Adopting ITIL Framework By: Vinayak Ghadi
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Adopting ITIL FrameworkBy: Vinayak Ghadi
Do we know about ITIL framework?
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is most popular framework for IT service management
• Its a set of practices for IT service management (ITSM) that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business
• The core of ITIL The core of ITIL is structured around a Service Lifecycle which consists of the five phases
Phases of Service lifecycle
Service Strategy: The Service strategy helps understand and provides guidance on how to design, develop and implement service management which would help define policies, guidelines and processes across the entire lifecycle.
Processes involved :• Service Strategy • Service Portfolio Management • Demand Management • Financial Management
Service Design: Guidance on design and development of services and interrelated service management processes are defined under this publication. This helps mapping strategic objectives into portfolios of service.
Processes involved :• Service Catalogue Management• Service Level Management• Availability Management• Capacity Management • Service Continuity Management• IT Security Management• Supplier Management
Service Transition: Guidance on development and improvement for capabilities and processes for transitioning new and changed services into operation is covered under this publication, Realization of service strategies being mapped into service design with control over risks of failure and service disruption is achieved.
Processes involved :• Change Management • Service Asset and Configuration Management • Release and Deployment Management • Transition Planning and Support • Service Validation and Testing • Evaluation • Knowledge Management
Service Operation: Effectiveness and efficiency of the service delivered and support to ensure the value to the stakeholder depends upon the practices in the management of service operations.
Processes involved :• Incident Management • Problem Management • Event Management • Service Request Fulfilment • Access Management
Continual Service Improvement: This publication emphasizes on improvement of processes in order to deliver value to the customers with better design and transition and measuring scope for continuous improvement.
Steps Involved :• What should we measure• What can be measured • Gather related data• Process data• Analyse data• Making it usable and Present data• Implement the corrective action
Key Adoption Challenges
Question to be answered • Do we really need ITIL? If yes how it is going to help us?• What impact it will have on our in-house processes which are
in practice?• Are we going to achieve detailed and measurable outcome?• Can we map our enterprise vision into procedural roadmap to
achieve it? • Will that guarantee us ROI(Return on Investment)?• Are we prepared to put RACI model in practice which
emphasizes on Responsibility, Accountability, Consulting and Transparency in every function?
Dependencies
Technology
People
Process• Processes
• People
• Technology
How do we prepare ourselves?
• Business Support: Top management approval • Training and Building Knowledge Base: Defined
processes and Documentation• Process Implementation & Technology: Prioritized
Implementation managing technical dependencies • Change Management: Framework adoption resulting in
changes across enterprise
Basic Adoption Model
Benefits of Framework Adoption • Improved resource utilization• Infrastructure management becomes smooth• Providing services meeting business, customer and user
demands• Unified management tools, technology and people• Best practices for Project and vendor management• Ownership and Increased accountability on assets and
documented processes• Operational visibility and proactive control can be enforced• Business continuity management becomes easier• Improved control and transparency• Increased alignment between business and IT• Measuring performance and efficiency improvises• Better understanding and improved ability to manage change
References
1. ITIL Adoption Model based on TAM : http://www.ipedr.com/vol5/no1/8-H00038.pdf
2. ITIL Adoption: 5 Steps That Can Help With Success http://blogs.forrester.com/stephen_mann/12-02-01-itil_adoption_5_steps_that_can_help_with_success
3. ITIL® Adoption –the Challenges by Markus Bause, Director SERVIEW GmbH Written by Kate Winter
4. ITIL Benefits and Barriers to Success http://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1433
5. Top 20 (OK, 50) ITIL Adoption Mistakes by Stephen Mann http://blogs.forrester.com/stephen_mann/11-08-26-top_20_ok_50_itil_adoption_mistakes
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