The management of different versions and releases of documnets and software source code.Whenever any changes is made to any of the work products such as software requirements specification document,design document,test plans,source code etc., a well-defined procedure has to be followed.This procedure or process is known as configuration management.

A dimension that has the same meaning for all fact tables in a data mart/data warehouse.The advantage of conformed dimensions is that such fact tables can be joined.

Metrics or measures or facts of a business process that have the same meaning in different data marts so that the data marts can be easily combiined into a data warehouse.