Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a script acquisition unit configured to acquire a script for automating an operation related to operating a network; a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire an input parameter that is required to run the script acquired by the script acquisition unit in a production environment of the script and a run mode in the production environment; and a script running unit configured to run the script acquired by the script acquisition unit according to the run mode acquired by the parameter acquisition unit using the input parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition unit, and, when the run mode is a dry run mode, the script running unit skipping a process of changing configuration of the network among processes described in the script, and running the script in the production environment.