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Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Expert Capability Course

Rene — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:57:40 +0000

On LinkedIn.com I read a post about a contest for winning a ITIL course (in the group: ITIL v2 / v3 Service Management (ITSM) and ISO 20000 (10000+)) . People who want to win a FREE ITIL course had to explain why they want to win the course. I used these comments to make this article about: Top reasons to do the ITIL Expert Capability Course.

…my company is thinking about re-organizing its IT around ITIL methodology, my ITIL Foundation certification, combined with ITIL Expert Capability training course, would help me in being part of the team leading this change within my company.
… it will underpin my years of expertise as a service management practitioner.
…it will help me bridging the gap between the 2 versions, and being able to use this new knowledge inside my company.

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Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Expert Lifecycle Course

Rene — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:55:56 +0000

…I will use this training to provide better solutions based on the ITIL Framework and display the benefits of the ITIL lifecycle when designing, building and supporting business and technical services for the organization.I believe this training will take me to the next step in implementing best practices.
…formal training will help me ‘join the dots’ so that my designs and implementations are consistently stronger in terms of compliance and flexibility.

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Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Lifecycle Intermediate Course

Rene — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:54:21 +0000

…it would help me gaining specialized knowledge that would be beneficial in my daily work when managing the IT services and infrastructure;
…I have found it to be very valuable in defining responsibilities and roles, which then apply in improving processes by shortening service times and increasing quality. This would hopefully increase my efficiency in this area!
…My quest in ITIL is quite new (so far), but I see there potential that should be used in many fields.
I work in a government environment that is working to implement ITIL practices. This knowledge would allow me to provide guidance and help them achieve greater benefits and cost savings sooner through the implementation of ITIL. Thanks
…this will improve my career & organization Service mgt process capabilities.
…wishing to branch into more specialised IT Project / Programme management and wish to investigate as a source standard for my new company to take into business.

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Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Capability Intermediate Course

Rene — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:52:07 +0000

…it will help me in my role as Process Designer for the Incident and Problem Management processes and future integration of these process with other ITIL processes;
…it will benefit me and my organization as we continue to adopt the ITIL framework and move forward to achieve the goal of reaching greater maturity in our processes. This course will give me greater understanding with how to partner with the business to achieve usable SLA’s and define what our key indicators are to know measure our service delivery.
…I need a further understanding of the benefits it can bring, and understand the whole life-cycle and implications.
…my company is implementing ITIL and I’m the project leader for the Helpdesk Group. I think that, combined with my previous experience with ITIL Foundations, I can help the organization in implementation.

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Lessons Learned Top 10 of implementing IT Service Management Tools.

Rene — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:56:55 +0000

Looking around on social networks and using my own experience I have composed a Top 10 for those that want to select or implement a IT Service Management Tool. For some organisations it can be usefull to be aware that improving the efficiency of an IT organisation is not just being done by selecting a tool.

IT Service Management is mostly based upon processes that help you to deliver your products or services as a IT department. A characteristic of processes is that they consist of a collection of related and structured activities. Another one is that they produce a predefined output (based upon a predefined input….?).

Looking at the simple description above it seems quiet simple to lower cost and work more efficient: automate most of the activities and focus on your products and services. Why do many organisations purchase a Service Management Tool/Suite and why are they faced with less efficiency and more costs than expected? Let’s see the Top 10 of lessons Learned of implementing IS Service Management Tools.

