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IT infrastructure project management, with ITSM built in
Moving a data centre, refreshing a network or rolling out new laptops changes the services your users depend on. SMC Consulting provides senior project managers for IT infrastructure projects, who plan and control the work and build in what generic project managers leave out: change management, CMDB updates and a clean service transition.
180ITSM implementations
40+ITSM migrations
25+years in IT service management
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IT infrastructure projects, run with the service in mind
An IT infrastructure project replaces or moves the technical base your services run on: servers and storage, networks, cloud platforms, workplaces. The technical plan is rarely the hard part. The risks sit at the edges: a change nobody approved, a dependency nobody mapped, a CMDB that still describes the old platform, a service desk that learns about the cutover from the first calls.
Our project managers run infrastructure projects as IT service management projects too. They work with your change process, keep the configuration data current and prepare the service desk for go-live. For the governance across several projects, see PMO consulting for IT and ITSM projects.
An infrastructure project manager on demand
Senior profiles
Project managers who have run infrastructure projects before and know the questions to ask on day one.
Interim or as a service
One project manager for one project, or project management as a service across several, for as long as you need.
On site in BE, LU and FR
On site in Belgium, Luxembourg and France, or remote, in French, Dutch and English.
ITIL v4 certified
Change, configuration and service transition are part of the plan, not an afterthought.
An infrastructure project starting soon?
Tell us the scope and the date; we come back with a project manager profile and how we would plan it.
Infrastructure projects we run
Data centre and hosting moves
Servers, storage and applications moved to a new data centre or hosting provider, wave by wave.
Cloud migrations
Workloads moved to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, with the dependencies mapped before anything moves.
Network refreshes
Switches, firewalls, Wi-Fi and WAN links replaced site by site, with change windows agreed in advance.
Workplace roll-outs
New laptops and devices deployed with Intune and Autopilot, users informed and the service desk ready.
CMDB and discovery projects
An inventory of what you own and what depends on what, built from discovery tools rather than spreadsheets.
ITSM tool migrations
A move from one ITSM platform to another, planned so the service desk keeps working.
Why ITSM matters in infrastructure projects
Change management
Every cutover goes through your change process, with impact assessed and a back-out plan agreed before the window opens.
CMDB updates
The configuration items and their relationships are updated as the project moves them, so incidents after go-live are diagnosed on the new reality.
Service transition and go-live support
Runbooks, knowledge articles and a hypercare period agreed with the service desk before the first user calls.
Our method: plan, control, transition
Three phases, each with clear deliverables. Our post on change management in ITSM explains how changes are assessed and approved along the way.
Change, CMDB and service transition are IT service management (ITSM) practices; we plan them into the project instead of adding them at the end.
Plan
Scope, dependencies, schedule, budget, risks and the change windows, agreed with the teams and suppliers involved.
Control
Progress, budget, quality and risks followed every week; every technical change through your change process.
Transition
Cutover, CMDB updated, runbooks and knowledge handed over, hypercare with the service desk, then a formal close.
What you get at the end
- The new infrastructure in service, with every change approved and documented.
- A CMDB that describes the new platform, not the one you left.
- A service desk ready on day one, with runbooks and knowledge articles.
- A closed project: budget reconciled, risks closed or handed over, lessons learned written down.
Who this is for
Infrastructure managers
With a migration or refresh to deliver next to daily operations, and no project manager free to run it.
CIOs with several projects at once
Who need one person accountable per project and one view across them.
Organisations preparing for NIS2
Whose infrastructure changes must leave an up-to-date asset inventory behind.
IT infrastructure project management: frequently asked questions
What does an IT infrastructure project manager do?
They plan and run a project that changes the technical base of your IT: a data centre move, a cloud migration, a network refresh, a workplace roll-out. They manage scope, schedule, budget, risks and suppliers, and make sure each change goes through your change process and ends with a service your teams can support.
Can you provide an interim infrastructure project manager?
Yes. We provide senior project managers for one project, on site in Belgium, Luxembourg or France or remotely, from kick-off to closure, or project management as a service across several projects.
How do you handle change management during an infrastructure migration?
Every cutover is a change: impact assessed, dependencies checked, approval obtained, back-out plan ready, and a review afterwards. We plan the change windows with your teams and suppliers at the start of the project. See change management in ITSM.
How is the CMDB kept up to date after the project?
We update the configuration items during the project, then hand over ownership and rules: who maintains which class of CI, from which source. Where possible, discovery tools keep it current automatically; see cloud CMDB and dependency mapping and IT asset management.
Run your next infrastructure project with the service in mind
Start with the free 30-minute ITSM audit, or talk to a consultant about the scope and the date.
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