1. A method, comprising: receiving a state change event notification related to a computing resource associated with a computer application; in response to receiving the state change event notification: identifying immediate parent configuration items (CIs) associated with the computer application in a configuration management database (CMDB); determining whether a status of each of the immediate parent configuration items (CIs) associated with the computer application is within a pre-defined threshold, wherein the immediate parent CIs exclude the computing resource; automatically modifying a level of the computing resource associated with the computer application in response to a determination that the status of each of the immediate parent configuration items (CIs) associated with the computer application is within the pre-defined threshold; and maintaining a current level of the computing resource in response to a determination that the status of at least one of the immediate parent CIs associated with the computer application is outside the pre-defined threshold.