Best practices help you avoid some of the pitfalls you may encounter when implementing asset management.
1. Define and document process
Undocumented process drives inconsistency and a lack of repeatability.
2. Create a baseline
Know what you have in order to make informed decisions.
3. Identify opportunities
Where can asset management practices and processes be improved?
4. Phase approach
- Do not try to do everything at once.
- Make a plan to implement over time.
5. Prioritize
Determine most important and beneficial projects to complete first.
6. Involve business units
Asset management is not meaningful if done in isolation; it is most valuable when done in coordination with other processes and groups.
7. Communicate value
Value ensures future support
8. Define a continual service improvement plan
Determine where you are, where you want to be, a plan to get there, and a way to stay there.
Useful resources:
Assets and CIs understanding the difference - Get to learn the difference between and Asset vs CI(Configuration Item)
Create and Manage Assets and CIs effectively - Get to know the 3 steps steps you will need to complete, or at least
understand thoroughly, in order to set your organization on the path to IT Asset and configuration management success.
Hardware Asset Management Process Guide - concepts described in this guide should be used as a baseline for successful Hardware AssetManagement. This guide does not contain a set of specific instructions for every management scenario. Instead, it defines a procedural mechanism that organizations can utilize as a starting point for refining Hardware Asset Management process.
Software Asset Management - Process Guide - The concepts described in this guide should be used as a baseline for successful Software Asset Management (SAM).
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