This article looks to demonstrate the importance of the ITIL 4 service value system and how demand and opportunities enter the workflows in your organization.
What does a host of ITSM tool vendor personnel, industry analysts, and training service providers think the year ahead will hold for ITIL 4, when asked: “How do you see ITIL 4 impacting the ITSM industry over the next few years?”
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.
Most changes in ITSM are not quick to come to fruition, as such it’s highly unlikely that ‘trends’ like AI will take the field by storm as many have predicted. But what then should we expect in 2020? This article looks at five trends that may indeed change service management in the year ahead.
When undertaking continual improvement it’s advisable to have a list of what you’d like to improve, which ITIL 4 calls a Continual Improvement register, and this article by Joe the IT Guy looks at what’s needed to keep your continual improvement register useful.
This article takes a look at the change in mindset that comes with ITIL 4 and how “value” is positioned as a central element rather than a “service” as in ITIL v3. Plus three ways that it works better with other approaches such as DevOps.
With ITIL 4 the most requested ITSM topic for our 2020 articles, we’ve kicked off a short survey to look at how quickly the ITSM industry is likely to move with ITIL 4 adoption (and/or transition). It’s completely anonymous, so please kindly spare us one minute of your time to complete it?
Are you back at work after completing your ITIL exams, wanting to make a difference by putting your newly minted ITSM qualification to work? Well, before you do, take the time to understand the mistakes that are commonly made by people, and their organizations, once ITIL qualified by reading this article.
Following the launch of ITIL 4 Foundation, the first stage of the ITIL update, AXELOS has now released the ITIL 4 Managing Professional Transition module. This article looks at its key concepts, who they’re applicable to, and provides advice on how to transition from ITIL v3 to ITIL 4.
Here Paul Wilkinson discusses the ABC of ICT and how it’s still as relevant today as it was 15 years ago, if not MORE relevant. In particular, that digital transformation initiatives will fail if ABC factors are not addressed.
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!
Here Paul Wilkinson shares his “ITIL 4 Dummies” – it’s not meant to be derogatory, but instead is an attempt to get us to think, and draw some sensible conclusions, about the way we adopt ITIL. It’s time to stop being a “dummy” and stop giving too little thought or judgment as to what value you’re hoping ITIL will deliver.
Ah, availability management. It sounds very comforting because we all want availability – especially when something is needed. But how easy is the availability management practice in ITSM and the new ITIL 4 best practice? This article explores.
If you’ve just taken your ITIL Foundation Certification exam or if you’ve still to take it and are thinking about how best to use your learning in the workplace, then this article is for you. Take a read of these eight tips for putting your new ITIL learning into practice.
Where does one start when looking at change management or change control as it’s now known in ITIL 4? It can be very daunting at the outset, but the steps outlined in this article should help to get you started, along with example KPIs to help you measure your success.