ITSM Best Practices developed by a veteran Consultant and Systems Developer, who has consulted/subcontracted for Frontrange Business Partners (Change Control, Avante Solutions) and Ivanti Business Partners (Kifinti Solutions, DDS IT) alike
Tag: Ivanti Asset Manager
Software Asset Management 101
Software asset management (SAM) is a business practice that involves managing and optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within an organization. Ivanti Asset Manager Ivanti Asset Manager (IAM) is a much talked about “new” product that was released with ITxM 2018.3 and actively promoted with ITxM 2019.1. ITxM 2019 in fact consists of Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) … Continue reading Software Asset Management 101
WHAT IS ISM BLACKOUT?
Blackout, is a point in time in the development process when a system becomes unavailable (off-line) by design. The term comes from Electricity “blackouts” when there is a complete electric shut down.
IAM Bar Code Scanning – Best Practices
Disclaimer: Not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Ivanti. This is a product review of the Ivanti Asset Manager product.
Roles and Permissions CRUD
Roles & Permissions have been become more complex with the Ivanti Asset Manager release. There are a few key roles like Asset Scanner, Storage Managers and Procurement Manager that need to be considered.
Best Practice – List Styles
A best practice that you can find throughout the a19 Consulting Best Practice system is to use color coding where possible, especially with lists, so it is visually easy and quick to identify important records or columns, such as the Status, Start Date, End Date, and Owner of Project Tasks by using style expressions. Why the owner? For a meaningful project overview of project tasks.
Scope of Work Priorities
When you are gathering Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) and Ivanti Asset Manager (IAM) requirements to build your Solution Design Documentation and Scope of Work (SOW) there is one very important best practice. Set Implementation Priorities!
Ivanti Asset Manager 101
Ivanti added their Asset Manager product (IAM) into Ivanti Service Manager (ISM) in late 2019 with the 2019.3 release. Before you waste time, energy, and resources, be sure to contact a19 Consulting for Ivanti Professional Services
Best Practice Tip – UAT Action Plan
One of the most crucial steps in System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is User Acceptance Testing (UAT), a type of system and business objective validation, performed by the end users, and business objective sign off by the project owner; not to be confused with System Testing which is performed by the Ivanti Developer and/or ISM Administrator
How to embed an image in Global Constants and business object fields
Base64, HTML, and Ivanti Service Manager - How to embed an image in Global Constants and business object fields
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