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    Configuration Management A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition
    Configuration Management A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition
    Configuration Management A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition
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    Configuration Management A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition

    By Gerardus Blokdyk

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    Are changes requested by the business side of your organization able to be accommodated?

    Are time and resources allocated for test preparation early in the project life cycle?

    Can a customer run a tool to check the completeness of its deployment of your product?

    Can the license be renewed or downloaded by the customer without intervention from you?

    Does the vendor/manufacturer provide information on a secure configuration for the device?

    How is the information flow when implementing proper configuration change management?

    How many years have passed since the first line of code was written for your product?

    Is a bring your own device/bring your own PC program in place or an upcoming project?

    What activities must the information system owner conduct when a system is decommissioned?

    Will migration to multi-cloud help you deliver more value to your organizations customers?

    This Configuration Management Guide is unlike books you're used to. If you're looking for a textbook, this might not be for you. This book and its included digital components is for you who understands the importance of asking great questions. This gives you the questions to uncover the Configuration Management challenges you're facing and generate better solutions to solve those problems.

    Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and department.

    Unless you're talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. That process needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

    This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Configuration Management investments work better.

    This Configuration Management All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person.

    INCLUDES all the tools you need to an in-depth Configuration Management Self-Assessment. Featuring new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core levels of Configuration Management maturity, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Configuration Management improvements can be made.

    In using the questions you will be better able to:

    Diagnose Configuration Management projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices.

    Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals.

    Integrate recent advances in Configuration Management and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines.

    Using the Self-Assessment tool gives you the Configuration Management Scorecard, enabling you to develop a clear picture of which Configuration Management areas need attention.

    Your purchase includes access to the Configuration Management self-assessment digital components which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool that enables you to define, show and lead your organization exactly with what's important.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher5STARCooks
    Release dateNov 20, 2020
    ISBN9781867487371
    Configuration Management A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition

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