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Inventorying information technology systems: supporting the "paradigm of change"


Abstract:

One of the most significant failures of the IT profession is the absence of systems to gather, support, and supply information for managing software items. Most IT profes...Show More

Abstract:

One of the most significant failures of the IT profession is the absence of systems to gather, support, and supply information for managing software items. Most IT professionals, if they consider software management, think in terms of version or configuration control license and patch management. Version control systems (VCSs) and software configuration management (SCM) systems aim to manage versions of individual software objects with support for linking into sets for release purposes. This has nothing to do with addressing the issues of controlling large amounts of geographically disbursed software, executing on different kinds of systems, maintained by hundreds to thousands of programmers. Software systems are the only major organizational asset with no real support for managing them based on information technology. An appropriate IT inventory management facility is the cornerstone of an integrated set of technologies, called the "paradigm of change" designed to address constantly changing technologies and business processes.
Published in: IEEE Software ( Volume: 21, Issue: 5, Sept.-Oct. 2004)
Page(s): 34 - 43
Date of Publication: 04 October 2004

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The Paradigm of Change

The paradigm of change (see Figure A) is a corporate management discipline that embraces continuous change and extends from the very highest levels down through each enterprise division and branch, to the individual knowledge worker. It matches the dictum attributed to Peter Drucker: “Get the right information to the right people at the right time.“1 “The right people” include programmers, testers, quality assurance, production, and users as well as relevant managers.

An overview of the paradigm of change. Each box represents a function (not a concept). All of these functions have been implemented as (at least) working prototypes.

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