Articles tagged with ITIL 4

Colored padlocks representing Security Stories used to design secure services in ITIL (Version 5)

Designing Security into the Product & Service Lifecycle with Security Stories (ITIL (Version 5) & Agile)

Alex Harding May 28, 2026

Most teams still bolt security on at the end, then act surprised when the audit goes badly. Alex Harding makes the case for Security Stories, negative “what if” scenarios written from the attacker’s viewpoint and dropped straight into the backlog, so security gets designed in rather than retrofitted. A practical look at how the technique maps onto ITIL (Version 5) and where it earns its keep in the design stage.

Why service management keeps outliving its ITSM is dead obituaries

ITSM is Dead? Why Service Management Keeps Outliving Its Obituaries

Sophie Danby May 21, 2026

Somebody announces the death of service management every few years, and they’ve been doing it for 35. Barclay Rae has heard every version and thinks they all miss the same thing: the job at the heart of service management is human, not technological, which is exactly why no new wave of tech has managed to kill it. If anything, AI has made the case for it stronger.

AI, Transformation, and What Comes First

AI, Transformation, and What Comes First

Sophie Danby May 14, 2026

Every few years, the IT industry settles on a new savior. Agile. Then DevOps. Now AI. The pattern, as Kaimar Karu sees it, is that organizations adopt each one without first knowing what they want from it, and then act surprised when the results don’t live up to the hype. In this episode of Roman Jouravlev’s Conversations with Giants series, Kaimar covers the iron curtain still sitting between ITIL and DevOps, why the ITIL guiding principles are a net rather than a recipe, why AI should never be the goal in itself, and the skills technology won’t easily replace.

Are You Delivering Value?

Are You Doing Service Management, or Delivering Value?

Sophie Danby May 6, 2026

Value is what the customer decides it is, not what the IT department or a framework says. It’s the test Stuart Rance has applied across a thirty-year career: would anyone on the receiving end say your work created value for them? In episode three of Conversations with Giants he explains why he hates tool replacement projects, why the guiding principles were ITIL Practitioner’s most important contribution, and why using agentic AI to cut headcount is the wrong use of the technology.

When ITIL Meets Developer Culture

When ITIL Meets Developer Culture: Why ITIL Fails Without Shared Understanding

Askar Aituov April 28, 2026

When Askar joined as a Developer Experience (DevRel) consultant at one of Kazakhstan’s largest banks with 700+ engineers, he expected the usual challenges: stakeholder alignment, change resistance, legacy tooling. What he didn’t expect was to watch a mature ITIL 4 implementation quietly fail to deliver what it promised.

The ITSM Industry’s Repeating Failure Pattern

The ITSM Industry’s Repeating Failure Pattern

Sophie Danby April 21, 2026

For over 20 years, ITSM has repeated the same failures. Through ABC cards, Paul Wilkinson reveals how culture, leadership, and behavior – not tools or frameworks – consistently derail success. As AI becomes the latest “shiny new thing,” the question remains: why hasn’t the industry learned?

ITIL (Version 5) Changes Explained

ITIL (Version 5) Changes Explained: 20 Important Changes from ITIL 4

Stephen Mann March 17, 2026

The release of the ITIL (Version 5) Foundation publication brings with it interest in what has changed from ITIL 4. This article shares 20 changes in ITIL (Version 5) compared to ITIL 4, including updates to the Value System, certifications, and AI governance.

How to Build a High-Value Process Library for ITSM

How to Build a High-Value Process Library for IT Service Management

David Keen February 3, 2026

For ITSM teams that want to transition from documenting processes to creating process maps that deliver value, are trusted, and last the course, the starting point is treating them as more than just process maps. However, a robust process library requires the right “inputs” before it can drive the right “outputs.” All is explained here.

ITIL 4 explained

ITIL 4 Explained: Framework, Practices, and Key Changes

Akshay Anand January 6, 2026

Here Akshay Anand – Lead Architect for the ITIL update – gives the lowdown on the new ITIL 4, including the new service value system, the ‘four dimensions’, the updated guiding principles (originally found in ITIL Practitioner), and the change of processes to practices. ITSM changed with ITIL 4 and will conntinue to change.

Service Model Development Using ITIL 4

Service Model Development Using ITIL 4 for Effective Service Delivery

Graham Heard January 2, 2026

If you’re a large organization, or an IT service provider offering services to large enterprises, then reviewing your standard service model on a regular basis is imperative. Ensuring that it stays aligned with your business and IT strategy. This article explains why and how to create one if you haven’t already got one in place.