An Extensive Review of IT Service Design in Seven International ITSM Processes Frameworks

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Mora ◽  
Jorge Marx Gomez ◽  
Rory V. O'Connor ◽  
Mahesh Raisinghani ◽  
Ovsei Gelman
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Design ◽  
It Services ◽  
Service Architecture ◽  
It Service ◽  
Systemic Analysis ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Common Purpose

The main international IT Service Management processes frameworks (ITIL v2, ISO/IEC 20000, COBIT 4.0, CMMI-SVC, MOF 4.0, and ITUP) include the design of IT services as part of their main best practices. However, despite having a common purpose and conceptual structure, they are organized differently. Hence, ITSM academic researchers and practitioners need to integrate a broad and diverse literature in relation to these frameworks. In Part I of this research, the authors pursued the goal of a descriptive-comparative analysis of fundamental concepts and IT service architecture design models used in the seven ITSM frameworks. In this paper (Part II) we complete this systemic analysis by using the ISO/IEC 15288 systems engineering standard and focusing on the IT design processes and practices reported in the aforementioned ITSM frameworks. Specifically, CMMI-SVC and ITUP are assessed in overall as the strongest frameworks from an engineering view, MOF 4.0 and ITIL v3 as moderate, and ISO/IEC 20000, ITIL v2 and COBIT as the weakest. ITSM academicians and in particular practitioners thus will need to distinguish their utilization according to the level of required detail of the IT service design process. This paper aims to advance our comprehension and understanding on the state of the art regarding what are IT services and how they can be designed. Thus it is of broad significance to ITSM researchers and practitioners.

A Review of the IT Service Design Process in Agile ITSM Frameworks

2021 ◽  
pp. 248-270
Author(s):  
Manuel Mora ◽  
Jorge Marx Gómez ◽  
Fen Wang ◽  
Edgar Oswaldo Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Service ◽  
Agile Design ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
Utility Metrics

The current and most used IT Service Management (ITSM) frameworks (ITIL v2011, CMMI-SVC, and ISO/IEC 20000) correspond to a rigor-oriented paradigm. However, the high dynamism in business requirements for IT services has fostered the emergence of agile-assumed ITSM frameworks. In contrast with the Software Engineering field where the rigorous and agile development paradigms co-exist because both paradigms are well-known and well-accepted, in the ITSM field, agile ITSM frameworks are practically unknown. This chapter, thus, reviews the main emergent proffered agile ITSM frameworks (Lean IT, FitSM, IT4IT, and VeriSM) focusing on the IT service design process category. This process category is relevant because an IT service is designed after its business strategic authorization and the IT service design determines the future warranty and utility metrics for the IT service. The main findings suggest the need for clear and effortless agile ITSM frameworks with agile design practices to guide potential ITSM practitioners to cope with the new digital business environment.

An Extensive Review of IT Service Design in Seven International ITSM Processes Frameworks

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Mora ◽  
Mahesh Raisinghani ◽  
Rory V. O'Connor ◽  
Jorge Marx Gomez ◽  
Ovsei Gelman
Keyword(s):  
Service Management ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Service System ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Service Architecture ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
It Service ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Systems View

An IT service design process is considered to be a fundamental piece of the seven key international IT Service Management (ITSM) processes frameworks (ITIL v2, ITIL v3 (and ITIL v2011), ISO 20000-4, CobIT 4.0, CMMI-SVC, MOF 4.0, and ITUP). Nevertheless the availability of IT service design processes, few –if any- descriptive-comparative studies among them have been reported. Thus, in this paper (Part I), we address this knowledge gap. An extensive descriptive-comparative review of seven IT service design processes in aforementioned frameworks is reported. Fundamental concepts (viz., design as noun, design as verb, service, service system, IT service, IT service system, and IT service architecture design) are analyzed by using a Systems Approach. Our findings indicate that the frameworks ITIL v2, ISO/IEC 20000 and Cobit 4.0 are using weak systemic concepts, while the frameworks ITIL v3, CMMI-SVC, ITUP and MOF 4.0 are more foundationally congruent with the new service systems view. Implications for ITSM theory and practice are discussed.

