In my previous blog, I introduced the Business Transformation Framework (BTF) – a practical approach that helps organizations to design, develop, plan, and govern organizational change. I outlined (hopefully successfully) how taking a structured approach would be helpful for digital transformation initiatives, and offered [...]
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In 2017, you couldn’t escape all the talk of “digital transformation” in the IT (and business) community. It’s a common opportunity and [...]
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There’s a growing industry trend for IT departments, and especially IT support groups, to look beyond traditional service level [...]
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IT asset management and IT service management are IT management siblings, yet they often don’t play together as much as they could. [...]
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When looking to improve you IT service desk operations and results, there are a variety of best practice methodologies, frameworks, [...]
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In my previous blog I offered up 5 service and integration management (SIAM) tips (as well as a quick refresher as to what SIAM is). [...]
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More and more organizations are needing to manage multiple suppliers and the complexity this brings (as well as the benefits of such an [...]
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Have you ever been asked: “What’s a service?” It might seem a strange, or even silly, question to ask someone who’s already managing, [...]
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IT asset management is a necessary and important capability for any IT organization. It helps to manage costs, mitigate risks, and [...]
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Last week, I blogged about business relationship management (BRM) (link) and how it can seriously help IT organizations who are [...]
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Is your IT organization struggling to meet business expectations around service quality, support, or anything else? Then business [...]
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IT service catalogs can make a big difference to IT organizations wanting to improve the end-user, or customer, experience. But it’s [...]
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Many IT organizations will admit to the fact that they could be somewhat better at getting better, i.e. better at improving operations [...]
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So in case you hadn't worked it out yet, I'm Joe! Hello there. I'm a native New Yorker and I love everything connected to IT service management (ITSM). I'm a passionate blogger and Twitter addict, and I'm also the resident IT guy at SysAid Technologies.