Archive for February, 2009
In a recent survey, seventy-seven percent of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed that “ITIL does not have all the answers”. An organization that has implemented ITIL guidance in ITSM may be able to achieve compliance with and seek certification under ISO/IEC 20000.IT Service Management is at the heart of ITIL. One popular method […]
February 28th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
IT Service Management as a concept is related but not equivalent to ITIL which, in Version 2, contained a subsection specifically entitled IT Service Management (ITSM). On July 20, 2006, the OGC signed a contract with the APM Group to be its commercial partner for ITIL accreditation from January 1, 2007.The resultant information can be […]
February 27th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
ITIL is built around a process-model based view of controlling and managing operations. ITIL is published in a series of books, each of which cover an IT management topic.The various roles and responsibilities involved in a project are fully described and are adaptable to suit the complexity of the project and skills of the organisation. […]
February 26th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
In a recent survey, seventy-seven percent of survey respondents either agreed or strongly agreed that “ITIL does not have all the answers”. Although ITIL was originally defined in the UK, ITIL is becoming the defacto global standard for ITSM and has strong support in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia.Common problems associated with ITSCM are […]
February 25th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
ITIL v3 initially includes five core texts. Guidelines for smaller IT units, not included in the original eight publications: has recently been supplemented.ICT Deployment provides a framework for the successful management of design, build, test and roll-out (deploy) projects within an overall ICT programme. The goal of SAM is to reduce IT expenditures, human resource […]
February 24th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
ITIL is often considered alongside other best practice frameworks such as the Information Services Procurement Library (ISPL), the Application Services Library (ASL), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), the Capability Maturity Model (CMM/CMMI), and is often linked with IT governance through Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT). Accusations that many ITIL advocates think ITIL […]
February 23rd, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
ITIL certifications are managed by the ITIL Certification Management Board (ICMB) which is composed of the OGC, IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) International and two examinations institutes: EXIN (based in the Netherlands) and ISEB (based in the UK). Many of the concepts did not originate within the original UK Government’s Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency […]
February 22nd, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
There is a lot of confusion about ITIL, stemming from all kinds of misunderstandings about its nature. ITIL v3, published in May 2007, comprises 5 key volumes.The use of PRINCE2 has spread beyond the UK to more than 50 other countries. ITSM is about delivering information technology as a set of services to the business […]
February 19th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
IT Service Management as a concept is related but not equivalent to ITIL which, in Version 2, contained a subsection specifically entitled IT Service Management (ITSM). ITIL gives a detailed description of a number of important IT practices with comprehensive checklists, tasks and procedures that can be tailored to any IT organization.The high level activities […]
February 18th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments
There is a lot of confusion about ITIL, stemming from all kinds of misunderstandings about its nature. In the early 1990s the UK set up a scheme where onsultants were hired, processes evaluated, and the result was the creation of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), which was later made available to the public.Implementation - […]
February 17th, 2009 | Posted in ITSM | No Comments