configuration. integrity. control.
Independent insights and commentary on the evolving practice of Configuration Management in complex engineering environments.
Baseline is an independent platform dedicated to advancing Configuration Management as a professional discipline.
Founded by Alex Roberts, a Configuration Manager in the Australian Defence industry, it aims to share insights, frameworks, and perspectives that strengthen capability governance and traceability across programs and organisations.
Whether you’re an engineer, project manager, or CM practitioner, Baseline offers a place to explore ideas, refine practice, and contribute to the professionalisation of our field.
Building the backbone of capability.
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Configuration Management is one of the most important disciplines in complex engineering — and one of the least well served by its own literature. The standards describe the mechanism. Training focuses on compliance. Neither addresses what practitioners actually need to do the job well in difficult conditions.
The CM Practitioner's Handbook fills that gap. Written by a practitioner, for practitioners — it covers the competencies, judgement, and organisational skills that determine whether CM actually works in practice.
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Coming soon. Please direct all enquiries to alex@baselinecm.com.au
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Configuration Management and systems engineering exist in a relationship that is frequently functional, occasionally fractious, and almost never as well defined as it should be. What practitioners in both disciplines need to understand about the work they share.