On the misunderstanding of CMDB

Enterprise-Class customers have been thinking about it in the near period CMDB items, and are always subjected to a heap of spit slots:

   implemented the 3 CMDB project, so far I still can't believe it. Configuration Items

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Finally, the customer asked whether China has succeeded CMDB project?

in order to answer the customer this question, I want to first need to clarify what exactly is the configuration management, what is CMDB , because everyone has CMDB There are too many misunderstandings.

What is configuration management

What is a CMDB?

cmdb "the information and whether the change and maintenance, but in fact the actual configuration information in the current Span style= "font-size:16px;line-height:107%;" >cmdb technology development, less than 20% configuration information recorded cmdb cmdb

What is configuration item information ?

Configuration Items + properties to get everything done, CI the smaller the particle size, the better, not according to management needs and management costs to make a proper balance;

What is a configuration model ?

The result of over-emphasis on the model is that it builds relationships based on the needs of the model, and the result is that the model creates a huge controversy, different roles of different teams that criticize each other and get bogged down in endless debates.

Do you want to implement configuration management or implement a CMDB?

Configuration Management and CMDB is two things that cannot be equated, the former is a process, the latter is a tool, when it is not clear how to do configuration management, or what the configuration management is doing, to complete what process objectives, directly to implement CMDB , and finally easily lose the strategy, eventually evolve into CMDB and CMDB

CMDB The source of the failure of the project

Always fantasy technology to get everything done, but is it really just a technical aspect?

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• Powerful tool = project success?

• integration with processes = success?

• Strong integration capability of implementing vendors success?

• CMDB Data accuracy = success?

On the misunderstanding of CMDB