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2012-08-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

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Calculating desktop Availability

2012-08-07T11:07:00.002-07:00

This sounds tricky. I'll try some thinking out loud.

The availability of desktops through out the estate - that must mean how many are broken at any one time. Or it must mean the number of staff who do not have access to a desktop at any one time.

So that's the first problem. In many cases when a PC is broken, its usual user can get at some or all of their requirements by using another machine (either an absent colleague's or a "spare").

Next, many desktop problems only render some facilities (services) unavaialble. In theory you could measure these as a certain percentage unavailable, but I would think the complexity of any formula for doing this would be beyond practical use. Is it number of facilities, weighted by utilization (normal or as required at this moment), and/or weighted by value of these facilities to the business?

I think it might be easier to revisit the question and instead of asking about desktop availability, come up with some valuable question like 'for how long are individual staff unable to perform their work, are forced to less valuable work, due to failures on their desktop system.

Of course with networked services you also need to be clear whether it was the desktop at the heart of the issue or some other factor in the network configuration. If a network patch to a desktop goes awry, is that a desktop issue?

Just a few thoughts, no answers. Don't know if it helps

What is ITIL Process Framework? When do we need it? How to evaluate an ITIL / ITSM Process Consultant about framework skills?

2012-08-02T09:38:00.001-07:00

ITIL Frame work is best practices in IT service management. The ITIL Library has the following component:
The ITIL core: Best practices guidance to all types of organizations that provide service to business.
The ITIL Complementary Guidance: a Complimentary set of publications with guidance specific to industry sector, organization types, operating models and technology architecture.

The ITIL core consist of five publication:
Service Strategy
Service Design
Service Transition
Service Operation
Continual Service Improvement

Service Strategy provide guidance on how to design, develop and implement Service management not only as an organizational capability but as a strategic asset.

Service Design provide guidance for the design and development of services and service management processes.

Service Transition provide guidance for the development and improvement of capabilities for transitioning new or changed services into operations.

Service Operation provide Guidance for achieving effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery and support of the service so as to ensure value for the customer and the service provider.

Continual Service Improvement provides guidance in creating and maintaining value for the customers through better design, introduction and operation of services. It combines principles, practices and methods from quality management, change management and capability improvement.

We use ITIL process framework when we introduce process oriented approach to organization service management practice.

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problem control and error control

2012-06-21T08:20:00.001-07:00

In essence, Problem Control is the investigation phase, aiming to turn the 'unknown' (Problems) into 'knowns' (Known Errors). Error Control then is the resolution phase, aiming to turn Known Errors into implemented solutions (when justified). That is in a nutshell what it boils down to.

Difference between change mgmt & release management

2012-06-17T22:22:00.003-07:00

Let's start with "Release Management" is the process of managing Product Releases, Process Releases, or Services Releases, from inception through to deployment and maintenance, post deployment. This includes the build, deployment, installation, instantiation, execution, teardown, and rollback of releases in each and every environment (e.g. Development, Systems Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Production, etc.) (NOTE: Most companies usually only relate Releases to Products and not to Processes and Services, however, more and more teams are starting to realize that they need to manage Process and Service improvements, incrementally, through versioned iterations, like they do Products.)

"Change Management" is the process of managing individual or groups of "Changes" from inception, through to deployment and maintenance, post deployment. Again, this includes the build, deployment, installation, instantiation, execution, teardown, and rollback of changes in each and every environment (e.g. Development, Systems Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Production, etc.)

"Change Management" is usually a subset of Release Management. Most mature organizations will increment the Release version if there is at least one new Change that is required, after a Release has been frozen.

What is ITSM

2012-06-17T22:12:00.002-07:00

IT service management (ITSM or IT services) is a discipline for managing information technology (IT) systems, philosophically centered on the customer's perspective of IT's contribution to the business. ITSM stands in deliberate contrast to technology-centered approaches to IT management and business interaction. The following represents a characteristic statement from the ITSM literature:

Providers of IT services can no longer afford to focus on technology and their internal organization[;] they now have to consider the quality of the services they provide and focus on the relationship with customers.

