Context

Internal and vendor audits are conducted periodically. For financial and legal reasons, all license compliance must be managed. Licenses that are out of compliance must be identified and rectified. Also, unlicensed software must either be removed or a license must be obtained.

Description

Steps	Process and Activity	Roles	Work products	Tools
Obtain the list of software inventory for the intended audited software.	Asset Management Ready and Control Asset	Asset Controller	Configuration Information	ITLMz – Ready and Control Asset ITLM – Ready and Control Asset
Obtain the list of licenses for the intended audited software.	Asset Management Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records	Asset Analyst	Asset Information	ITLMz – Ready and Control Asset ITLM – Ready and Control Asset
Associate software to licenses.	Asset Management Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records	Asset Analyst	Asset Inventory Results	ITLMz – Ready and Control Asset ITLM – Ready and Control Asset
Verify license compliance.	Asset Management Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records	Asset Analyst	Asset Reconciliation Data	ITLMz – Ready and Control Asset ITLM – Ready and Control Asset
Review unlicensed software.	Asset Management Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records	Asset Analyst	Asset Reconciliation Data	ITLMz – Ready and Control Asset ITLM – Ready and Control Asset
Report mainframe license compliance results to the IT Director.	Asset Management Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records	Asset Analyst	Asset Reconciliation Data	ITLMz – Ready and Control Asset
Report distributed software compliance results.	Asset Management Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records	Asset Analyst	Asset Reconciliation Data	ITLM – Monitor Audit and Reconcile Asset Records
Determine vendor and product actions to take.	Portfolio Management IT Portfolio Decisions and Commitments	IT Portfolio Manager	IT Portfolio

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