ITIL Compliant CM Plan

[MJ]

Hi all

Does anyone have an ITIL compliant CM Plan which they could possibly
share ? We have a large project, with the client talking about ITIL
Std. CM, with Application, COTS, O/S software, and a large amount of
servers, needing to be Configuration Managed.

TIA for any replies

Regards

Melvyn Jacobs

[Mark Bools]

It is important to realise that ITIL is a framework of best practices, not a
set of standards. Any of the available templates (IEEE, SEI, etc.) will meet
the ITIL guidance. If you are looking for more than a template then the best
you should expect is an example because by its nature a CM Plan will be
specific to your organisation and project. As you say your project is
_large_ you may even want to produce more than one CM Plan.

For templates and examples you could try:

http://sparc.airtime.co.uk/users/wysywig/cmp.htm (with the caution that this
site has a REALLY irritating dialog every time you navigate away from this
page)
http://sparc.airtime.co.uk/users/wysywig/cmp.htm
http://tmcpfs.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/cfprojects/uploaded_files/Chapter 04 - CM
Plan - December 11 2002.doc
http://www.cio-dpi.gc.ca/emf-cag/config-mgmt/cm011_e.asp
http://www.snuffybear.com/ucm_cmp.htm
http://www-natali.deis.unibo.it/ISBO/ISBO0102/NEBook/DataLogic/RationalUnifiedProcess/webtmpl/templates/cm_mgt/rup_cmpln.htm

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Mark Bools
Inspect (UK) Ltd
Software Process Consultant