Patent ID: 8140635

Claim:
An automated method for facilitating management of a data processing environment comprising: learning, by one or more servers, of a submission of a request, in digital form, to make a change to a data processing device of the data processing environment; in response, determining, by the one or more servers, whether to allow the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; when a result of said determining is that the requested change is to be allowed, conditionally indicating, by the one or more servers, allowance of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; and when a result of said determining is that the requested change is not to be allowed, rejecting by the one or more servers, prior to implementation of the requested change, allowance of the requested change of the data processing device to be scheduled or assigned for implementation; wherein said determining comprises determining whether the requested change is dependent on any of one or more previously-approved change requests.