Archive for August, 2008
ITIL is organized into a series of sets, which themselves are divided into two main areas: service support and service delivery. The ITIL Toolkit is very widely employed.Implementation - During the implementation stage, previous stages outputs are reviewed so that recovery plans can be developed which contain all the details an organization needs to survive […]
August 28th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
The IT Infrastructure Library consists of a series of publications that describe a framework for delivering and managing IT services. The Infrastructure Management processes describe those processes within ITIL that directly relate to the ICT equipment and software that is involved in providing ICT services to customers.The high level activities are Risk Analysis, Contingency Plan […]
August 27th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
Outside of ITIL, other IT Service Management approaches and frameworks exist, including the Enterprise Computing Institute’s library covering general issues of large scale IT management, including various Service Management subjects. It includes the necessary combination of Business (and overall IS) strategy, with technical design and architecture.Best Practice portfolio: new contracts awarded for publishing and accreditation […]
August 25th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
Primarily as a support to other processes, both in Infrastructure Management and Service Management, Technical Support provides a number of specialist functions: Research and Evaluation, Market Intelligence (particularly for Design and Planning and Capacity Management), Proof of Concept and Pilot engineering, specialist technical expertise (particularly to Operations and Problem Management), creation of documentation (perhaps for […]
August 24th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
In December 2005, the OGC issued notice of an ITIL refresh, commonly known as ITIL v3, which became available in May 2007. The ITIL concept is centered around IT services as opposed to IT systems.The OGC doesn t claim that ITIL s best practices describe pure processes. The goals of release management are vitally important. […]
August 23rd, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
It includes many project management disciplines in common with PRINCE2, but has a broader focus to include the necessary integration of Release Management and both functional and non functional testing. Guidelines for smaller IT units, not included in the original eight publications: has recently been supplemented.Common problems associated with ITSCM are any issues that prevent […]
August 22nd, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
ITIL Small-Scale Implementation provides an approach to the implementation of the ITIL framework for those with smaller IT units or departments. Software asset management (SAM) is the practice of integrating people, processes and technology to allow software licenses and usage to be systematically tracked, evaluated and managed.Best Practice portfolio: new contracts awarded for publishing and […]
August 21st, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
The Infrastructure Management processes describe those processes within ITIL that directly relate to the ICT equipment and software that is involved in providing ICT services to customers. While the Service Management sets (Service Support and Service Delivery) are by far the most widely used, circulated and understood of ITIL publications, ITIL provides a more comprehensive […]
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
The customisable ITIL framework defines how Service Management is applied within an organisation Although developed during the 1980s, ITIL was not widely adopted until the mid 1990s.ICT Technical Support is the specialist technical function for infrastructure within ICT. ICT Deployment provides a framework for the successful management of design, build, test and roll-out (deploy) […]
August 15th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
IT infrastructure changes can impact the manner in which business is conducted or the continuity of business operations. Although developed during the 1980s, ITIL was not widely adopted until the mid 1990s.In the scenario where a disaster has occurred, not only is the patient registration application needed but additionally any supporting IT infrastructure and […]
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments