Patent ID: 8332929

Claim:
A method, comprising: a. accessing one or more change process rules, wherein the rules are associated with one or more configuration change requests to one or more configurable elements (CEs) within at least one configurable computation system (CCS), wherein each configuration change request generates a change ticket requiring authorization before an implementation of the configuration change request, wherein the authorization for the change ticket is provided by electronic inputs, wherein the change ticket comprises an authorization field and an implementation status field; b. analyzing the one or more configuration change requests using the change process rules and one or more current conditions; c. selectively authorizing the one or more configuration change requests to a subset of the one or more CEs within the at least one CCS, wherein the selectively authorizing is based on the analysis of the one or more configuration change requests in relation to the change process rules and the one or more current conditions, wherein the selectively authorizing is delayed until the one or more conditions are met, and wherein the authorization for the change is limited to a subset of the one or more CEs that meets the change process rules; d. configuring one or more selective-locks on the corresponding at least one CCS to enable configuration changes to the subset of the one or more CEs within the at least one CCS; and e. updating status information in the implementation status field of the change ticket indicating a final result of the configuration change request.