I'd focus less on industry standards, despite that being what mgmt asked for, and instead try to quantify what you actually need and how it would benefit the org (ie: save money in the end, speed things up, improve dependability, etc). For example, you might say Projects A, B, C and D are on hold or severely behind schedule because of a lack of engineering resources and that if we had X more bodies we could ...
Or, hit them where it works. Find a pet technology that they think they can't live without and document how it can't happen without more staff. If you've been hit by any major issues in the past that a lack of manpower could be a factor, document that, too. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Aragon > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 7:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: AD Manpower Needs > > We have just had a major change in Upper Management and I > have been given a rather rare opportunity. As the EA, I have > been asked if I need hire more people to better manage the AD > environment. My immediate answer was YES! > Then I got the bad news, my answer needs to have supporting > documentation of "industry standards". I have never seen any > documents relating to this subject. So the question is, has > anyone else? Can anyone point me to any documents relating > to "industry standards" for workload and management (e.g. > systems/tech, EA's/forest, etc.) of Active Directory (EA's, > DA's, OU Admins, Techs, etc)? Anything published in the last > couple of years would be useful. > > Thank you in advance. > > David Aragon > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
