Monday, August 29, 2011

ITIL Introduction

ITIL is ITSM

IT Service Management

is a set of specialized organization  capabilities to provide values to the customer in terms of  services.

Service - is a meant of delivering values to the customers by facililating outcomes ,customer want to achieve without the ownership of specific costs and risks.


Capabilities - are set of functions and processes used to manage services. Capabilities are intangible assets of organization and can not be purchased, it must be developed and matured over time.


Processes - are set of coordinated activities combining and implementing resources and capabilities in order to produce an outcome and values to the customer.

Processes become strategic assets when they create competitive advantage and market differentiation.

Processes are
  • measurable, 
  • deliver specific result,
  • deliver outcomes for customer , 
  • respond to specific event.
Functions - a team or group of people and the tools they use to carry out the processes or activities.

Service Owner - is responsible for for continual improvement for the services under their care.
Process Owner - is accountable for the outputs of the nominated process.
Process Operators - is responsible for normal execution of process activities.
System Architect - is responsible for designing the technical infrastructure needed for the services.

Customer - has the authority to negotiate with it department for the provision of services.

For example - PIZZA - if want to eat pizza , there are two ways to get it - either you prepare it yourself and take the ownership of cost and risk involved in preparation or you take the services of Pizza Hut who are the one of the best pizza makers. Here in pizza hut , process is making pizza and delivering it to the customer , Cook is process owner , delivery manager is service owner , delivery boy is process operators , branch manager will be system architect.. and you are the customer.


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