Things to ask during major Incident

2012-05-30T23:06:00.004-07:00

What is the Incident?

Start time of the Incident?

What all things have been done still now?

What is the Location of the Incident?

Which all team is involved in the incident?

Is the initial communication been send to the relevant stake holders?

What is the plan of action to resolve the incident?

Is there any work around for the ongoing Incident?

How much time it is going to take for break fix?

Is the Latest update been send to relevant stake holder?

Once the incident is solve, is the communication send to relevant stake holders?

Is the Incident ticket closed?

If the Incident is close does the Incident needs to be link to exiting PM (Problem Management) ticket or need to open the new PM (Problem management) ticket.

Things to ask during major Incident

2012-05-30T23:03:00.001-07:00

What is the Incident?

Start time of the Incident?

What all things have been done still now?

What is the Location of the Incident?

Which all team is involved in the incident?

Is the initial communication been send the relevant stake holders?

What is the plan of action to resolve the incident?

Is there any work around for the ongoing Incident?

How much time it is going to take for break fix?

Once the incident is solve, is the communication send to relevant stake holders?

Is the Incident ticket closed?

Does the Incident needs to be link to exiting PM (problem Management) ticket or need to open the new PM (Problem management) ticket

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Supplier Management

2012-01-28T07:40:00.001-08:00

The Supplier Management process ensures that suppliers and the services they
provide are managed to support IT service targets and business expectations.
The purpose of the Supplier Management process is to obtain value for money
from suppliers and to ensure that suppliers perform to the targets contained
within their contracts and agreements, while conforming to all of the terms and
conditions.
The Supplier and Contract Database (SCD) is a vital source of information on
suppliers and contracts and should contain all of the information necessary for
the management of suppliers, contracts and their associated services.
Key Service Design stage activities
Business requirements collection, analysis and engineering to ensure they
are clearly documented.
Design and development of appropriate service solutions, technology,
processes, information and measurements.
Production and revision of all design processes and documents involved in
Service Design.
Liaison with all other design and planning activities and roles.

Service Catalogue Management (SCM)

2012-01-28T07:32:00.000-08:00

The Service Catalogue provides a central source of information on the IT
services delivered to the business by the service provider organization,
ensuring that business areas can view an accurate, consistent picture of the IT
services available, their details and status.

The purpose of Service Catalogue Management (SCM) is to provide a single,
consistent source of information on all of the agreed services, and ensure that it
is widely available to those who are approved to access it.
The key information within the SCM process is that contained within the
Service Catalogue. The main input for this information comes from the Service
Portfolio and the business via either the Business Relationship Management or
the Service Level Management processes.

Understanding of Service Strategy

2012-01-28T07:22:00.000-08:00

What services should be offered
Who the services should be offered to
How the internal and external market places for their services should be developed
The existing and potential competition in these marketplaces, and the objectives that will differentiate the value of what you do or how you do it
How the customer(s) and stakeholders will perceive and measure value, and
How this value will be created
How customers will make service sourcing decisions with respect to use of different types of service providers
How visibility and control over value creation will be achieved through financial management
How robust business cases will be created to secure strategic investment in service assets and service management capabilities
How the allocation of available resources will be tuned to optimal effect across the portfolio of services
how service performance will be measured.

Type's of Service Provider in ITIL

2012-01-21T09:29:00.001-08:00

Type I: exists within an organization solely to deliver service to one specific business unit
Type II: services multiple business units in the same organization
Type III: operates as an external service provider serving multiple external customers.

What is the full form of SKMS

2012-01-21T09:26:00.000-08:00

Full form of SKMS is Service Knowledge Management System.

A high-level overview of the IT INFRASTRUCTURE LIBRARY

2012-01-21T08:30:00.000-08:00

What is Service Value

2012-01-21T03:47:00.000-08:00

Service Value: defined in terms of the customer’s perceived business
outcomes, and described in terms of the combination of two components:
1. Service Utility: what the customer gets in terms of outcomes supported
and/or constraints removed

2. Service Warranty: how the service is delivered and its fitness for use, in terms of availability, capacity, continuity and security.

