How robust and effective are your software asset management policies and procedures?  ISO Standard 19770-1, "Information technology - Software asset management - Part 1:  Processes" has been published and goes into detail on what's required for a company to have robust SAM policies and procedures. 

Agnitio Advisors can help your organization assess how well you meet the ISO requirements for Software Asset Management processes.  Using the ISO 19770-1 specification, web based surveys and on-site review of your companies processes, Agnitio Advisors can give an assessment of how well you meet ISO specifications.  Companies that want to show they are doing everything they can to ensure software asset compliance can have their organization certified as cornforming with the ISO 19770-1 specification.  showing conformance will not necessarily prevent an audit, but by showing that your company follows strict policies and procedures defined in ISO 19770-1, you can significantly limit the timeframe of an audit and possibly even avoid any on-site audit by presenting required reports to a software vendor who may request a compliance report.  By reviewing your conformance to ISO 19770-1, you will also be learning about areas of SAM management that are not done effectively in your organization.

In order to conform with the ISO 19770-1 specification, an organization address all areas of the specification.  This is possible only if your entire organization uses documented policies and procedures for all phases of software asset management, from acquisition to retirement.  Since many organizations do not have a software asset management program in place that covers the full range of the ISO specification, Agnitio Advisors can also help organizations move towards conformance by identifying areas where your company currently conforms and recommending policies and procedures that will bring non-conforming areas into conformance.

Since Agnitio Advisors is not associated with any specific tool vendor, our services focus on providing the most appropriate approach to conforming to the specification.  If required, Agnitio Advisors can also recommend the requirements for tool selection.

For more information, please contact Agnitio Advisors.