The invention provides a monitoring management method and device, wherein the method comprises the following steps of: receiving a request message sent by a monitoring initiator and used for creating a resource, wherein the request message at least comprises the following parameters: a monitoring event; and the resource is used for monitoring management; creating the resource according to the request message, and creating the attribute of the resource according to the parameter included in the request message; monitoring the monitoring event according to the attribute of the resource; and receiving and storing a monitoring report, wherein a monitoring result is carried in the monitoring report. By means of the monitoring management method and device disclosed by the invention, the resource waste problem due to the fact that a monitoring target is monitored in a related technology can be solved; and thus, resource waste can be avoided.