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Overall Internal Effort Infrastructure Teams vs CMDB Scope

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Key Takeaways

  • Internal effort scales significantly with CMDB scope, with large-scope projects requiring the highest time investment (~1,600 hours).
  • Medium-scope implementations demand substantial but lower effort (~1,050 hours), reflecting meaningful governance and integration complexity.
  • Small-scope projects require considerably fewer internal hours (~400 hours), indicating lighter implementation complexity and reduced organizational impact.

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