastructure definitions, and software supply chains. Organizational leaders, engineering managers, and audit professionals will gain strategic insights into establishing change authority, managing structural drift, and bridging the gap between automated tools and verifiable system proof. Students will explore cutting-edge approaches to Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), Git-based governance workflows, and deterministic audit replay while engaging in practical discussions with experienced practitioners and industry peers.

 

PREREQUISITES

Successful completion of CMPIC 8 or CM practitioners, DevOps engineers, release managers, security leads, and compliance specialists working in the software field is recommended prior to attending this class. Students should be familiar with common CM terms and/or software development practices prior to taking this course.

 

CLASS SCHEDULE & OUTLINE

    Part 1 - Foundations of Governance and Control
  • Configuration Management as Governance
  • Functional Baselines and Intent
  • Change Authority and Configuration Control Boards
  • Structural Configuration Items
  • Workshop 1

    Part 2 - Drift Verification and Software CIs
  • Structural Drift
  • Verification and Audit
  • Software as a Configuration Item
  • SBOM as Identification Artifact
  • Workshop 2
    Part 3 - Configuration Management
  • Dependency Inheritance
  • Change Control in Git
  • Evolution Intelligence
  • Status Accounting
  • Workshop 3

    Part 4 - Integration and Evidence
  • Integrity vs Providence
  • Evidence Life Cycle
  • Audit Replay
  • Integration from Intent to Proof
  • Certification Exam
 

 

TESTIMONIALS & REVIEWS


This course was excellent, the instructor was very knowledgeable and answered all the class questions, the material was spot on what we need as CM professionals, great course and teacher!!!

Thank you for teaching this course the way you did. Not only was I impressed by the course content which was so useful to me, but I always enjoy your presenting style as well.

...I would highly recommend this course to any government employee working in acquisition and/or sustainment (e.g., CM, engineering, logistics, program/project management, etc.)
 

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