ITSM Articles

DevOps stable

DevOps Unicorns and Horses for Courses!

In this article Paul Wilkinson questions whether, that while organizations might aim to be DevOps-propelled technology unicorns, there aren’t just unicorns and horses – the reality is that there are many types of horses. And some of them aren’t that great a ride. What on earth is he talking about? Read on.
Enterprise Service Management and Digital Transformation

How Enterprise Service Management Can Learn from Digital Transformation Initiatives

While information of enterprise service management successes and failures can be hard to access, here we suggest that the more readily available digital transformation stories can be conveniently applied to corporate enterprise service management strategies and their execution.
Software Maintenance

ITIL 4’s ITAM Practice and Software Support

With ITAM now considered part of ITIL 4 best practice, this article helps with a process that might not be considered as a core SAM capability, but should be in place if your organization wants to make best use of the valuable asset data at its disposal – the Software Support and Maintenance Review process.
Emotional Metrics in ITSM

The Importance of Managed Emotional Metrics in ITSM

This article focuses on the importance of emotional metrics. Opinions are subjective of course, however the power of human instinct and feeling should not be ignored. If the customer perceives the service to be sub-par, then the chances are this is the case – regardless of the attainment of any SLA!
DevOps and ITSM Tools

Just How Many DevOps and ITSM Tools Do You *Really* Need?

This article looks at the pros and cons of DevOps toolchains (a combination of tools that aid in the delivery, development, and management of applications throughout the systems development lifecycle) and questions how many DevOps, ITSM, and other IT management tools your organization really needs.
ITIL 4

Knock, Knock – Who’s There? ITIL 4 … ITIL for Who?

While many will notice the 34 ITIL 4 practices vs ITIL v3’s 26 processes, there are other potentially more important points to note with the updated ITIL best practice. For instance, the greater focus on people, and the inclusion of governance in the new ITIL 4 Service Value System (SVS). Here, Paul Wilkinson takes a look.
User experience

4 Tips for Great User Experience

This article by Kevin Smith looks at four things that can improve the user experience and help deliver the maximum value from the systems of IT across the business and to the people that are the lifeblood of the organization – including setting clear goals, and transparent design and user testing.
ITSM Data Issues

Will Your ITSM Data Issues Deliver Bad Experiences and Bad Bots?

In this article, we consider whether your average ITSM team is able to really take advantage of the opportunities that digital transformation, customer experience, and AI technologies offer. Specifically, to help you to better understand if your ITSM team is suitably positioned to deliver against the business requirements that are necessitating this increased exploitation of technology and data.
Adopting ITSM Best Practice Approaches

Adopting ITSM Best Practice Approaches: The Benefits and Drawbacks

This article looks at the pros and cons of adopting one or more ITSM approaches – whether it be ITIL, COBIT, or something else. And hopefully, it will encourage you to think about how such approaches will help, or maybe hinder, your organization.
The Toxic Employee and ITSM

The Toxic Employee and ITSM

In this article, Daniel Card focuses not just on the minor problems we might have with colleagues, but on the toxic employee behavior that has wider-reaching implications – such as affecting team morale and the wellbeing of individuals – as he explains the traits of a toxic employee.
Improve Your IT Service Desk FCR

5 Steps to Improve Your IT Service Desk FCR

Maximizing the First Call Resolution (FCR) KPI (if used correctly) can deliver significant benefits to an organization, especially in optimizing the cost per contact, minimizing time to resolve, and improving customer satisfaction. Here we explain how.
TOGAF Framework 101

TOGAF Framework 101: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get Certified

This article looks at some TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) 101 essentials including: what it is, why organizations value the certification, its benefits, how to become qualified, and the three core ways that it can help both you and your business.
Bad ITSM Data Issues

Are Your ITSM Operations Suffering from Bad ITSM Data?

It’s time that we looked at the issue of bad data in IT service management – in this article, Mikko Juola covers a variety related topics from the impact of bad data on ITSM operations to what your organization should be doing about it.
ITSM Trends for 2019

The 5 Hottest ITSM Trends and Topics for 2019

Find out what ITSM professionals would like information on, and help with, in 2019 based on our recent reader poll; and get an idea of where the ITSM industry is looking, and potentially heading, in the year ahead. The results are relatively different to those of 2018!
Professionalism in ITSM

Professionalism in ITSM – What Really Matters

You wouldn’t let someone with only 10 hours experience in a flight simulator, a theory exam certificate, and no real practical flying experience, fly a commercial jet! So why do we hire people purely based on whether they have an ITIL Foundation certificate? We need more than qualifications and certifications.