Contents
List of figures v
List of tables vii
Foreword viii
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Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Overview 3
1.2 Context 6
1.3 ITIL in relation to other publications
in the Best Management Practice portfolio 8
1.4 Why is ITIL so successful? 10
1.5 Chapter summary 10
2 Service management as a practice 13
2.1 Services and service management 15
2.2 Basic concepts 22
2.3 Governance,and management
systems 27
2.4 The service lifecycle 30
3 Service transition principles 35
3.1 Policies.for service transition 37
3.2 Optimizing service transition
performance 45
3.3 Service transition inputs and outputs 46
4 Service transition processes 49
4.1 Transition planning and support 51
4.2 Change management 60
4.3 Service asset and configuration
management 89
4.4 Release and deployment
management 114
4.5 Service validation and testing 150
4.6 Change evaluation
4.7 Knowledge management
5 Managing people through service transitions
5.1 Managing communications and commitment
5.2 Managing organization and ^ stakeholder change
5.3 Stakeholder management /
6 Organizing for service transition
6.1 Organizational development
6.2 Functions
6.3 Organizational context for transitioning a service
6.4 Roles
6.5 Responsibility model - RACI
6.6 Competence and training
6.7 Service transition relationship with other lifecycle stages
7 Technology considerations
7.1 Knowledge management tools
7.2 Collaboration
7.3 Configuration management system
8 Implementing service transition
8.1 Key activities in the introduction of service transition
8.2 An integrated approach to service transition processes
8.3 Implementing service transition in a virtual or cloud environment
9 Challenges, critical success factors and risks
9.1 Challenges
9.2 Critical success factors
Contents
9.3 Risks 256 C.12 Skills Framework for the
9.4 Service transition under difficult Information Age 286
conditions 256 C.13 Carnegie Mellon: CMMI and
eSCM framework 286
Afterword 261 C.14 Balanced scorecard 286
Appendix A: Description of asset types 265 C.15 Six Sigma 287
A.1 Management 267 Appendix D: Examples of inputs and
A.2 Organization 267 outputs across the service lifecycle 289
A.3 Process 267 References and further reading 293
A.4 A.5 Knowledge People 267 268 Abbreviations and glossary X 297
A.6 Information 268 Index f 339
A.7 Applications 268
A.8 Infrastructure ’ 268
A.9 Financial capital 269
Appendix B: Risk assessment and management 271
B.1 Definition of risk and risk management 273
B.2 Management of Risk (M_o_R) 273
B 3 ISO 31000 274
B.4 ISO/IEC 27001 275
B.5 Risk IT 276
Appendix C: Related guidance 279
C.1 ITIL guidance and web services 281
C2 Quality management system 281
C.3 Risk management 282
C.4 Governance of IT 282
C.5 COBIT 282
C.6 ISO/IEC 20000 service management series 283
C.7 Environmental management and green/sustainable IT 283
C.8 ISO standards and publications for IT 284
C.9 ITIL and the OSI framework 284
C.10 Programme and project management 285
C.11 Organizational change 285
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Figure 1.1 The ITIL service lifecycie 3
Figure 1.2 The scope of service transition 5
Figure 1.3 ITIL's relationship with other
Best Management Practice guides 9
Figure 2.1 Conversation about the definition
and meaning of services 16
Figure 2.2 Logic of value creation through
services 20
Figure 2.3 Sources of service management
practice 21
Figure 2.4 Examples of capabilities and
resources 23
Figure 2.5 Process model 23
Figure 2.6 The service portfolio and its
contents 27
Figure 2.7 Architectural layers of an SKMS 28
Figure 2.8 Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle 29
Figure 2.9 integration across the service
lifecycle • 32
Figure 2.10 Continual service improvement
and the service lifecycle 33
Figure 4.1 Scope of change management
and release and deployment management for services 62
Figure 4.2 Example of a process flow for a
normal change 70
Figure 4.3 Example of a process flow for
standard deployment request 71
Figure 4.4 Example of a process flow for a
standard operational change request 71
Figure 4.5 Example of a change
authorization model 78
Figure 4.6 Interfaces between change
management and service asset and configuration management 87
Figure 4.7 Example of a logical
configuration model 93
Figure 4.8 Example of relationships
between the CMS and SKMS 94
Figure 4.9 Example of the application of the
architectural layers of the CMS 96
Figure 4.10 The relationship between the definitive media library and the configuration management system
Figure 4.11 Typical service asset and
configuration management / activity model
Figure 4.12 Example of a configuration breakdown for an end-user computing service
Figure 4.13 Example of a configuration breakdown for a managed virtual system
Figure 4.14 Example of service lifecycle configuration levels and baseline points
Figure 4.15 Simplified example of an IT infrastructure
Figure 4.16 Example of a configuration item lifecycle
Figure 4.17 Simplified example of release units for an IT service
Figure 4.18 Architecture elements to be built
and tested 117
Figure 4.19 Example of a release package 118
Figure 4.20 Coordinating the deployment
of service components 119
Figure 4.21 Options for 'big bang' and
phased deployment 120
Figure 4.22 Phased deployment across
geographical locations 121
Figure 4.23 Phases of release and
deployment management 123
Figure 4.25 Example of a set of Figure 6.2 Example of service transition
deployment activities 138 organizational structure for a
Figure 4.26 Example of early life support larger organization 222
activities 144 Figure 6.3 Example of service transition
Figure 4.27 Illustration of the benefits of organization and its interfaces 223
targeted early life support 145 Figure 6.4 Organizational interfaces for a
Figure 4.28 Dynamics of a service model 153 service transition 224
Figure 4.29 Design constraints driven by Figure 6.5 Flow of experience 236
strategy 154 Figure 8.1 Steps to improving the service
Figure 4.30 Designing tests to cover a range transition processes 247
of service assets, utilities and Figure 8.2 An example of a path through the
warranties 162 processes that might be required
Figure 4.31 Example of a validation and for a single service transition 251
testing process 169 Figure B.1 The M_o_R framework 274
Figure 4.32 Performing test activities - an Figure B.2 ISO 31000 risk management
example 171 process flow 275
Figure 4.33 Change evaluation process flew 177 Figure B.3 ISACA Risk IT process framework 277
Figure 4.34 Context for qualification and validation activities 179
Figure 4.35 The flow from data to wisdom 184
Figure 4.36 Relationship of the CMDB, the CMS and the SKMS 185
Figure 4.37 Examples of data and information
in the service knowledge management system 186
Figure 4.38 Contribution of knowledge to effectiveness of support staff 195
Figure 5.1 Example of a communication strategy and plan contents 201
Figure 5.2 Example of a communication path 202
Figure 5.3 Example of service transition steps for outsourcing 203
Figure 5.4 The emotional cycle of change 204
Figure 5.5 Potential stakeholders 216
Figure 5.6 Example of a stakeholder map 217
Figure 5.7 Power impact matrix 217
Figure 5.8 Example of a commitment planning chart 218
Figure 6.1 Example of service transition organizational structure for a small organization 222