# License Compliance Specialist

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## Neighborhood

### Related (delivered by)

- [Plan and budget IT license usage volumes](/Processes/Plan_and_budget_IT_license_usage_volumes) — delivered by · Processes

### Required knowledge

- [License Compliance](/Knowledge/License_Compliance) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Audit Methodology and Evidence Standards](/Knowledge/Audit_Methodology_and_Evidence_Standards) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Contract Terms](/Knowledge/Contract_Terms) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Software Licensing Models](/Knowledge/Software_Licensing_Models) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Intellectual-property and contract law basics](/Knowledge/Intellectual-property_and_contract_law_basics) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Vendor license programs](/Knowledge/Vendor_license_programs) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Software licensing models and metrics](/Knowledge/Software_licensing_models_and_metrics) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Regulatory Compliance](/Knowledge/Regulatory_Compliance) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [License Requirements by Jurisdiction](/Knowledge/License_Requirements_by_Jurisdiction) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Licensing Regulations](/Knowledge/Licensing_Regulations) — requires knowledge · Knowledge

### Engage in

- [Audit License Usage Against Entitlements](/Activities/Audit_License_Usage_Against_Entitlements) — engage in · Activities
- [Reconcile Software Licenses](/Activities/Reconcile_Software_Licenses) — engage in · Activities
- [Investigate Compliance Violations](/Activities/Investigate_Compliance_Violations) — engage in · Activities
- [Audit software and IP usage against license entitlements](/Activities/Audit_software_and_IP_usage_against_license_entitlements) — engage in · Activities
- [Track Required Licenses and Renewals](/Activities/Track_Required_Licenses_and_Renewals) — engage in · Activities
- [Verify Compliance with License Terms](/Activities/Verify_Compliance_with_License_Terms) — engage in · Activities

### Required skills

- [Compliance Analysis](/Skills/Compliance_Analysis) — requires skill · Skills
- [Entitlement Reconciliation](/Skills/Entitlement_Reconciliation) — requires skill · Skills
- [License Auditing](/Skills/License_Auditing) — requires skill · Skills
- [Report Writing](/Skills/Report_Writing) — requires skill · Skills
- [Usage data analysis](/Skills/Usage_data_analysis) — requires skill · Skills
- [Remediation communication](/Skills/Remediation_communication) — requires skill · Skills
- [License entitlement reconciliation](/Skills/License_entitlement_reconciliation) — requires skill · Skills
- [Contract-term interpretation](/Skills/Contract-term_interpretation) — requires skill · Skills
- [Application Preparation](/Skills/Application_Preparation) — requires skill · Skills
- [Compliance Verification](/Skills/Compliance_Verification) — requires skill · Skills
- [License Tracking](/Skills/License_Tracking) — requires skill · Skills
- [Records Management](/Skills/Records_Management) — requires skill · Skills

### Perform

- [Investigate Compliance Gaps](/Tasks/Investigate_Compliance_Gaps) — perform · Tasks
- [Prepare Compliance Reports](/Tasks/Prepare_Compliance_Reports) — perform · Tasks
- [Advise on License Terms](/Tasks/Advise_on_License_Terms) — perform · Tasks
- [Track License and Certification Expirations](/Tasks/Track_License_and_Certification_Expirations) — perform · Tasks
- [Reconcile Software Licenses](/Tasks/Reconcile_Software_Licenses) — perform · Tasks
- [Investigate and Document Compliance Incidents](/Tasks/Investigate_and_Document_Compliance_Incidents) — perform · Tasks
- [Audit License Compliance Against Contracts](/Tasks/Audit_License_Compliance_Against_Contracts) — perform · Tasks
- [Advise on Licensing Obligations](/Tasks/Advise_on_Licensing_Obligations) — perform · Tasks
- [Prepare compliance and true-up reports](/Tasks/Prepare_compliance_and_true-up_reports) — perform · Tasks
- [Maintain entitlement and contract records](/Tasks/Maintain_entitlement_and_contract_records) — perform · Tasks
- [Engage non-compliant parties toward remediation](/Tasks/Engage_non-compliant_parties_toward_remediation) — perform · Tasks
- [Maintain License Records](/Tasks/Maintain_License_Records) — perform · Tasks
- [Remediate License Gaps](/Tasks/Remediate_License_Gaps) — perform · Tasks
- [Report License Status to Stakeholders](/Tasks/Report_License_Status_to_Stakeholders) — perform · Tasks
- [Submit License Applications](/Tasks/Submit_License_Applications) — perform · Tasks
- [Verify Compliance with License Terms](/Tasks/Verify_Compliance_with_License_Terms) — perform · Tasks

### Uses software

- [Software Asset Management Tool](/Software/Software_Asset_Management_Tool) — uses software · Software
- [Spreadsheet software](/Software/Spreadsheet_software) — uses software · Software
- [Contract management system](/Software/Contract_management_system) — uses software · Software
- [Software asset management platform](/Software/Software_asset_management_platform) — uses software · Software
- [Discovery and inventory tools](/Software/Discovery_and_inventory_tools) — uses software · Software
- [Compliance Management System](/Software/Compliance_Management_System) — uses software · Software
- [License Management Software](/Software/License_Management_Software) — uses software · Software
- [Microsoft Excel](/Software/Microsoft_Excel) — uses software · Software

### Requires ability

- [Deductive Reasoning](/Ability/Deductive_Reasoning) — requires ability · Ability
- [Number Facility](/Ability/Number_Facility) — requires ability · Ability
- [Attention to detail](/Ability/Attention_to_detail) — requires ability · Ability
- [Mathematical reasoning](/Ability/Mathematical_reasoning) — requires ability · Ability
- [Written comprehension](/Ability/Written_comprehension) — requires ability · Ability
- [Information Ordering](/Ability/Information_Ordering) — requires ability · Ability
- [Selective Attention](/Ability/Selective_Attention) — requires ability · Ability

### Type of

- [Compliance Officers](/Occupations/Compliance_Officers) — type of · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [interpreting ambiguous license metrics (cores, named users, PVU) against actual deployment](/Problems/interpreting_ambiguous_license_metrics_(cores,_named_users,_PVU)_against_actual_deployment) — exposes problem · Problems
- [reconciling deployed software install counts against entitlement records for true-up exposure](/Problems/reconciling_deployed_software_install_counts_against_entitlement_records_for_true-up_exposure) — exposes problem · Problems
- [surfacing open-source license obligations buried in transitive dependency trees](/Problems/surfacing_open-source_license_obligations_buried_in_transitive_dependency_trees) — exposes problem · Problems
- [preparing for a vendor audit when the entitlement paper trail spans years of amendments](/Problems/preparing_for_a_vendor_audit_when_the_entitlement_paper_trail_spans_years_of_amendments) — exposes problem · Problems