ARP 4754 Configuration Management & QA Online Training (AV-CERT-110)

Course overview

Configuration management and quality assurance are the connective tissue of every avionics certification effort, yet they are frequently underestimated. AV-CERT-110 explains how to establish CM and QA processes that satisfy DO-178C and DO-254 objectives without drowning the team in bureaucracy.

Using practical templates, the course walks through baselining, change control, problem reporting, configuration audits, and the independence expectations for quality assurance, so you can stand these processes up correctly from day one.

What you will learn

• The DO-178C and DO-254 objectives that CM and QA satisfy
• How to baseline lifecycle data and run effective change control
• Problem reporting, traceability, and configuration audits in practice
• How to establish CM and QA processes using proven templates
• Where quality assurance independence is required and how to demonstrate it

Who should take this course

CM and QA leads, project managers, and engineers responsible for standing up compliant configuration management and quality assurance on avionics programs.

Course outline

1. What CM and QA are for — the objectives configuration management and quality assurance satisfy across ARP 4754, DO-178C and DO-254.
2. Configuration identification and baselines — identifying life-cycle data and establishing the baselines everything else references.
3. Change control and problem reporting — running disciplined change and problem-report processes that stay traceable.
4. Configuration audits and status accounting — proving the build matches the data.
5. Quality assurance independence — where independence is required and how to demonstrate process adherence.

Why CM and QA fail audits when bolted on late

Configuration management and quality assurance look like overhead until an audit, at which point weak CM and QA become the finding that holds up certification. CM gives every artifact a controlled identity: configuration identification, baselines, change control, problem reporting, status accounting and controlled release. When those are in place from the first baseline, the program can always show exactly what was built, from which requirements, verified by which evidence. When they are reconstructed near the end, the traceability gaps are obvious to a reviewer.

Quality and process assurance is the independent check that the planned processes were actually followed. The objectives in DO-178C and DO-254 expect QA to have the independence and authority to raise and track non-compliances. This course shows how to stand up CM and QA that satisfy those objectives without burying the team in paperwork.

What you will be able to do afterward

After AV-CERT-110 you will be able to set up configuration identification and baselines, run change control and problem reporting, plan configuration audits, and establish quality assurance with the independence reviewers expect.

How this course fits your certification path

AV-CERT-110 underpins every other course and is a prerequisite for clean SOI audits (SW-CERT-250). It pairs with AV-CERT-250 (Quality & Process Assurance). For background, see our DO-178C explained guide. Prefer instructor-led? Explore our full ARP 4754 & 4761 training courses.

How on-demand training works

Every ConsuNova module is delivered online and self-paced, so you can learn on your own schedule. Each purchase includes 30-day access with unlimited views and downloads for one user, and a certificate of completion is issued automatically when you finish the module.

Your instructors

This module is authored and delivered by ConsuNova’s senior certification authorities, giving you both FAA and EASA perspectives on compliance:

Reza Madjidi FAA DER Consultant

Provides FAA Designated Engineering Representative expertise on U.S. avionics certification.

Martin Beeby EASA CVE Authorized

Brings EASA Certification Verification Engineer authority on European avionics compliance.

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