Information Technology as a Service Operation

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Rands
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
It Management ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Service ◽  
Service Operation ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
Flow Charts

Research into service management has revealed concepts and ideas which may be usefully applied in other management settings. In order to evaluate their potential relevance to managing information technology (IT), several aspects of service management are explored, including the nature of service products, customer-supplier contact, the design of service delivery systems, and measuring and achieving service quality. Some ideas have already been applied to IT, but others could also be relevant. These include examining contacts between users and IT specialists, using process flow charts to design IT services, and employing service quality measures in IT management. A general model is proposed for managing IT service quality; the application of this model at the strategic level of firms is examined.

scholarly journals An IT Service Management Literature Review: Challenges, Benefits, Opportunities and Implementation Practices

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
João Serrano ◽  
João Faustino ◽  
Daniel Adriano ◽  
Rúben Pereira ◽  
Miguel Mira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Management ◽  
It Service Management ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Service ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Management Literature

Information technology (IT) service management is considered a collection of frameworks that support organizations managing services. The implementation of these kinds of frameworks is constantly increasing in the IT service provider domain. The main objective is to define and manage IT services through its life cycle. However, from observing the literature, scarcely any research exists describing the main concepts of ITSM. Many organizations still struggle in several contexts in this domain, mainly during implementation. This research aims to develop a reference study detailing the main concepts related with ITSM. Thus, a systematic literature review is performed. In total, 47 articles were selected from top journals and conferences. The benefits, challenges, opportunities, and practices for ITSM implementation were extracted, critically analysed, and then discussed.

Information Technology Service Management and Opportunities for Information Systems Curricula

2011 ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Sue Conger
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Service Management ◽  
It Management ◽  
It Service Management ◽  
It Service ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Information Technology Service ◽  
It Operations

Historically, information systems (IS) programs have taught two of the three areas of information technology (IT) management: strategy and management, and applications development. Academic programs have ignored the third area, IT operations. IT operations management is becoming increasingly important as it is recognized as consuming as much as 90% of the IT budget and as acquisition of software becomes more prevalent than development of custom applications. Along with the shift of management focus to IT operations, standards such as the IT infrastructure library (ITIL) have been adopted by businesses to guide the development of processes for IT operations that facilitate evolution to IT service management. This shift to servitizing IT management, creates an opportunity for IS programs to align with business practices by innovating in the teaching of IT service management. Several methods of incorporating ITSM material into educational programs are explored.

Survey of senior frontline clinicians regarding the quality of information technology across the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 220-226
Author(s):  
Sunny Deo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
It Services ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
It Service ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Uk

Background/Aims The quality of information technology (IT) services is key to effective healthcare delivery. However, the high aspirations of health ministers for IT services in hospitals may not be aligned with clinicians' perceptions. This study aimed to assess frontline clinicians' perceptions of the quality of IT services in their institutions. Methods The British Orthopaedics Directors Society online forum was used to invite a group of trauma and orthopaedic clinical leads from a range of hospitals to complete a short questionnaire regarding their perceptions of IT service quality in their practice. Results Negative perceptions of IT service quality were found to be common, with 45% of respondents rating their trusts' overall IT quality as poor or very poor. Of these, 13% deemed their trust's IT service quality to be so poor as to put patients at increased risk. Wide disparities were also reported between respondents' ratings of IT infrastructure quality and institutional responsiveness to concerns. Conclusions This small initial evaluation highlights concerning variations in clinicians' perceptions of IT service quality across different trusts. It also suggests the need for further, more detailed assessment and monitoring of IT quality improvement, for which the same questionnaire method may be useful.

