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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.
There are 4 processes within the Application Support cluster. The processes in the Service Organisation cluster support the daily use of the information systems. The processes in this cluster are: Use Support; Configuration Management; IT Operation Management; Continuity Management; These processes have as well been defined in the ITIL framework.
ITIL describes best practices, including processes, procedures, tasks, and checklists which are neither organization-specific nor technology-specific. It is designed to allow organizations to establish a baseline and can be used to demonstrate compliance and to measure improvements.
The IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) is an independent, international, not-for-profit organization of IT service management (ITSM) professionals worldwide. [1] Around the operation of IT services the itSMF collects, develops and publishes best practices, supports education and training, discusses the development of ITSM tools, initiates advisory ideas about ITSM and holds conventions.
Configuration Management (CM) is an ITIL-specific ITSM process that tracks all of the individual CIs in an IT system which may be as simple as a single server, or as complex as the entire IT department. In large organizations a configuration manager may be appointed to oversee and manage the CM process.
Service integration and management functions have to manage these key issues in order to prevent common issues with SIAM and realize its key benefits. Some common issues include: Individual teams (both in-house and outsourced) can act autonomously and lack coordination.
Incident management is an important part of IT service management (ITSM) process area. [13] The first goal of the incident management process is to restore a normal service operation as quickly as possible and to minimize the impact on business operations, thus ensuring that the best possible levels of service quality and availability are ...
ISO/IEC 20000 is the international standard for IT service management.It was developed in 2005 by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 and revised in 2011 and 2018. [1] It was originally based on the earlier BS 15000 that was developed by BSI Group.