structures 205
Technology considerations 215
7.1 Generic requirements 217
7.2 Event management 219
7.3 Incident management 219
7.4 Request fulfilment 220
7.5 Problem management 220
7.6 Access management 221
7.7 Service desk 221
Implementation of service operation 225
8.1 Managing change in service operation 227
8.2 Service operation and project management 227
8.3 Assessing and managing risk in service
operation 228
8.4 Operational staff in service design and transition r J 00
8.5 Planning and implementing service management technologies 228
9 Challenges, risks and critical success factors
9.1 Challenges 233
9.2 Critical success factors 235
9.3 Risks 237
Afterword 239
Appendix A: Related guidance 243
A.1 ITIL guidance and web services 245
A.2 Quality management system 245
A.3 Risk management 246
A.4 Governance of IT 246
A.5 COBIT 246
A.6 ISO/IEC 20000 service management series 247
A.7 Environmental management and green/sustainable IT 247
A.8 ISO standards and publications
for IT 248
A.9 ITIL and the OSI framework 248
A.10 Programme and project
management 249
A.11 Organizational change 249
A.12 Skills Framework for the Information Age 250
A.13Carnegie Mellon: CMMI and eSCM
framework 250
A.14 Balanced scorecard 250
A. 15SixSigma 1 251
Appendix B: Communication in service
operation 253
B. 1 Routine operational communication 255
B.2 Communication between shifts 255
B.3 Performance reporting 255
B.4 Communication in projects 257
B.5 Communication related to changes 258
B.6 Communication related to
exceptions 258
B.7 Communication related to
emergencies 260
B.8 Global communications 262
B. 9 Communication with users and
customers 263
Appendix C: Kepner and Tregoe 265
C. 1 Defining the problem 267
C.2 Describing the problem 267
C.3 Establishing possible causes 267
C.4 Testing the most probable cause 267
C.5 Verifying the true cause 267
Appendix D: Ishikawa diagrams 269
Appendix E: Considerations for facilities
management 273
E.1 Building management 275
E.2 Equipment rooms 275
E.3 Power management 277
Е.4 Environmental conditioning and
alert systems 277
E.5 Safety 279
E.6 Physical access control 279
E.7 Shipping and receiving 279
E.8 Involvement in supplier
management 279
E.9 Maintenance 280
E. 10 Office environments 280
Appendix F: Physical access control 281
Appendix G: Risk assessment and management 287
G.1 Definition of risk and risk
management 289
G.2 Management of Risk (M_o_R) 289
G.3 ISO 31000 290
G.4 ISO/IEC 27001 291
G.5 Risk IT 292
Appendix H: Pareto analysis 295
Appendix I: Examples of inputs and outputs across the service lifecycle 299
References and further reading 303
Abbreviations and glossary 307
Index 351