Quality-Oriented IT Service Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 108-123
Author(s):  
Patrick Wild
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
It Services ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Requirements ◽  
Reference Models ◽  
It Service

<div>Due to the increasing importance of the tertiary sector, information technology (IT) organizations need to face up to new challenges, since their daily business has changed from development and operation of information technology to the customer oriented provision and management of IT services. In order to survive in the market, service providers need to offer and manage competitive and distinctive IT services. The “Profit Impact of Market Strategies” (PIMS) program has emphasized the need for service quality as being a crucial, strategic competitive factor. However, IT service providers do not have guidance of what quality requirements are supposed to be fulfilled to provide high-quality IT services. Different reference models and frameworks such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) and ISO 20000 are widely used by many IT organizations for improving service management processes and performance. However, these reference models do not address the improvement of service quality in a consistent manner and it is not clear whether these models have the capability to close quality gaps which may arise within a service provider environment.</div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, this chapter proposes an IT service quality model for identifying potential quality&nbsp;gaps and quality dimensions in an IT service provider environment. Furthermore, it proposes a set of different quality requirements combined in a “Quality Requirements Model for IT Services” that are needed in order to close the respective quality gaps and fulfill the individual quality dimensions. The model is developed by mapping&nbsp;the reference models ITIL v3, COBIT and ISO 20000 to the previously developed quality model. The results of the mappings emphasize that all three models are partially capable to close the individual gaps of the quality model as well as to guarantee the fulfillment of respective quality dimensions. The fulfillment of these developed quality requirements can be utilized as a guideline for providing and managing high-quality IT services in the long term.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, the maturity level is analyzed and pointed out that most of the quality requirements are assigned to maturity stage 2 or 3. This implies that an IT service provider does not necessarily have to reach a maturity stage 4 or 5 being able offering high service quality.</div><div><br></div><div>In summary, the chapter provides guidance and quality-oriented IT Service Management to answer the following questions:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>What kind of quality gaps exist in a service provider environment?<br></li><li>Do reference models such as ITIL, COBIT and ISO 20000 have the capability to close quality gaps which may arise within a service provider environment?<br></li><li>What processes, activities and functions from which reference model are needed in order to close the respective gaps?<br></li><li>What quality requirements need to be implemented in order to provide high-quality IT services?<br></li><li>What maturity level do service providers need to reach in order to fulfill quality requirements?<br></li></ul></div>

scholarly journals The Challenges of Implementing the ITIL Problem Management Process in IT Support Organisations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Michael Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Management Process ◽  
It Services ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Problem Management ◽  
Information Technology Infrastructure ◽  
It Service ◽  
It Support ◽  
Organisational Factors

<p>Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a framework and an integrated set of process orientated best practices for providing IT infrastructure support, managing and delivering IT services. As organisations in the digital age rely on Information Technology for their daily operations as well as future growth and success, the ITIL framework is widely adopted. The Problem Management process is one of the Service Operation processes defined by the ITIL framework. Whilst the adoption of the ITIL framework is often for the benefit of both the organisations that provide IT support and services and the organisations which consume them, the challenges of implementing this framework and its processes is often left to the IT support organisations. This paper focuses on the ITIL Problem Management process; it reviews the principles and objectives of this IT Service Management process from an IT Governance stand point, and its implementation in the context of organisational IT services and operations. This paper collects and presents the views and insights from IT professionals who routinely worked with ITIL processes. As empirical research, this paper seeks to identify and prioritize the challenges associated with implementing the ITIL Problem Management process by the IT support organisations; it also seeks to understand the ways and methods to overcome these challenges. This paper identifies 23 unique challenges in 6 categories including “the understanding”, “the buy-in”, “the investment”, “the interrelation”, the “execution” and “the organisational factors” which are associated with implementing the ITIL Problem Management process. The ranking of these challenges is also finalized. This paper further offers suggestions for IT support organisations to overcome these challenges. It suggests that IT support organisations may first address and overcome the challenges associated with the understanding and the buy-in of the ITIL Problem Management process, and use an overall top-down approach and effective organisational communication as they try to implement the ITIL Problem Management process.</p>

IT Service Quality Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Spath ◽  
Wilhelm Bauer ◽  
Claus-Peter Praeg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Effectiveness ◽  
It Service ◽  
Service Quality Management

IT service management is a focal point of interest for practitioners, managers and researchers. In this chapter, the authors outline the field of IT service quality management - a topic that has not been adequately discussed in research literature to date. The authors introduce a framework for IT service quality management and show how the framework can be applied to different phases of an IT service lifecycle. Furthermore, they illustrate possible effects of IT service quality on business performance. For this reason, they define indicators, which are effective measures of business performance, and the relations between indicators and IT service quality. Due to the increased use of modular IT services and the high pressure on IT effectiveness and IT efficiency, IT service quality management has the potential to become a highly relevant topic for IT service providers and IT departments within enterprises.

