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The Configuration Management Specialist Group (CMSG) is a Specialist Group (SG)〔BCS Specialist Groups - ("List of BCS Specialist Groups" )〕 of the British Computer Society (BCS) a professional body, registered charity (incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984) and a learned society representing those working in Information Technology both in the United Kingdom and internationally. The CMSG was set up in 1995 and conforms to the rules for BCS Member Groups.〔BCS Member Group Rules - ("What is a BCS Member Group" )〕 It was set up in 1995 to provide a forum for the promotion of Configuration Management as a discrete management process. Its remit now covers configuration, IT asset, change and release management and aims to provide an accessible resource of expertise based on experience exchange, education, professional development, and promoting industrial standards. It facilitates the open exchange of experiences and ideas in configuration, IT asset, change and release management between members and sources of expertise in the wider community. The group organises a number of regular and ad-hoc events and meetings each year to cover relevant topics and provide for discussion and debate on configuration management topics for its members. Events that the group has run include 2 day residential conferences, and joint events with the itSMF 〔BCS and itSMF joint conference - ("Conference - The CMDB and CMS - the Powerhouse of Service Management, Olympia Conference Centre, London - 8th and 9th July 2008" )〕 and other industry bodies. Conference proceedings have been published〔Kennedy, M. (Ed). (2003). ''Proceedings of the First Configuration Management Special Interest Group of the British Computer Society Conference'', Published by South Bank University Press. ISBN 1874418349.〕〔Kennedy, M. (Ed) (2007). ''Proceedings of 3rd BCS CMSG Conference "Life Cycle Management across the Supply Chain", Oxford Belfry Hotel UK'', Published by South Bank University Press. ISBN 1874418659.〕 and have influenced books such as ''Configuration Management: Expert Guidance for IT Service Managers and Practitioners''.〔Configuration Management: Expert Guidance for IT Service Managers and Practitioners (2010), Published by British Computer Society. ISBN 978-1906124588. ("Configuration Management: Expert Guidance for IT Service Managers and Practitioners" )〕 The CMSG also works with other BCS Specialist Groups and Branches to cross-fertilise knowledge and experience. The CMSG has influenced national and international standards through Shirley Lacy (formerly Chair and still on the committee), who is ITIL V3 Service Transition co-author ,〔Lacy, Shirley and Macfarlane, Ivor. (2007). ''Service Transition Book'', Published by The Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0113310487.〕 and project mentor for the ITIL 2011 Update .〔ITIL 2011 Acknowledgements. ("ITIL 2011 acknowledgements" )〕 Shirley has also presented for the group together with other ITIL Authors.〔BCS CMSG Event on ITIL 2011 Update with Shirley Lacy and Stuart Rance. ("ITIL 2011 Update at the BCS CMSG on 2011" )〕 There is a strong sub group with regular networking events for software asset management (SAM). Meetings are held every two months, and attendance is typically 80+ people. A report on one of these meetings entitled ''The Five Constants of IT Asset Management'' and delivered by the CMSG's treasurer, Kylie Fowler was recently published in ''The Register''.〔The Register ("The Five Constants of IT Asset Management" )〕 The CMSG's 10th annual conference was held at the BCS's London Offices in June 2015 and a SAM conference in northern England is planned for late October 2015. Abstracts and available presentations from the June 2015 conference can be found (here ). == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Configuration Management Specialist Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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