What’s Wrong with the Advice that “ITSM is a Journey, Not a Destination”?

Is ITSM a Journey and Not a Destination?

If you’ve worked in ITSM roles long enough, you’ve probably been told, “ITSM is a journey, not a destination” at some point. But a journey is a series of destinations and for long journeys these break up the route and provide a sense of direction and accomplishment as they are reached.
But what does this have to do with ITSM? This article explains.

AI in IT – So Many Questions Still Need Answering, So Please Help

AI in IT

We’re running another and more detailed AI-focused survey. Because, to get AI adoption right, many IT organizations still need greater granularity as to where they should be focusing, with AI-based statistics a helpful aid in understanding where the IT industry is, what other organizations are doing, and the potential AI adoption pitfalls that need to be avoided.

AI in ITSM Survey Responses

AI in ITSM Survey

In the summer of 2023, ITSM.tools ran a short survey to better understand the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in IT service management (ITSM). This article presents the survey findings.

The 5 Hottest ITSM Trends (and Topics) for 2023

Hottest ITSM Trends for 2023

We asked our readers to choose their five most important ITSM topics for 2023 relative to creating new best practice content to help. This article shares the results, along with a comparison to the 2022 results.

ITSM in 2023 and What We Should Learn from Our Past

ITSM in 2023

In this 2023-focused article, Stephen Mann asks whether the ITSM industry’s love of next-year predictions are as helpful as they could be. And whether, for 2023, we should be more realistic about what we will, or can, achieve.

How AI Improves Knowledge Sharing in ITSM

AI Improves Knowledge Sharing

Knowledge hoarding is a big challenge organizations face today. To this end, AI-enabled tools have considerable potential to manage data and help organizations to transform people’s experiences and knowledge accumulated over time into collective knowledge for the organization.

Are Your People, Processes, and Technology Ready for the “New Normal”?

ITSM Capabilities

In a post COVID-19 world many are predicting that increased numbers of employees working remotely will be the new standard. Others are wondering whether we’ll see another COVID-19 style crisis in the near future. Both points offer up an important question: Are your ITSM capabilities – the people, processes, and technology – prepared for the “new norm”?