Resolution Ownership: It Should Matter to You

The concept of total contact ownership is relatively simple: “You answer it, you own it.” But it's really about the consistent delivery and alignment of all support groups working together to deliver end-to-end, seamless and transparent services. In pursuit of issue resolution and getting the...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Redefining Command and Control in Today's IT Reality

The traditional "command and control’ service desk and IT asset management models that served corporate IT so well are now straining to keep up with the pace of twenty-first-century business. The old models made sense in the past, when it was important to protect expensive IT resources and...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

The Complete Guide to Purposeful Support Practices

This guide outlines the path to an aligned service strategy and structure that supports and governs the people, integrated processes, and tools supported by a balanced performance scorecard.
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated June 23, 2016

Developing the Business Case for ITIL

Convincing the CFO of the value your ITIL initiative brings to the business may be the biggest challenge you face. It may also be the most important role you play as an IT leader. We need to rethink the way we describe our vision and high-level business objectives for our ITIL initiative. The...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

Why Wouldn't You?: Make Knowledge Management/Self-Service Critical to Your Success

By setting expectations and clarifying the business benefits, self-service leaders can embark on a continuous journey of selling the value of people helping themselves, 24x7, to achieve lower operating costs and a better customer experience.
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

KCS Measurement Matters

This white paper illustrates key knowledge management milestones in context of the KCS journey. For each phase, we describe the relevant benefits and measures and how these factors change as organizations mature from adoption through proficiency. We specifically note the tell-tale conditions,...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

ITIL v3: Support for the Growing Importance of Business Service Management

Organizations that are focused on applying best practices from ITIL have numerous questions about the newest release, ITIL v3. Will it live up to the expectations of IT executives who must continually face the challenge of supporting innovative projects to help their companies grow? Can this...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated January 14, 2016

ITIL v2 to v3: Is It Worth It?

With the launch of the third incarnation of ITIL, we now have an industry standard road map for taking ITSM best practices to the next level. ITIL v3 marks a significant change in emphasis, away from IT as a series of interlinked processes and toward IT being considered as a value-added service...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

Improving Business Productivity Through the Lowly Incident

These days, it seems that all the talk in the industry centers around things like the configuration management database (CMDB), service portfolio, desktop virtualization, and other really important issues. While it’s exciting and sexy to talk about these trendy topics, we shouldn’t lose sight of...
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015

Implementation Guidance Regarding ITIL v3

This paper is intended to provide guidance for those who are in the midst of, or are considering, IT process improvement project implementations based upon ITIL, and are asking questions about how implementing ITIL might impact their current and future implementation plans.
Date Published April 29, 2015 - Last Updated April 30, 2015