Implementing a Service Management Tool is more then buying a software tool ‘of the shelf’ and installing it on a server. Before buying a ‘recommended’ tool from a supplier you have to be aware of the following:
- what processes/activities do I want to automate/make more efficient, and WHY do I want to do this?
- looking at the processes/activities, which other information system/tool is involved with these processes? Do you want to integrate them in the new solution or does the new tool have to have some kind of (automated/manual) interface?
- what processes do I want to stay manual, because only a person can do it the best?
- how much money/effort is involved with the problem area’s how much efficiency do you expect to gain with introducing a new tool?
- what other criteria do you have for a new tool?
Implementing a Service Management Tool requires a full understanding of how your organisation operates. Before starting an implementation or even a selection project get together the people that know, understand and have documented the process and activities that are required in your organisation. Together you can detail the inputs, activities and outputs needed for achieving business objectives and outcomes. This makes the business case for your selection and implementation project!
Don’t think that IT Service Management according to ITIL is an ‘out of the box’ solution for your business problems. Before doing ITIL you have to understand and think ITIL. ITIL is not an “implementation” that you can do once and then it works. ITIL is a complete change in the organisations culture and thinking. It is a commitment to the Continual Service Improvement of your products and services. Having the books only means that you have taken the first step.
Don’t make ITIL a thing of only the process managers. ITIL requires participation of everyone in your organization. If your organisation is strongly divided and the different teams do not seem to cooperate (and they have no intention to do so) then you first need to pay attention to that. No tool will solve internal conflicts if the conflicts are not recognized and the tool is an agreed way to solve the recognized problem. Implementing ITIL requires a strong vision and ambition on management level.
Keep the focus on getting the involved processes right. Any implementation of a tool should contribute to the desired process model, in order to deliver your products and services.
If the implementation of a IT Service Management Tool/Suite goes wrong then don’t blame it on the Toolset. Implementing an IT Service Management Tool requires in depth definitions of important ITSM toolset. If you have no clue of, for example, how you want to have your Service Knowledge Management System, or, as part of it, what you want to register in your Configuration Management System, then it is difficult to make a right implementation. Not because the tools doesn’t support it, but because you have no clue what you expected in the first way. So make first a business analysis and define the services, products and processes you want to improve. THEN select a tool and implement it.
Changing your organisation and implementing ITIL in a organisation requires more skills than just ITIL knowledge. Since it is a cultural change that touches every group and individual in your organisation you need a strong vision, lots of communication and strong leadership. Find or create the right Business Change Managers and divide the project in multiple projects in order to contain problems.
Start with quick wins where you can show the benefits of the introduction (or improvement) of the New Way of Working (or something like that). Make people aware that the real improvement is, for example, collaboration and communication.
The real change then might come out of your people, the organisation, as they start to believe that they can meet your objectives and see the benefits for them.
Implementing ITIL is not a project. Making the organisation ITIL aware is a project. By saying this I want to stress that ITIL is not a one thing issue. Implementing ITIL means that you introduce a way of working that always will have focus on Service Improvement and adopting processes to the environment. Implementing ITIL is never finished as you will always adopt your processes to new situations, the big benefit is that you do it on a controlled way, and not on a ad-hoc basis.
Don’t believe vendors that promise you an ‘out of the box’ solution. Most of the times vendors over promise the benefit their tools will have to your business. They simple forget to stress the limitations or the adoptions that have to be made to the tool or your organisation. If someone offers you a solution that sounds too good to be true……it probably is too good to be true.
Don’t align your business process with your service management tool. Your business is leading and is your vision on how to be of use for your clients. A service management tool just has to fit in your organisation and provide the information that is needed to manage and control your business. Don’t forget to put the business alignment in your specs too!

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Free Online Change Management Training

Rene — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:58:02 +0000

The ITIL Weblog has added a free Change Management training module from Beewiser.com.

Vlado Randa has been very productive and has provided us another training module. This time he’ll tell us about the change management process. If you like these training modules then please leave a message for Vlado, perhaps he’ll contribute some more to the ITIL Weblog. Check out this free online change management training module.

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Free ITIL Introduction from Beewiser.com

Rene — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:11:32 +0000

The ITIL Weblog has added a free ITIL online training module from Beewiser.com.

The training module is contributed by Vlado Randa. He told us that the ITIL Weblog looks good, and he likes the free content for all the students. As a fact Vlado wanted to contribute by sending us his free ITIL introduction module. Check out this free online ITIL introduction.

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ITIL V3 Core publications

Rene — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:15:01 +0000

ITIL Version 3 is all about IT Service Management. ITIL V3 contains the following core publications:

Service Strategy
Service Strategy is about the identification of market opportunities for which services could be developed. This is done in order to meet a requirement on the part of customers. Output of the Service Strategy is a strategy for the design, implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of the service as an organizational capability and a strategic asset. Key areas of the Service Strategy volume are:
- Service Portfolio Management;
- Financial Management.
Service Design
Service Design is about the activities that take place in order to develop the service strategy into a design document. This design document addresses all aspects of the proposed service, as well as the processes intended to support it. Key areas of the Service Design are:
- Availability Management;
- Capacity Management;
- Continuity Management;
- Security Management.
Service Transition
Service Transition is about implementing the output of the service design activities and the creation of a production service or modification of an existing service. There is an area of overlap between Service Transition and Service Operation. Key areas of this volume are:
- Change Management;
- Release Management;
- Configuration Management;
- Service Knowledge Management.
Service Operation
Service Operation is about the activities required to operate the services and maintain their functionality as defined in the Service Level Agreements with the customers. Key areas of this volume are:
- Incident Management;
- Problem Management;
- Request Fulfilment.
A new process added to this area is Event Management, which is concerned with normal and exception condition events. Events have been defined into three categories:
- Informational events — which are logged;
- Warning events — also called alerts, where an event exceeds a specified threshold;
- Critical events — which typically will lead to the generation of Incidents
Continual Service Improvement
Continual Service Improvement is about the ability to deliver continual improvement to the quality of the services that the IT organization delivers to the business. Key areas of this volume are:
- Service Reporting;
- Service Measurement;
- Service Level Management.

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The seven R’s of Change Management

Rene — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:06:35 +0000

The seven Rs of Change Management is a quick check list of what should be covered when raising a request for change. The list is a practical and common-sense way to minimize change rejection at the first point of change logging.

The Seven Rs of Change Management is used as part of the change assessment activity. It is a set of questions that should be asked to help understand the impact of Changes

Who RAISED the Change?
What is the REASON for the change?
What RETURN will the change deliver?
What RISKS are there is we do or do not carry out the change?
What RESOURCES will be required to perform this change?
Who is RESPONSIBLE for this change being performed?
What RELATIONSHIPS are there between this and other changes?

Change Management is a core process of the ITIL version 3 Service Transition volume.

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Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Expert Capability Course

Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Expert Lifecycle Course

Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Lifecycle Intermediate Course

Top Reasons to Do the ITIL Capability Intermediate Course

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