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ITIL - MOTIVATIONS
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Aligning IT strategy with business strategy (operational excellence). Meeting business and user needs. Coping with change (Pressure to Implement change fast). Dealing with senior management (Cost Cutting, and optimize IT investment and expenditure) Managing costs, budgets and resources. Keeping up with technology. Recruiting and retaining staff. Time and resource management. Infrastructure management. Maintaining skills and knowledge
WHAT IS ITIL?
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Best practice framework pertaining to IT Service Delivery Systematic approach to high quality IT service delivery
ITIL started in 80s. 40 publications! v2 came along in 2000-2002 Still Large and complex 8 Books Talks about what you should do v3 in 2007 Much simplified and rationalised to 5 books Much clearer guidance on how to provide service Easier, more modular accreditation paths Keeps tactical and operational guidance Gives more prominence to strategic ITIL guidance relevant to senior staff Aligned with ISO20000 standard for service management
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Service Lifecycle
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WHAT IS AN IT SERVICE?
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A service is NOT:
Infrastructure component Technology & Products
Payroll system
Internet access Internet Banking
Unix Server
Firewall Oracle Database
IT Services ITSM service delivery is customer-oriented as well as process-oriented By measuring and controlling (managing) IT services reach a high quality. Defined cost- and service targets are deliverable.
ITSM standardizes methods and processes and aligns corporate and department structures to business processes.
IT Service Management
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Objective:
To align IT services with the ever changing needs of the business To improve the quality of IT services To reduce the long-term cost of service provision
Philosophy of ITSM:
IT is Business Business is IT
IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT
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Is All About
People
Process
Product/ Technology
Partners
Customer
User
SERVICE ASSETS
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Resources Things you buy or pay for IT Infrastructure, people, money Tangible Assets
Capabilities Things you grow Ability to carry out an activity Intangible assets Transform resources into Services
People
Capabilities Management
Organization
Processes Knowledge People
What is Service? A service is a means of delivering value to customers by facilitating outcomes, customers want to achieve without the ownership of specific costs and risks. What is Service Management? Service Management is a set of specialized organizational capabilities for providing value to customers in the form of services and .. A set of Functions and processes for managing Services over their Lifecycle.
VALUE IN SERVICE
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Value is not only discernable in the customer outcomes, but is also dependent on the customer perception. ITIL uses two important concepts for the value of a service. For customer, the positive effect is utility, and the insurance of the positive effect is the warranty
Utility (fitness for purpose)
Its the attribute (features/ functionality) of the service that have a positive effect on the performance of activities, tasks, and objects with specific result. Utility stands for the increase of a possible profit
OUTCOME OF SERVICE
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Service facilitates outcomes by having a positive effect on activities and tasks to create conditions for better performance. As a result the probability of the desired outcome increases. The outcome can be categorized as under: Enhanced Capabilities Increased performance Enhanced Resources Reduced Cost Reduced Risk
Function:
A team of group of people and the tools they use to carry out one or more processes or activities. * Provide structure and stability to organization
Are self contained units of organization having their own resources and capabilities.
Rely on processes for cross-functional coordination Can result in functional Silos if there is an inward focus or lack of coordination.
Role:
A set of responsibilities, activities and authorities granted to a person or team.
Process:
A set of activities designed to accomplish a specific objective. A process takes defined inputs and turns them into defined outputs. A process may include roles, responsibilities, tools and management controls required to deliver the outputs. It is measurable and Close Looped Systems It delivers specific results Primary results are delivered to customers or stakeholders
A PROCESS MODEL
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Process Control
Triggers
Process Enablers
Process Resources Process Capabilities
Inputs
Process
Outputs
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step n
Department 1
Department 2 Step 2
Department 3 Step 3
Inputs
Step 1
Step 4
Outputs
RACI MODEL
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It identifies the activities that must be performed alongside the various individuals and roles involved.
RACI is an acronym for the four main roles of: Responsible The person or people responsible for getting the
job done.
Accountable Only one person can be accountable for each task. Consulted The people who are consulted and whose opinions
are sought.
Process Owner
The Process Owner Responsible for: Assisting with Process Design Documenting the Process Making sure the process is being performed as documented Making sure the process meets its aims Monitoring and improving the process over time
Service Owner
The Service Owner is responsible to the customer for a particular service. Initiation and transition Ongoing maintenance and support Monitoring and reporting Identifying improvement opportunities Prime customer contact
Supplier
A third party responsible for supplying goods or services. These are required by the service provider to enable them to deliver services
Contract
A legally binding agreement between two or more parties to supply goods or services Contracts may include number of other related documents and schedules, for example: - Security requirements - Business continuity requirements - Mandated technical standards - Migration plans (if agreed pre-scheduled change) - Disclosure agreements.
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SERVICE LIFECYCLE
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Service Transition (ST) Plan and implement the deployment of all releases to create a new service or improve and existing service.
Assure that the proposed changes in the Service Design Package are realized.
Successfully steer releases through testing and into live environment. Transition services to / from other organizations.
Ongoing management of the technology that is used to deliver and support services.
Where the plans, designs and optimizations are executed and measured.
ITIL V3 CSI (1 OF 2)
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ITIL V3 CSI (2 OF 2)
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Organization
Optimization methodology Maturity Model IT Framework Complianc e Standards System s Assets Continual Improvement Six Sigma Methodologies
ISO 9001
Quality Management System
ISO 27001
Information Security Management System
ISO 20000
Infrastructure Management System
Resources
Capabilities
External Customer
Internal
Customer
Services IT Services
Business
Service Provider
IT Service management
ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING
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Strategy In-sourcing Out-sourcing Co-Sourcing Knowledge Process Outsourcing (domain-based business expertise) Application Outsourcing
Features All parts internal External resources for specific and defined areas (e.g. Contract cleaners) Mixture of internal and external resources Outsourcing of particular processes, with additional expertise from provider External hosting on shared computers applications on demand (e.g. Survey Monkey, Meet-o-matic) Outsourcing of specific processes e.g. HR, Library Circulation, Payroll
Partnership/Multi-sourcing
Sharing service provision over the lifecycle with two or more organisations (e.g. Shared IT Corpus/Oriel)
Risk Management
Define A Framework
Risk Analysis
Implement Responses
Define A Framework
Introduction
Service Management
Service Delivery
Customer Understand the customer requirements Plan and establish services Deliver the services to meet Customer requirements Service improvements Ensure cost effectiveness of IT services Focus on Planning, long term
Service Support
Support the users Ensure quality of services Manage day-to-day operation Effective usage of support resources Focus on day-to-day operations.
Users
Business Requirements
Manage Services
Business Results Management Responsibility
Customer Requirements
Plan
Plan Service Management & Services
Customer Satisfaction
Do
Implement & Run Service Management & Service
What is Governance?
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Specifying the framework for decision rights and accountabilities to encourage desirable behavior in the use of IT
Center for Information System Research, Sloan School of Management MIT: Peter Weill
It is driven by the need for closer interaction and involvement with stakeholders. basically integrating the three "C's" : Cooperation, Consensus and Community, into the model
IT Governance is not about the specific decisions made, but rather about determining who makes each type of decision, who has input into the decision, and how one is held accountable for their role
Governance
Structure
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