Change / Configuration Management

I was giving some thought to my earlier post about Metrics for IT Management, part of which included a brief discussion of Change/Configuration management. I went looking around to see what existed in the OSS world for such a package. The majority of what I came up with dealt specifically and only with software development.

This started me thinking that either I was looking in the wrong places (freshmeat, sourceforge, google) - The best that I came up with being able to find was OpenQRM which seemed focused very much on datacenter usage. While it provides a huge selection of a very useful tools, only one screenshot I saw listed "Reports".

So, now I'm considering a project which is built around the more management (.sic PHB) side of change/configuration management, reporting and metrics which can be used as a business tool vs. something which is more an administrative tool. Ideally I would like something which not only satisfies making managers and employees lives easier but can also be used for a PMIS level solution.

There is only one way I know of to approach thinking about such a project and that is over a decent bottle of scotch and gathering up some friends to talk about it.

Comments are freely accepted if you are interested or have relevant input.