Software Asset Management – The First Ninety Days [Book Outline]

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Software Asset Management – The First Ninety Days [Book Outline]

I am in the process of writing a book on SAM.

The book in entitled ‘Software Asset Management – The First Ninety Days‘.

My goal is to help new SAM professionals learn the territory and begin to plot their strategy.

Book Objectives

• Highlight the benefits of SAM
• Allow the reader to assess their current position
• Allow the reader to plot their course
• Provide a framework for progress
• Balance of SAM theory and pragmatic advice
• Low cost (say less than about £40/$60/€50)

The outline for our book is published below.

Get Involved

1. Is there a specific topic you would like to see covered which is missing from our outline?
2. Would you like to contribute a section based on one of the topics below?

To get involved please leave a comment below or get in contact.

Thanks, Martin

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Software Asset Management – The First Ninety Days [Book Outline]

1. Introduction to SAM 
   1. An Asset Management Primer
   2. Business Drivers
   3. Benefits (Tangible and Intangible)
   4. Risks (vendor audit / licensing complexity)
2. Key Tenets
   1. Scope
   2. Begin with the end in mind
   3. Business as Usual / Why SAM framework
3. The Theoretical SAM Framework
   1. SAM Definition
   2. Mission / Vision / Objectives
   3. SAM Process Framework
   4. How SAM relates to other disciplines and frameworks
      1. ITIL
      2. Cobit
      3. ISO/IEC 19770
      4. ISO/IEC 20000
   5. Governance
4. Pragmatic SAM / Preparation (Where am I? where do I need to be?)
   1. Agree on planning and approach
   2. How to prepare stakeholder interviews
   3. Workshop and Exercises
   4. Maturity Assessment
5. Pragmatic SAM / Implementation
   1. Your organization
      1. Placement within an organization (reporting lines)
      2. Roles and Responsibilities
      3. Sheriff or Lynchpin
      4. Characteristics of successful SAM professionals / skills
      5. Training
   2. Ownership of the (key) processes (RACI)
   3. Policies – Giving Your Practice Teeth
   4. The Operational Business Plan
      1. Goals
      2. Checklist for building a compliance position
      3. Selling SAM to Stakeholders
      4. Reporting (operational kpi’s)
   5. Your Communications Plan
   6. SAM Artefacts (Data Gathering, Data Sources)
   7. Technology
      1. Pitfalls
      2. Terminology

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