Our obsession with the service catalog—just one among many ITSM tools, modules, or capabilities—is over five years old, and it seems every IT organization has either decided or been told that the service catalog is an absolute must-have. However, in my opinion, it’s best to look back before we...
Tag(s): tools, support operations, support center, service level management, service catalog, IT service management
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 11 Hours, 35 Minutes ago
Nationwide Insurance began its ITSM journey in 2002, starting with change and incident management. With full executive support, a dedicated process staff, and shared objectives across all of IT, the program was a huge success, and we realized as much as a 75-percent improvement in availability...
Tag(s): governance, ITSM, problem management, process management, incident management, configuration management, release management, service level management, continual service improvement, case study
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 12 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
Process frameworks and standards are a guiding light in helping you define processes and assess their maturity, but they won’t lead you to the process Promised Land! These frameworks and standards provide little guidance with regard to process definition, and without defined and documented...
Tag(s): ITIL, process, practices and processes, process management
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 12 Hours, 6 Minutes ago
If you agree with ITIL, successful service management is the result of “an appropriate mix of people, process, and information technology.” While ITIL is touted as a systematic approach that treats all three components equally, in practice it often focuses more heavily on the process side....
Tag(s): ITIL, leadership, process management, people, workforce enablement
Date Published - Last Updated 4 Years, 230 Days, 17 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
if you want everyone in the boat rowing at the same speed, you must get the first oar in the water, then the next, and so on until everyone is contributing to the boat’s forward momentum. This is the essence of collective responsibility. Simulations can provide you with the game film, practice,...
Tag(s): business of support, service management, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 283 Days, 23 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Supporting Office 365 is no easy task, especially in a university setting with a diverse audience of end users. But the University of New Mexico Information Technologies (UNM IT) is doing just that—and achieving exceptionally high first contact resolution rates, as well as huge growth in the use...
Tag(s): case study, desktop support, first call resolution, infrastructure change management, knowledge management, KM, release management, service desk
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 11 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
Major incidents resulting from change is one of the most effective metrics in your collection because it shows the service level impact of the changes being executed. It isn’t a measure of system failures; it’s a measure of departmental failures. It holds teams accountable for the impact they...
Tag(s): change management, metrics and measurements
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 12 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
Some of the most effective techniques for doing more with less come from lean management. Using these techniques, I’ve been able to mobilize my teams while maintaining or improving morale and customer satisfaction. But where do you start? How do you identify the areas that will have the biggest...
Tag(s): continual service improvement, leadership, organizational change management, process-improvement, support center
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 11 Hours, 49 Minutes ago
Today’s technical service and support organizations are constantly challenged to do more with less while remaining cost-efficient, maintaining service level agreements, and dealing with an ever-changing business and technological landscape. These changes create disruption and frustration for...
Tag(s): knowledge management, knowledge-management-systems, KM, Knowledge Management Systems, collaboration
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 12 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Service providers have come to the realization that their departments simply are not sharing information as well as they could. There are just too many silos, which inhibit the free exchange of shared knowledge, ideas, and experience. The result? Poor decision making, agility, and knowledge...
Tag(s): knowledge management, KCS, KM
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 284 Days, 11 Hours, 40 Minutes ago