ITIL 2011: Maturity Level of Service Operation

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
Rekha Bella Novia ◽  
Wella .
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Access Management ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Problem Management ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Service Operation

Service quality is a measurement from users’ hope to the company in fulfilling their needs and desires also service delivery accuracy. Technology and information services can help the company in supporting the company’s business operations. Therefore, the company needs to apply ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) as an operational approach of technology and information services to keep the service quality in the company. The framework that is focusing on providing technology and information services which can be used as a guide is the ITIL framework (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). This research is conducted at PT Pertamina (Persero). The research is conducted using the 2011 ITIL framework on Domain Service Operation with 5 processes in it which are Incident Management, Request Fulfillment, Event Management, Access Management, and Problem Management. The methods that are used in this research are interview and questionnaires. This research is conducted based on research steps by Gallegos 2008, which consist of 5 steps such as the planning, the field checking, the report, and the follow-up. Based on the research conducted there are three processes that are stopped at level 1 which is Incident Management with score 62.54%, Problem Management with score 79.08% and Request Fulfillment with score 81.09%. Meanwhile, on the Access Management process achieve 86.00% and Access Management is stopped at level 2 with score 77,23%.

scholarly journals proposal of the Information Architecture positioning in the management of the TI services

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Maurício Rocha Lyra ◽  
Claudio Gottschalg Duque
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
It Service Management ◽  
It Services ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Information Technology Infrastructure ◽  
It Service

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) provides a framework of best practices for managing of the information technology (IT) services. In the framework of this study it is clear that it does not have space in your body for information architecture. One of the goals information architecture to organize information for decision making, how can this be out of context? The proposed positioning of this paper presents evidence that the perception that the concepts of information architecture are present on the needs of IT service management. This proposal will encourage the union of bodies of knowledge thereby facilitating the creation of strategy and design services.

scholarly journals Grapari Information Technology Service Analysis of Telkomsel Salatiga Using ITIL V3 Domain Service Operation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-154
Author(s):  
Daniel Albert Santoso ◽  
Agustinus Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
It Services ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
It Service ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Service Operation ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
A Company

Parameters for the success of IT in a company or organization are IT services to users in order to support the fulfillment of the business goals of a company or organization. Therefore, information technology has become a major requirement for companies or organizations. Operating IT services in a company or organization cannot be without problems. To find out the extent to which IT services are running and the extent of management in managing and handling incidents and problems in IT service companies, an analysis and assessment of IT services is needed. This research proposes the ITIL framework version 3 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) with the Service Operation domain to review IT service practices. The results of this study indicate several recommendations including increasing the number of resources who are experts in the IT field, so that any obstacles that arise in the application can be resolved immediately. It is hoped that by carrying out this research, GraPARI can reduce these obstacles and can work optimally.

Leveraging Service Management to Achieve Sustainability Goals

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Blanke ◽  
Thomas Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Service Management ◽  
It Strategy ◽  
It Service Management ◽  
It Services ◽  
Green It ◽  
It Service ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
It Operations

Information Technology can play a significant role in supporting and even driving sustainability strategies in an organization. However, many small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) often separate their “Green IT” initiatives from existing business and IT strategy. The authors describe how one SME used IT service management (ITSM) to clarify and improve their IT services and to integrate sustainability into the IT function. Their case provides a detailed description of ITSM and also shows that ITSM offers a framework for SMEs to integrate sustainability into the IT operations.

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