Call for Papers - BCS CMSG Conference 2012

[robertc]

Configuration Management - How to Ease the Pain of Change
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This is the premier UK event on Change, Release and Configuration
Management for ITIL and Service Management and throughout the
application lifecycle.

This Conference, run by the British Computer Society Configuration
Management Specialist Group (BCS CMSG) will be held on the 29 May 2012
at the BCS Offices in central London. We are building on a successful
track record of 7 previous conferences.

The main Conference objectives are to share experiences in integrating
application management and service management to support the business
objectives. The role of Change, Configuration and Release Management
best practices in adopting an integrated approach are essential
elements.

The Conference will bring together managers and practitioners working
across the service lifecycle (which incorporates the application
lifecycle) together in an open forum.

We are looking for presentations by practitioners to cover a wide
variety of topics and encourage the cross fertilisation of ideas
between practitioners, vendors and users of the CCRM processes,
solutions and tools.

Conference themes:
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Practical ways to improve integration between change, configuration
and release management
Streamlining the flow of changes and releases
Practical ways of integrating application and service management
Communication of the benefits of configuration management
Avoiding silos
Identifying missing essentials (assessment and gap analysis)
Improving processes for business benefit
Cases studies for web applications and SaaS
Automation throughout the lifecycle

For further details and how to propose a presentation, see:

http://bcs-cmsg.org.uk/conference2012/call-for-papers.html

Look forward to receiving your proposals!

Regards
Robert
BCS CMSG Chair