IAITAM's Best Practice Library (IBPL), the ITAM Practitioner's Guide to an IT Asset Management Program, represents the collective knowledge and experiences of the entire IT Asset Management industry. This twelve volume set consists of thirteen books packed full of knowledge, workflows, templates and whitepapers for each of the twelve Key Process Areas (KPAs). There are twelve volumes addressing the twelve KPAs:
Acquisition Management
Financial Management
Asset Identification
Legislation Management
Communication and Education
Policy Management
Compliance Management
Program Management
Disposal Management
Project Management
Documentation Management
Vendor Management
Included with the IBPL is a CD containing IBPL templates and workflows that may be tailored to any organization, as well as the IBPL KPA Relationships and Dependencies poster, an at-a-glance overview of how each KPA impacts the others.
A Best Practice Library couldn't be called practical without including industry standards and regulations. The IBPL addresses standards such as ISO's 19770 and the UK-OGC's ITIL, and regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
Unlike other standards, the IAITAM Best Practice Library addresses not just the what, but more importantly, the why and the how. The why enables the IT Asset Manager to educate and justify the improvements to the organization's ITAM processes and the how provides the IT Asset Manager with a practical implementation guide that is easily modified to the organization's unique environment. Further supporting the how, each volume contains templates and workflows that can easily be customized to meet the organization's ITAM program.
