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1. Are at least some configuration management activities established within the organisation, e.g. registering Configuration Items (CIs)? |
2. Have you identified some of the CI attributes, e.g. location, current status, service component relationships? |
3. Is there existing configuration data held in hard copy, local spreadsheets or databases? |
4. Is there a high level configuration management plan? |
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5. Has the purpose and benefits of configuration management been disseminated within the organisation? |
6. Has the scope of configuration management activity been established within the organisation? |
7. Is there a suitable budget for configuration management tools and a commitment to resource configuration management activities? |
8. Does the organisation have procedures covering the registration of CIs? |
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9. Have responsibilities for various configuration management activities been assigned? ITSS培训 |
10. Have configuration item naming conventions been agreed? |
11. Are there procedures for identifying, controlling, updating, auditing and analysing configuration item information? |
12. Is configuration data routinely used in performing impact assessments? |
13. Are CIs recognised in terms of service component relationships? |
14. Is configuration data used routinely when building or releasing new CIs? |
15. Are there procedures covering housekeeping, licence management, archiving and retention periods for CIs? |
16. For planned releases, is the configuration baseline determined in advance? |
17. Are the configuration management activities reviewed on a regular basis? |
18. Are configuration audits performed on a regular basis? |
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19. Have measure been taken to avoid duplication and anomalies with CI records? |
20. Is configuration data used routinely for capacity planning purposes, e.g. to ascertain the actual growth of CI's within the organisation? |
21. Is there interface control between configuration management and third parties? |
22. Are there links and interfaces between configuration management and other Service Management systems? |
23. Do service support and service delivery personnel regularly retrieve configuration data to facilitate their activities? |
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24. Are standard reports concerning CI information produced regularly? |
25. Is there a configuration management database? |
26. Are there controlled environments available within which CI's are manipulated? |
27. Are build and release schedules produced on the basis of the CI records? |
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28. Are the standards and other quality criteria applicable for the registration of CIs made explicit and applied? |
29. Are the personnel responsible for configuration management activities suitably trained? |
30. Does the organisation set and review either targets or objectives for Configuration Management? |
31. Does the organisation use any tools to support the configuration management process? ITSS认证 |
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32. Do you provide management with information concerning configuration items affected by major changes? |
33. Do you provide management with information concerning information on the achievement of targets and objectives set for Configuration Management? |
34. Do you provide management with information concerning database and record growth usage? |
35. Do you provide management with information concerning exceptional problems regarding specific CIs / types of CI? |
36. Do you provide management with information concerning non-conformance to standards? |
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37. Do you hold regular meetings with interested parties in which Configuration Management matters are discussed? |
38. Do you receive notification from, or provide information to Change management relating to every CI to be changed or introduced? |
39. Is information exchanged with Release Management in order to keep the Definitive Software Library (DSL) consistent with the CMDB? |
40. Is configuration information made available to the Service Desk regarding new CIs? |
41. Does Configuration Management exchange information with Problem Management concerning details of CIs relating to problems, suppliers, customers and changes? |
42. Does Configuration Management exchange information with Financial Management for IT Services regarding new cost and charging codes and other attributes? |
43. Is configuration information made available to IT Service Continuity Management regarding CIs and backup details, and other security and contingency matters? |
44. Is configuration information made available to Capacity Management concerning growth estimates based on the CMDB? |
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45. Do you check with the customer that the activities performed by Configuration Management adequately support their business needs? |
46. Do you check with the customer that they are happy with the services provided? |
47. Are you actively monitoring trends in customer satisfaction? |
48. Are you feeding customer survey information into the service improvement agenda? |
49. Are you monitoring the customers value perception of the services provided to them? |
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