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.

The role of decision-making support systems in IT service management processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mora ◽  
Gloria Phillips-Wren ◽  
Jorge Marx-Gomez ◽  
F. Wang ◽  
O. Gelman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
It Service Management ◽  
It Service ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Decision Making Support

scholarly journals Analisa Tingkat Pelayanan IT Service Management pada Penerapan Sistem Ujian Nasional berbasis Komputer dengan menggunakan Kerangka Kerja ITIL v3

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Evi Novilia ◽  
Widya Cholil ◽  
Tri Basuki Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Management Service ◽  
It Service Management ◽  
Design Technology ◽  
It Service ◽  
Process Implementation ◽  
Catalog Management

Ujian Nasional berbasis Komputer (UNBK) sudah menjadi bagian dari evaluasi pendidikan yang bertujuan untuk memetakan bagaimana kondisi pendidikan di Indonesia. UNBK pertama kali dilaksanakan pada tahun 2014 secara dari dan dilakukan secara terbatas. Namun sejak tahun 2017 proses evaluasi berbasis komputer sudah diwajibkan di seluruh sekolah atas, termasuk MAN 1 Palembang, MAN 2 Palembang dan MAN Musi Rawas. Dalam mendukung proses evaluasi berbasis komputer diperlukan sistem Ujian Nasional yang terintegrasi. Kendala yang terjadi adalah hanya beberapa sekolah atas yang lolos uji verifikasi, umumnya disebabkan oleh jaringan, proses data, proses sistem yang berjalan dan layanan dari segi TI. Penelitian dilakukan dengan meninjau bagaimana kualitas, kontinuitas dan kinerja layanan TI dalam sistem dengan pendekatan service design Framework ITIL v3, dengan menggunakan 7 parameter utama yakni Service Catalog Management, Service Level Management, Service Design Process, Service Design Technology Related Activities, Organizing for Service Design, Service Design Technology Consideration, Service Design Process Implementation Consideration. Dari hasil asesmen, dihasilkan nilai asesmen tertinggi untuk Service Catalog Management dan nilai asesmen terendah Service Design Technology Related Activities

Continual Process Improvement Based on ITIL and Process Mining

2011 ◽  
pp. 145-167
Author(s):  
Kerstin Gerke ◽  
Konstantin Petruch ◽  
Gerrit Tamm
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Process Mining ◽  
It Services ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Customer Support ◽  
It Service ◽  
Key Indicators

The inherent quality of business processes and their support through information technology (IT) increasingly plays a significant role in the economic success of an organization. More and more business processes are supported through IT services. In order to provide IT services with the required quality and at minimum costs, the importance of effective and efficient IT service management (ITSM) processes is crucial. In this contribution, the authors present a new approach, which allows the continual process improvement by the interconnection of the ITIL reference model, the 7-step improvement process, and process mining. On the basis of the reference model, to-be processes are set and key indicators are determined. As-is processes and their key indicators derived by process mining are subsequently compared to the to-be processes. This new approach enables the design, control, and improvement of ITIL based customer support processes, which will be trialed in practice.

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>

Trends in ICT Service Management

2015 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
pp. 715-720
Author(s):  
Liviu Bozga ◽  
Marian Gheorghe
Keyword(s):  
Service Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
It Services ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
It Service ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Information Technology Service ◽  
Ict Service ◽  
Role Of It ◽  
And Control

The importance of information technology service management, ITSM, is fully recognized today. All companies, regardless of their size, accept the role of IT services and products, as the main supports for decision and control activities. The present contribution aims to analyze the main steps in the evolution of ITSM and its evolvement as a well-defined domain. There are analyzed, also, the main economical and technical factors influencing its evolution - the increase of competition among the IT service providers, the technical progress in hardware and availability of digital technologies.

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>

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