A Quick Overview of COBIT 2019
From it no longer being an acronym to how the update better addresses recent trends, if you want to know more about what COBIT 2019 is and involves, then this article will give you all the important stuff you need to know, as quickly as possible.
Want to Adopt COBIT? Here Are 6 Tips to Help
From understanding what governance means to you and your peers, to focusing on COBIT 5’s six enablers, to simply fully appreciating what COBIT is, this article takes a look at how you can get started successfully with COBIT in your organization.
The Similarities and Differences between ITIL 4 and VeriSM
This article explores how the two service management approaches of ITIL 4 and VeriSM are either different or similar by going over their core concepts side-by-side – looking at governance, operational models, principles, and overall concepts.
Critical Ingredients for Running Your IT Department
Here Steve Morgan shares nine critical ingredients for running your IT department in 2020 and beyond – and fear not, because the advice contained herein is just as relevant in 2020, as it was in 2010, and as it will be in 2030; with people being the number one important factor!
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.
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 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!
Customer Service is the Elephant in the Room of ITSM
In Aale Roos’ opinion, not a single ITSM framework, standard, or concept is really customer-centric in the sense that customer service would be an important element in it – and so here he asks “where are we, and where should we be, with customer service in ITSM?”
The Top 10 People Issues of ITSM (and the ABC of IT)
Best practice adoption failure is often blamed on tools and processes, but in reality these failures are actually caused by people issues. It’s not just limited to best practice though, here Paul Wilkinson looks at the top ten people-related barriers to ITSM success.
Culture, Ethics, and Behavior – Why Are We Still Struggling?
Here Paul Wilkinson discusses a key enabler of COBIT – “Culture, Ethics and Behavior” – which can help address people-related issues, and queries why it isn’t seen as sufficiently critical to warrant its further development.