Results of IT Skeptic survey on CMDB penetration

Submitted by skeptic on Sun, 2008-06-29 22:56
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We had a survey of implementation of CMDB in organisations. As we always say the results are invalid in that the sample is self-selecting (a) because they are IT Skeptic readers and (b) because they voted. But it serves the same purpose as those questionaires in air-head magazines: idle titillation.

So for the amusement of you lot, here are the results:

My company's (or client's) status on CMDB (as defined by ITIL) is
we have one and it works and it returns on the investment
11%
we have one and it works but it cost too much
4%
we have one and it doesn't work
10%
we tried and failed
6%
we are working on it
33%
we are talking about it
20%
we may do a CMDB one day
12%
we don't plan to have one
5%
Total votes: 102

As at today, about 15% of readers think they have a working CMDB. This fits other guesstimates: the CMDB "tidal ripple" roars on. And about as many again threw themselves at it unsuccessfully. Twice that many are still banging away, and the same number are dreaming. Only 4% have the good sense to walk away - ah the power of peer pressure and the dirth of independent critical thought.

Published in The Skeptical Informer, July 2008, Volume 2, No. 7


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