1. A method for managing a network, comprising the steps of: retrieving network fault event information for a target node; retrieving network topology information for the target node and enhancing the network fault event information with the network topology information; retrieving past network configuration change information comprising changes made to the target node to correct past fault events based on enhanced network fault event information; correlating the enhanced network fault event information with configuration changes that were performed to correct similar past fault events from the past network configuration change information for the target node; creating and storing a set of network operation guidance rules based on correlated past network configuration change information, wherein said guidance rules include a set of policies for governing when a corrective action may be taken automatically; and displaying said configuration changes according to a frequency in which each configuration change was used in the past network configuration change information to correct similar past fault events.