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A process assessment is conducted to get a clear view of the current practices in an organization in a particular domain (e.g. the IT service management domain in TIPA for ITIL). The goal is to compare these practices to a renowned reference so that the current status of the processes can be measured and appropriate suggestions for process ...
ITIL (previously and also known as Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a framework with a set of practices (previously processes) for IT activities such as IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) that focus on aligning IT services with the needs of the business.
In contrast to the service plan, the service reports controls the service status by reviewing service levels and results. It records the service's productivity and proposes corrective actions. ISPL gives guidance on which information should be included for each property that is described in the service report.
A service desk is a primary IT function within the discipline of IT service management (ITSM) as defined by ITIL. It is intended to provide a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to meet the communication needs of both users and IT staff, [7] and also to satisfy both Customer and IT Provider objectives.
In the ITIL model, a 'Service' is defined as, "A means of delivering value to customers by facilitating outcomes customers want to achieve without the ownership of specific costs and risks." [ 2 ] The meaning is thus highly business-focused and assumes some degree of outsourcing , although this may just be outsourcing from within the functional ...
The ITIL version 2 Business Perspective [10] and Application Management [11] volumes and the ITIL v3 Service Strategy volume also cover it in depth. Various vendors have offerings explicitly branded as "IT Portfolio Management" solutions. ISACA's Val IT framework is perhaps the first attempt at standardization of IT portfolio management principles.
Change management is an IT service management discipline. The objective of change management in this context is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt handling of all changes to control IT infrastructure, in order to minimize the number and impact of any related incidents upon service. Changes in ...
Axelos, the current owners of ITIL have published several white papers on SIAM. In an organisational ecosystem using processes based on ITIL, SIAM capabilities are needed to align processes across service providers. ITIL is less applicable in situations where SIAM is being applied to non-IT services.