IT service management (ITSM) and ITIL, the most commonly adopted ITSM best practice framework, are both full of terminology. Just look to the names of the 26 ITIL processes, some of which are pretty self-explanatory but sadly some aren’t. So if you’re just starting out with ITSM and ITIL, I’m wondering which are the most [...]
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It really is an exciting time to be in IT service management (ITSM) – and not just because I’m here. The accelerated development of [...]
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The end of the year is often a time to reflect on our past, from the year just gone to even further back in time, and then to look to [...]
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Using an IT balanced scorecard will help your IT organization to focus on the right things – for both delivering against business needs [...]
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Is your organization thinking about creating a service catalog and service request catalog (or starting over with it again)? It can be [...]
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It sometimes feels like the phrase “Do more, with less” has been with us since we started delivering technology-enabled solutions to [...]
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There’s a lot of IT jargon in the IT service management (ITSM) space, much of which has been created as part of ITIL, the most commonly [...]
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Really, what IS customer experience (or CX for short)? Most explanations refer to a customer interacting with a business and its [...]
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Without knowing how well we’re doing, we can’t show that we’re getting better. IT service management (ITSM) service providers need to [...]
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In part one of this blog I covered two possible causes of IT service management (ITSM) derailment: (1) the lack of executive support, [...]
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Sometimes it is a good idea to stop for moment, to take stock of where you are and where you want, or need, to be. Especially when you [...]
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I’ve been talking a lot about getting back to basics with incidents and all other things IT service management (ITSM) related – and [...]
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Well, it’s been almost a year since my last blog on continual service improvement (CSI), and I really do hope you’ve already passed the [...]
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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.