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Asset and configuration management

Asset and configuration management involves managing the life cycle of IT assets, such as hardware, software, intellectual property, licences and warranties, the configuration of components, and the relationships between them. Consideration is given to the usage, disposal, compliance, inventory, sustainability, cost optimisation and protection of the IT asset portfolio.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • track, log and correct information to protect assets and components
2. Working

You can:

  • maintain secure configuration and accurate information
  • control IT assets in one or more areas
  • verify the location and state of IT assets
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • manage configuration items and related information
  • manage service compliance and risk
4. Expert

You can:

  • manage configuration management for the organisation, ensuring value for the business and adherence to company policies
  • ensure that changes to assets are recorded and controlled appropriately
  • advocate organisational commitment to asset control

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Application operations engineerApplication operations engineer5Working
Senior application operations engineerApplication operations engineer6Working
Lead application operations engineerApplication operations engineer7Working
Principal application operations engineerApplication operations engineer8bPractitioner
Configuration analystChange and release manager4Working
Change and release analystChange and release manager5Working
Change and release managerChange and release manager6Expert
End user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer5Working
Senior end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer6Working
Lead end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer7Working
Principal end user computing engineerEnd user computing engineer8bPractitioner
Incident managerIncident manager5Awareness
Major incident managerIncident manager7Awareness
IT service analystIT service manager4Awareness
IT service managerIT service manager6Working
Senior IT service managerIT service manager7Practitioner
Head of IT service managementIT service manager8bExpert
Problem analystProblem manager5Awareness
Problem managerProblem manager6Awareness
Service desk analystService desk analyst3Awareness
Technical service desk analystService desk analyst4Awareness
Senior service desk analystService desk analyst5Awareness
Service desk managerService desk analyst6Awareness
Head of service deskService desk analyst7Awareness