ITIL CORE

ITIL CORE

What is ITIL?

Information Technology Infrastructure Library - A set of best practice publications for IT service management.

WHY ITIL?

  • Focused on descriptive guidance on IT Service Management that`s easily adapted.

  • Emphasizes Quality Management approach, standards.

ITIL GOALS:

  • Consistent, comprehensive. hygienic set of Best-Practice guidance

  • Platform independent discussion of processes

  • Common Language, Standardized vocabulary

  • Flexible framework, adaptable to different IT environments

Lifecycle phases of ITIL

  1. Service strategy

  2. Service design

  3. Service transition

  4. Service operation

  5. Continual Service Improvement

Blooms`s taxonomy.

  1. Knowledge

  2. Comprehension

  3. Application

  4. Analysis

  5. Synthesis

  6. Evaluation

What is a Service?

A service is a means of delivering value to customers by facilitating outcomes customers want to achieve without the ownership of specific costs and risks

What is Service Management

Service management is a set of specialized organizational capabilities for providing value to customers in the form of service.

Process

  • A process is a structured set of activities designed to accomplish a specific objective

  • A process takes one or more defined inputs and turns them into defined outputs

  • A process may include roles responsibility, tool and management controls required to deliver the outputs

  • A process is organized around a set of objectives

Process characteristics

  • Measurability

  • |Specific results

  • Customers

  • Responsiveness to specific triggers

  • Maturity - A measure of the reliability, efficiency and effectiveness of a process, function, organization et

ROLE - RACI

  • Responsible

  • Accountable

  • Consulted

  • Informed

Important definitions

SLA - is a contract between a service provider (either internal or external) and the end user that defines the level of service expected from the service provider. SLAs are output-based in that their purpose is specifically todefine what the customer will receive.

OLA - An operational-level agreement (OLA) defines the interdependent relationships in support of a service-level agreement (SLA). The agreement describes the responsibilities of each internal support group toward other support groups, including the process and timeframe for delivery of their services

UC - an agreement between an IT service provider and an internal service provider (part of same the organization). Underpinning Contract (UC): an agreement between an IT service provider and an external service provider (outside of the organization).

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