USING A DEPTH TREE FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF MODIFICATIONS TO IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Yang Min, Zhang Mi, Han Peng, Chen Haiguang, Zhou Xi, Mao Dilin, Gao Chuanshan

2006

Abstract

In a business IT system, change is an engine of progress, as well as a source of doom. End user applications, operational disciplines, and IT vendors are major sources of continuous change. However, application software change control is a relatively mature process; many organizations implement IT infrastructure change manually, relying primarily on the IT staff's knowledge and expertise. Thus, an effective and efficient way to settle it is urgently needed. In this paper, we take a necessary first step toward the change management of IT infrastructure. Mainly along with utilizing a depth tree, termed with DTM in the following, to qualitatively get hold of the sequence of affected parts of IT infrastructure and trace the detailed propagation paths, it can also be relatively accurate to evaluate the quantitative influence to each implicative part and provide its benchmark-values corresponding to industrial experiences in business and techniques for the decision-makers.

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Min Y., Mi Z., Peng H., Haiguang C., Xi Z., Dilin M. and Chuanshan G. (2006). USING A DEPTH TREE FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF MODIFICATIONS TO IT INFRASTRUCTURE . In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-62-7, pages 88-92. DOI: 10.5220/0001427000880092


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@conference{ice-b06,
author={Yang Min and Zhang Mi and Han Peng and Chen Haiguang and Zhou Xi and Mao Dilin and Gao Chuanshan},
title={USING A DEPTH TREE FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF MODIFICATIONS TO IT INFRASTRUCTURE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={88-92},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001427000880092},
isbn={978-972-8865-62-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2006)
TI - USING A DEPTH TREE FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF MODIFICATIONS TO IT INFRASTRUCTURE
SN - 978-972-8865-62-7
AU - Min Y.
AU - Mi Z.
AU - Peng H.
AU - Haiguang C.
AU - Xi Z.
AU - Dilin M.
AU - Chuanshan G.
PY - 2006
SP - 88
EP - 92
DO - 10.5220/0001427000880092