Service Value also includes the associated concepts of services as Assets,
Value Networks, Value Creation and Value Capture

Demand Management

2012-01-18T09:33:00.001-08:00

Demand management is a critical aspect of service management. Poorly
managed demand is a source of risk for service providers because of
uncertainty in demand. Excess capacity generates cost without creating value
that provides a basis for cost recovery.
The purpose of Demand Management is to understand and influence customer
demand for services and the provision of capacity to meet these demands. At a
strategic level this can involve analysis of patterns of business activity and user
profiles. At a tactical level it can involve use of differential charging to
encourage customers to use IT services at less busy times.

The four Ps of Strategy

2012-01-18T09:01:00.000-08:00

Perspective: the distinctive vision and direction
Position: the basis on which the provider will compete
Plan: how the provider will achieve their vision
Pattern: the fundamental way of doing things – distinctive patterns in decisions and actions over time.

How many type of Service desk are there?

2012-01-16T09:44:00.000-08:00

Below are the type of Service desk

Local Service desk: Which is close to the users ( For example, local Service technical desk).
Centralized : Sllows fewer staff to deal with a higher volume of calls (For example Service distributed in vruous location due to business continuty or other various reason).
Virtual service desk: Staff are in many locations but appear to the users to be a single team (for example Citi bank helpline ).
Follow the Sun: Service Desks in different time zones give 24-hour coverageby passing calls to a location where staff are working. (This is self explanatory but one comman example would be Call center).

Event Management Process

2012-01-16T08:16:00.000-08:00

An event is a change of state that has significance for the management of a configuration item or IT service.

Whenever an Event is generated by system that means something or the either not functioning correctly, Which may lead to an incident, generally there are 3 type of Event are generated

1) Information

This refers to an event that does not require any action and does not represent an exception.

They are typically stored in the system or service log files and kept for a predetermined period.

Examples of informational events include:

A) A device has come online

B) A transaction is completed successfully

2) Warning

A warning is an event that is generated when a service or device is approaching a threshold.

Warnings are intended to notify the appropriate person, process or tool so that the situation can

be checked and appropriate action taken to avoid an exception.

Examples of warning events are:

A) Memory utilisation on a server is currently at 65% and increasing.

If it reaches 75%, response times will be Unacceptably long and the Operational Level

Agreement for that department will be breached.

B) The collision rate on a network has increased by 15% in a short period of time

(which is defined, i.e. an hour).

3) Warning

An exception means that a service or device is currently operating abnormally. Typically this

Means that an Operational Level Agreement or Service Level Agreement has been breached

and the business has been impacted.

Exceptions could represent a total failure, impaired functionality or degraded performance.

Examples of exception events include:

A) A server is down

B) Response time of a standard transaction across the network has slowed to more than 15 seconds

What is the Aim of the Service as per the Naranyan murthy

2012-01-14T09:32:00.000-08:00

Reduce Cost to the customer
Improve productivity
Reduce set of time
Enhance customer base
Or Customer Confidence

What is Service Desk Function

2012-01-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

The Service Desk provides a single central point of contact for all users of IT.

The Service Desk usually logs and manages all incidents, service requests and access requests and provides an interface for all other Service Operation processes and activities.

Why Service desk is a function and not a process

2012-01-14T08:11:00.000-08:00

Because as per the definition of function A team or group of people and the tools they use to carry out one or more Processes or Activities is called a Function.

p.s: Detailed explanation will be given in short a while

What is Service Design

2012-01-14T07:42:00.000-08:00

Once the strategy is developed next step in ITIL is Service design. The idea behind Service design after service strategy is, once the strategy is developed that strategy is documented and planned properly in such a way that all the aspect of IT service like covered for example

1) Availability Management

2) Capacity Management

3) SLM (service management)

4) Supplier Management

5) IT service Continuity Management

6) Information Security Management

7) Service Catalogue Management

There are 5 individual aspects of Service Design:

New or changed service solutions
Service management systems and tools, especially the Service Portfolio
Technology architectures and management systems
Processes, roles and capabilities
Measurement methods and metrics.