A facilities manager has observed varying electric use on the company's metered service lines. The facility management rarely interacts with the IT department unless new equipment is being…

RFID asset management tracks physical hardware location and inventory, not cross-departmental coordination of power or resource usage.

A business resource monitoring system is a reactive technical tool, not a process-level solution that improves communication and coordination between departments.

A property custodian manages physical property custody and is unrelated to the coordination gap between IT and facilities.

Software asset management software tracks software licenses and usage, not facility power consumption or IT change coordination.

Facility management participation on the change control board ensures the facilities team is notified of upcoming IT activities - such as hardware deployments or major system changes - that will impact power consumption, enabling proactive resource planning.

Rewriting the change board charter is a secondary administrative action that does not solve the problem without first ensuring participation and implementation of best practices.

Implementing change management best practices creates a formal, documented process for requesting, approving, and communicating IT changes to all affected stakeholders, including facilities, reducing uncoordinated actions that cause unexpected resource spikes.