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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
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Part 3: How to Apply a Pragmatic, Customized Service Management Capability
Appendix B: SLR Template

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the difference between commitment and support, understanding which stakeholders need to be committed and which ones you need support from. It is extremely important to recognize that in any major effort, commitment across the management chain is absolutely essential for success. Likewise, having the support of all the stakeholders will significantly improve the potential for success of any initiative, large or small and anywhere in between. You learned about governance and the importance of clearly establishing policies and controls that will dictate the expected behavior exhibited by an organization’s stakeholders. You learned about the concept of accountability and how significant it is to establish the roles and individuals that will be accountable for the processes and services being delivered by the organization. In addition, you now understand the importance of allocating authority to a role or individual that is accountable so...