Recently, I was taking part in a panel discussion dedicated to Software Asset Management (SAM). A few facts came out as certain: it’s a hot topic, everyone has requirements towards SAM (or is already...
On one side we have business operations, which rely on well-established processes, with little or no room for deviations. And on the other side is IT, which is supporting those operations as one of...
It would be easy to say that the Service Design phase of the service lifecycle only cares about design of the service, and – that’s it. Actually, it’s more complex than that. Namely, Service Design...
Almost a year ago, Branimir wrote an article about approaching the ITIL CSI process ITIL Continual Service Improvement – the never-ending story, and I believe this is a good time for a follow-up focusing on...
As part of my job responsibilities, I had the opportunity to assess and analyze many different IT organizations. Only a few of them have business expectations against the services they provide in written form,...
It was one of our usual off-the-record discussions when I spoke with network admin and asked about the regular password change set up on the system. And, the answer included words like “my opinion,”...
I’m sure that I’m not the only witness of the “instant service deployment” practice, which is most noticeable in a MS Windows® environment where software used for service delivery (Active Directory, file sharing, e-mail, etc.)...
The most known quote in the world: “Houston, we have a problem,” was spoken by Apollo 13’s Commander Jim Lovell. (Actually, he said, “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” but that’s not what we will...
Albert Einstein: “You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.” Problem Management (PM) is one of the oldest processes in ITIL, and one of the processes implementers have...
If we want to improve our service, we have to control it; otherwise, we will come dangerously close to chaos. The question here is: How can we control it? With processes! The ISO/IEC 20000...