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A Practical Guide to Service Management

By : Keith D. Sutherland, Lawrence J. "Butch" Sheets
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Book Image

A Practical Guide to Service Management

4 (1)
By: Keith D. Sutherland, Lawrence J. "Butch" Sheets

Overview of this book

Many organizations struggle to find practical guidance that can help them to not only understand but also apply service management best practices. Packed with expert guidance and comprehensive coverage of the essential frameworks, methods, and techniques, this book will enable you to elevate your organization’s service management capability. You’ll start by exploring the fundamentals of service management and the role of a service provider. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with the different service management frameworks used by IT and enterprises. You'll use system thinking and design thinking approaches to learn to design, implement, and optimize services catering to diverse customer needs. This book will familiarize you with the essential process capabilities required for an efficient service management practice, followed by the elements key to its practical implementation, customized to the organization’s business needs in a sustainable and repeatable manner. You’ll also discover the critical success factors that will enhance your organization’s ability to successfully implement and sustain a service management practice. By the end of this handy guide, you’ll have a solid grasp of service management concepts, making this a valuable resource for on-the-job reference.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
1
Part 1: The Importance of Service Management
6
Part 2: Essential Process Capabilities for Effective Service Management
18
Part 3: How to Apply a Pragmatic, Customized Service Management Capability
Appendix B: SLR Template

Technology requirements

Technologies have improved the support of ITSM best practices consistently over the last 20-30 years. In particular, it has matured the support of many processes, including service asset management. The following list shows many of the key requirements for the service asset management process. You may have additional requirements but the following list is a sample of what should be expected of any service management tool. The most important thing to remember about selecting any technology is that it will not make a poor process better and it is important to realize how the tool will be used so that you can select the one that will be most effective for your needs.

Here are the technology requirements for service asset management:

  • The ability to have PC and non-PC assets related to users, locations, and customers
  • The ability to manage assets and asset classes at no additional charge
  • The ability to relate parent and child information (that is...