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- The ten roles you need for ITIL configuration management
- Many IT departments try to implement ITIL configuration management without giving much thought to the staffing of the configuration management service. Like any IT task, configuration management requires skilled people with standardized processes, but this aspect is often overlooked in the rush to find the perfect CMDB tool. ...
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- Full configuration management requires a five-step model
- There are two meanings for the project management process of configuration management. It can be used for the process of identification, tracking, and management of all the physical assets of a project. The items that you track under configuration management are called "configuration items" in the Capability...
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- A five-step model for configuration management
- Configuration Management DocumentsWhile maintaining the documentaion baseline is implied in the article I wanted explicitly state that configuration management ensures the required, appropriate, and delivered documentation that characterize the software, system, application , etc. is developed, accessible, maintained, and useable. All too often documentation is an afterthought when the...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- A five-step model for configuration management
- There are two meanings for the project management process of configuration management. 1.     It can be used for the process of identifying, tracking, and managing of all the physical assets of a project. The items that you track under configuration management are called "configuration items" in the...
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Configuration Management Audit
- Hi, I am in a datawarehousing project and handle configuration management related activities. I use PVCS and would really appreciate it if anyone could provide information on configuration audits, its scope and the kind of report that should be provided.Audit resourcesGo to the ISACA website. They will have the...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Manage these three aspects of change in your project
- A few nuances...This article is correct at basic level. However, for larger & more complex projects, there are some other considerations...1. scope changes should in theory be agreed with the sponsor, along with any associated budget and timeline changes, but the approval cycles and/or the bureaucracy surrounding scope...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Manage these three aspects of change in your project
- You can't predict every change that will happen in your project, but you can manage them as they occur. It's said that the only constant in the world is change. You can make a great plan, but you can't account for every potential change that may occur....
- Technical articles 2007-06-04
- ITIL and Configuration Management: Where to begin
- Good articleSMBs in particular often don't have any coherent policy in regards to configuration management. And I find this is a major source of downtime. Our PC dept replaces a workstation and doesn't configure the needed programs. I have to go over what needs configuring with the...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- ITIL and Configuration Management: Where to begin
- By Hank MarquisWith all the hype and press currently surrounding the ITInfrastructure Library ITIL Configuration Management Database CMDB, it's nosurprise that practitioners are confused about how to implement ConfigurationManagement.I've worked with many such companies. Most often the main issuethey face is "where to begin." Establishing a starting point forConfiguration Management...
- Technical articles 2007-04-18
- Audit your configuration management process on large projects
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- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Audit your configuration management process on large projects
- Configuration audits are difficult and expensive in terms of resources and time. Nevertheless, they are vital in ensuring that the final solution is complete and correct and that you have accounted for all of the configuration assets used to build the final solution. In some organizations, configuration management is...
- Technical articles 2007-02-13
- Version control anyone?
- Is anyone using commercial version control out there? I want to make sure it's worth joining this forum before asking questions that relate to hundreds of globally distributed developers working on multiple releases in parallel.We moved from Clearcase to AccuRev SCM. Anyone familiar with these?Good luck,JoshI'm a HUGE fan of...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-09
- configuration management
- Hi, I am just wondering if someone could help me with differences between ClearCase and AllChange. Thank you.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-08
- CMDB Lacking Configuration Depth
- Our company has had trouble improving our security and performance in our IT environment. While researching ways to fix this, I came across this blog written by Bakman on the topic. He really hits the nail on the head. Today's CMDB is simply too shallow. I...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-23
- Software change/release management...
- ...what exactly does it mean, when a prospective employer askes if you have experience with that? Thank you!Cheeeersbuilt around software configuration managementRelease management is all around managing the process of tracking changes in the source and choosing what changes are incorporated in what releases.First, you must use a configuration management...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- web cowboys..(my rant about them)
- oh my god...our wev dev's just put a batch of web application enhancements live this morning..and now that i've gone to look at it, i realise they used an OLD OUTDATED test copy to do the work on, and they then replaced the live version with it.After speaking with them...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-25
- How to implement a CMDB
- I have read a lot of documentation about general aspects of the CMDB implementation but there's no specific information or any guide about the CMDB structure.I have the ITIL foundations certificate, I read almost everything about the CMDB, I know the philosophy and it's very interesting. But...Has anybody a CMDB...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
- Keep Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 running smoothly with these maintained and configuration management best practices
- Learn how to configure, maintain, and troubleshoot a Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 system post-installation.This sample chapter, taken from Sams' Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed, covers the following topics:Server Components OverviewMonitoring Project Server and Windows SharePoint ServicesMaintaining Project Server 2003 SQL Server DatabasesDisaster RecoveryTesting and TroubleshootingManaging Terminal ServicesPatchingBest PracticesTitle:...
- Download resources 2005-12-16
- Ensure project success by first building a practical development environment
- Building a development environment may not be a sexy topic to most people, but it's an essential one. Making the choices about tools, installing them, and then maintaining the tools that everyone else depends upon can prove vital to the project. This chapter excerpt from O'Reilly's Practical Development Environments describes...
- Download resources 2005-11-25
- ASP.net, is it worth it?
- ASP.net, is it worth it?When I first had a look at the ASP.Net, I was overwhelmed by its features. The first ever feature I planned to implement in the .Net is a simple page counter which stores the counter in a simple txt file and show the counter in a...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
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