Service Management Process Maps Your route to service excellence
ITIL® has become the de facto standard in Service Management best practices processes, and the lens through which the value of IT services is viewed and measured. ITIL, with its emphasis on standardizing IT processes and building a common language, encourages better management and the optimization of cost and quality of IT services.
As organizations look to implement quality Service Management processes, the same questions repeatedly arise:
- How do all these processes interface with each other?
- How do the processes work within a culture of change and evolution?
- How can we easily communicate our often technical vision throughout the organization?
In this book, the concepts of Service Management processes are described within the structure of Continuous Improvement (The Deming Cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act) - because this is exactly what should happen in the real world. The path to Service Excellence is never static, but should be a never-ending journey diat continually evolves. This title similarly describes the Service Excellence path as a journey - in this case a subway.
This analogy allows a clear presentation of how the different Service Management processes interface with each other, and identifies the critical 'stations' where two or more processes come together to achieve progress without 'collisions'.
This title is unique in that it presents the difficult concepts of Service Management processes within an organizational culture of Continuous Improvement. Using a simple analogy to a concept that everyone will understand (the Subway), the benefits of constant evolution are clearly illustrated, allowing a greater appreciation of colleagues' 'journeys' and how to support them.
With a Foreword by Pete McGarahan, Chairman, ITIM Strategic Advisory Board.