Integrated change and configuration management

  • Authors:
  • C. Ward;V. Aggarwal;M. Buco;E. Olsson;S. Weinberger

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This paper provides a summary of the best-practice change-management and configuration-management processes that express a core which conforms to ITIL® and discusses how they are extended for the service provider domain. These customizable processes, coupled with an execution platform and a configuration-management database, form the essence of the IBM Tivoli® Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB)-the heart of the IBM strategy for information technology service management (ITSM). We provide an overview of ITSM best practices and present details of the best-practice processes developed by IBM for the CCMDB product. We also describe a number of insights gained from implementing these processes and discuss issues that are key to implementing them in a service provider environment.