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I looked for a better place to put this - hopefully it will still get some traffic here. :)
I need a questionnaire, or an assessment template of sorts. I know, "it must be out there somewhere" -- I've been googling all sorts of stuff that fits _part_ of what I need. I'm looking for something comprehensive in its topics,but not mind-numbingly detailed in each area.
I'm starting a new position; it's a systems admin role for now, meant to grow into more of a business/systems analysis function later. I'm replacing a young guy who is very technical, but doesn't have a broad business view. He's 24. I'm 45. We (the employer and I) don't yet have a feel for how professionally he will respond to the transition.
I've done all the LAN admin stuff before, though rarely in instances where best practices were utilized, and it's been awhile since that was my primary responsibility. It's also been a long time since I did such work without either participating in or supervising a team, which is an important distinction, because teams share the common knowledge of the environment, and bring each other up to speed when new members come in.
So, I'm mining all your collective experience trying to find an assessment checklist that'll have me digging quickly into the key pieces of information I will need to own quickly after starting. Everything: password management, disaster recovery, servers/services, technologies employed -- the broader the better.
Barring finding the perfect document, I'm building it as I go, so any comments on "people always forget..." items would probably be quite valuable, also.
If I end up compiling this thing, I'll make it available here for all to use and improve.
Finally, this site has been very friendly and helpful to me in the past, but it's not really admin-centric. If anyone has suggestions for a lively discussion site related to admin issues and IT business impact, that would be great also.
Thanks in advance.
