• Overview
• Curriculum
• Instructor

Course Overview

This 8-hour certificate course, Practitioners Certificate in Configuration Management Database for ITAM & IT Ops Professionals, equips participants with practical knowledge to implement, manage, and govern a CMDB in modern IT environments.

Divided into four sessions, the course covers foundational concepts, architecture, integration strategies, data quality management, and real-world use cases. Learners explore how CMDBs support ITAM, ITSM, and cybersecurity, with theory classes, hands-on activities and governance frameworks. By the end, participants will be able to design effective CMDB models, ensure data accuracy, and align CMDB practices with compliance, risk, and service management objectives—earning certification as a CMDB Practitioner.

Also, this course is independent of any specific ITAM tool, thus ensuring that the student can adapt to any tool that is deployed in their organization.

 

Course Objectives

• Introduce CMDB concepts, core architecture, and its role in IT environments
• Understand CMDB architecture, implementation strategies, and integrations
• Learn how to maintain CMDB accuracy, quality, and long-term operational efficiency
• Apply CMDB knowledge to real business scenarios and understand modern advancements

 

Course Inclusions

• Downloadable templates (CI Class Model, Data Governance Policy, Assessment Forms)
• CMDB tool walkthroughs (screenshots from ServiceNow, BMC, open-source CMDBs)
• Sample audit checklist
• Reference resources: ITIL 4, ISO 20000, NIST SP 800-128, CMDB implementation guides

 

Target Audience:

• IT Asset Managers
• ITSM/ITOM Professionals
• System and Infrastructure Engineers
• Information Security Analysts
• GRC and Compliance Teams

 

Certification Outcome:

• Certified CMDB Practitioner – Awarded on completion of assessments and active participation.

Curriculum

• 4 Sections
• 23 Lessons
• 8 Hours

 

• • Session 1 (2 hours):
    Foundations of CMDB
    6
    • 1.1
      What is a Configuration Management
    • 1.1
      Key objectives and benefits
    • 1.1
      Core components:
      • Configuration Items (CIs)
      • CI attributes and relationships
      • CI types: Hardware, Software, People, Services, Locations
    • 1.1
      How CMDB fits into:
      • IT Service Management (ITSM)
      • IT Operations Management (ITOM)
      • IT Asset Management (ITAM)
    • 1.1
      CMDB vs Asset Management
    • 1.1
      Data lifecycle of a CI
    • 1.1
      Activity:
      • Group Discussion: Identify and categorize CIs in your own IT environment
      • Mini-Workshop: Design a simple CI class model for a sample organization (e.g., a bank or e-commerce firm)

• Session 2 (2 hours):
  CMDB Implementation & Architecture
  5
  • 1.1
    Discovery and population methods:
    • Manual data entry
    • Automated discovery tools (e.g., ServiceNow Discovery, BMC, SCCM)
  • 1.1
    CMDB architecture:
    • Logical and physical architecture
    • Federation vs Centralization
    • 1.1
      Data sources and federation examples
    • 1.1
      Key integrations:
      • Incident, Change, Problem, and Release Management
      • Monitoring tools (Nagios, SolarWinds)
      • Common pitfalls in implementation
    • 1.1
      Title
      • Activity:
      • Interactive Whiteboarding: Map CI data flows from discovery to integration.
      • Scenario Exercise: Choose a discovery strategy for a hybrid on-premises and cloud enterprise.

• Session 3 (2 hours):
  CMDB Governance, Data Quality & Operations
  7
  • 1.1
    CMDB governance roles:
    • CI Owners, Configuration Managers, Data Stewards
  • 1.1
    Data quality management:
    • Completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness
  • 1.1
    Data reconciliation and normalization
  • 1.1
    CI lifecycle tracking (from onboarding to decommissioning)
  • 1.1
    Auditing and compliance with ISO/ITIL/NIST frameworks
  • 1.1
    Change and Configuration Management integration
  • 1.1
    CMDB maturity models (CMMI, Gartner, ITIL v4)
  • 1.1
    Activity:
    • Assessment Quiz: CMDB health check sample questions
    • Workshop: Draft a data quality policy for your CMDB
• Session 4 (2 hours):
  Real-World Use Cases, Analytics & Future of CMDB
  5
  • 1.1
    Real-world use cases:
    • Incident root cause analysis
    • Impact analysis for change and problem management
    • Security and risk mapping (InfoSec, vulnerability response)
    • License compliance using CMDB
  • 1.1
    CMDB and AI/ML: Predictive CMDB, anomaly detection
  • 1.1
    CMDB in cloud and container environments (Kubernetes, AWS Config)
  • 1.1
    Reporting and visualization:
    • Dashboards
    • Service maps
    • Risk heatmaps
  • 1.1
    Future trends:
    • Integration with SBOM
    • Unified Asset Intelligence
    • CMDB as a service (CMDBaaS)
  • 1.1
    Activity
    • Group Case Study: Map CI relationships for a critical business service and analyze an outage impact.

Ritesh Verma
Ritesh Verma leads the technical service delivery and project management. He is responsible for discovery and analytical tools for Oracle products and SAM Managed services.

Previously, Ritesh was the CIO of Indian Oiltanking & has implemented multiple Oracle applications in his 25 year career. He sits on the board of a Cloud and IT Services firm.

Featured Review

This CMDB course by ITAM India exceeded my expectations. The content was clear, practical, and expertly delivered, making complex concepts easy to understand. Real-world examples greatly enhanced my learning. The course is very useful for managing configuration data for IT operations & ITAM.