Configuration Management Plan Example

Configuration management plan examples are in great abundance on the internet. One word of caution… typically these are software configuration Management plans and do not encompass hardware. Instead of giving you a Configuration management plan example, I will outline some useful hints for when you write your CMP.

Configuration management plan example – Plan for Stages

Planning to implement Configuration Management in stages will help to deliver early benefits and establish the need to provide funding and resources for future stages. For each stage, the following activities should be planned:

• Schedule awareness training for key staff involved in Configuration Management. Awareness is typically forgotten, and is usually the cause of organizational change failure!
• Define or develop Configuration Management plans for each group or technology and create local procedures where required. Did I say when you write your CMP? Yes, remember that your CMP will probably contain many sub–plans to support various parts of the organization.
• Analyze, design and build modules of the Configuration Management system to support Configuration Management processes and any related processes, interfaces and data.
• Assess and establish updated staff roles and responsibilities to include Configuration Management. This is critical for the clear delineation of responsibility.
• Develop and plan for the registration procedures for new CIs to be brought into effect as soon as possible, preferably before the data on existing CIs is collected.
• Load the initial configuration and related records into the Configuration Management system.
• Train staff just before starting to use the new procedures and tools.
• Go live and support the implementation.
• Continue taking on IT infrastructure CIs - the most time-consuming part of the implementation is conducting the CI inventory and populating the CMDB and DSL.
• Monitor progress to ensure that the new procedures and tools are being used effectively and efficiently.

Configuration management plan example – Populate the CMDB

Plan to populate the CMDB as the inventory is carried out for each stage of implementation. Time should be allowed to do this correctly. If any of the data is already electronically stored for other purposes, consider reformatting and transferring the data.

Ideally the state of CIs should be frozen or held in a low-volatility period during CMDB population, but this may not be practical. However, once Configuration Management data is captured for particular CIs, these CIs should be bought immediately under Configuration Management control.

THE ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT

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