Systems and methods to support information technology business decisions

A system for supporting IT business decisions within an organization, the system comprising:

• at least one processor operable to execute:
• a business management database (BMDB), wherein the BMDB defines a plurality of services needed by the organization and a constraint on the plurality of services driven by a business policy;
• a configuration management database (CMDB), connected to the BMDB, wherein the CMDB defines resources required by the plurality of services;
• a risk management database (RMDB), connected to the BMDB, wherein the RMDB defines an operational constraint on the organization due to an external factor;
• and
• a data correlator, coupled to the BMDB, the CMDB, and the RMDB, configured to define data relationships between data within the BMDB and the CMDB, and data relationships between data within the BMDB and the RMDB.

A system for supporting IT business decisions within an organization, comprising:

• at least one processor operable to execute:
• a business management database (BMDB), wherein the BMDB defines a plurality of services needed by the organization and a constraint on the plurality of services driven by a business policy;
• a configuration management database (CMDB), connected to the BMDB, wherein the CMDB defines resources required by the plurality of services;
• an application management database (AMDB), connected to the BMDB and CMDB, wherein the AMDB defines development resources required by the plurality of services;
• and
• a data correlator, coupled to the BMDB, the CMDB, and the AMDB and configured to define data relationships between data within the BMDB, the CMDB, and the AMDB.

A computer-implemented method for supporting IT business decisions within an organization, the method comprising:

• defining a plurality of services needed by the organization and a constraint on the plurality of services driven by a business policy in a business management database (BMDB);
• defining resources required by the plurality of services in a configuration management database (CMDB);
• defining data relationships between data within the BMDB and the CMDB;
• and
• supporting IT business decisions, using one or more processors, by analyzing the data relationships to present data from within the BMDB or the CMDB to a data access application.

A computer-implemented method for supporting IT business decisions within an organization, the method comprising:

• defining a plurality of services needed by the organization and a constraint on the plurality of services driven by a business policy in a business management database (BMDB);
• defining resources required by the plurality of services in a configuration management database (CMDB);
• defining an operational constraint on the organization, the constraint due to an external factor, in a risk management database (RMDB);
• defining data relationships between data within the BMDB and the CMDB, and data relationships between data within the BMDB and the RMDB;
• and
• supporting IT business decisions, using one or more processors, by analyzing the data relationships to present data from within the BMDB, the CMDB, or the RMDB to a data access application.

A computer-implemented method for supporting IT business decisions within an organization, the method comprising:

• defining a plurality of services needed by the organization and a constraint on the plurality of services driven by a business policy in a business management database (BMDB);
• defining resources required by the plurality of services in a configuration management database (CMDB);
• defining development resources required by the plurality of services in an application management database (AMDB);
• defining data relationships between data within the BMDB, the CMDB, and the AMDB;
• and
• supporting IT business decisions, using one or more processors, by analyzing the data relationships to present data from within the BMDB, the CMDB, or the AMDB to a data access application.