Implementation of a Service Management Office Into a World Food Company in Latin America

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-135
Author(s):  
Teresa Lucio-Nieto ◽  
Dora Luz Gonzalez-Bañales
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
It Services ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Information Technology Service

Research on service management office (SMO) related with its implementation, challenges, relevance, and outcomes is scarce. The purpose of this case study research is to contribute with the lessons learned from the implementation of an SMO into a big sized company. The lessons include the experience of the company designing and implementing an SMO. A general roadmap and main challenges for the creation of an SMO are presented through the lessons learned of three perspectives: people, processes, and technology. The results in the SMO implementation reveal that it could become a strategic complement for IT services in order to ensure quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement for information technology service management (ITSM). The main changes derived from the SMO implementation were migrate from a function model to a service model, go from management of cost by function to management by service, from an order taker to a focus on business transformation initiatives, from a portfolio management based on applications to a process based on flexible governance.

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.

The Compensation Benefit of ITIL® Skills and Certifications

2021 ◽  
pp. 1075-1090
Author(s):  
Stuart Diaz Galup ◽  
Ronald Dattero ◽  
Jing Quan
Keyword(s):  
Service Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
It Service ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Information Technology Service ◽  
On Line

Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) is a quality management approach for managing IT services that meet business needs. The most broadly accepted ITSM framework is ITIL® (Mann, 2012) and its adoption by organizations across the globe has grown over the past decade. A study conducted by Forrester and itSMF (2013) found that IT service providers that employ ITIL® enjoy better service quality and higher operational productivity as well as cost savings. Therefore, IT professionals with ITIL® knowledge and skills are likely valuable to organizations and earn a higher wage than their peers. This paper investigates whether or not there are salary benefits for IT professionals that possess ITIL® knowledge and skill and what are the estimated benefits, if any. Using a human capital model and employing data from an on-line survey of a large set of IT professionals (16,632 responses) conducted at the end of 2013 this benefit is confirmed and quantified.

scholarly journals Developing an Improved ITSM Framework for Ethio Telecom

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-455
Author(s):  
Getamesay Biyadgilign Berihun ◽  
Dereje Teferi
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Model Development ◽  
It Services ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Telecom Service ◽  
Information Technology Service ◽  
Telecom Sector

Telecom service providers are engaged exhaustively in providing various kinds of IT services for their customers. These IT services should be customer-oriented, and quality-based to be competitive in the market. To this end, organizations should manage their IT services effectively and efficiently by introducing various Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) mechanisms. However, improving or developing optimal ITSM mechanisms is a subject of great concern that needs further investigation academically. To the best of the researcher’s knowledge, little or no research has been conducted to design and develop ITSM frameworks for the telecom sector in Ethiopia. Previous studies focused on the implementation, adoption, tailoring, and system or model development for selected ITSM processes within the Ethiopian context. Ethio telecom (ET), the sole telecom service provider of Ethiopia, has a gap in the existing ITSM practices. Hence, this research study intends to investigate the current ITSM practice of Ethio telecom and propose an ITSM framework based on ITIL best practices that ensures the quality of IT services and improve customer satisfaction.

The Compensation Benefit of ITIL® Skills and Certifications

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Diaz Galup ◽  
Ronald Dattero ◽  
Jing Quan
Keyword(s):  
Service Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Large Set ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Information Technology Service ◽  
On Line

Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) is a quality management approach for managing IT services that meet business needs. The most broadly accepted ITSM framework is ITIL® (Mann, 2012) and its adoption by organizations across the globe has grown over the past decade. A study conducted by Forrester and itSMF (2013) found that IT service providers that employ ITIL® enjoy better service quality and higher operational productivity as well as cost savings. Therefore, IT professionals with ITIL® knowledge and skills are likely valuable to organizations and earn a higher wage than their peers. This paper investigates whether or not there are salary benefits for IT professionals that possess ITIL® knowledge and skill and what are the estimated benefits, if any. Using a human capital model and employing data from an on-line survey of a large set of IT professionals (16,632 responses) conducted at the end of 2013 this benefit is confirmed and quantified.

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