Archive for September, 2008
An ITIL Toolkit usually includes materials which are intended to assist in both understanding and implementation, and are designed for both existing ITIL users and beginners. A new and enhanced glossary has been developed as a key deliverable of the ITIL v3 (also known as the ITIL Refresh Project).The process dictates how the end of […]
September 27th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
After the initial publication, the number of books quickly grew within ITIL v1 to over 30 volumes. On July 20, 2006, the OGC signed a contract with the APM Group to be its commercial partner for ITIL accreditation from January 1, 2007.Dependencies - Dependencies is concerned with the system, infrastructure, service, facility, or interface dependencies […]
September 26th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
ITIL gives a detailed description of a number of important IT practices with comprehensive checklists, tasks and procedures that can be tailored to any IT organization. Although ITIL was originally created by the CCTA, a UK Government agency. it is now being adopted and used across the world as the defacto standard for best practice […]
September 25th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
There is a lot of confusion about ITIL, stemming from all kinds of misunderstandings about its nature. IT infrastructure changes can impact the manner in which business is conducted or the continuity of business operations.Reciprocal arrangement - This option involves forming an arrangement with another company that uses similar technology. There is always risk associated […]
September 24th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
IT infrastructure changes can impact the manner in which business is conducted or the continuity of business operations. The fundamental purpose of Configuration Management is to establish and maintain the integrity and control of software and hardware products (e.g. servers, source code, patches, documents, CPU s etc) throughout a project s life cycle.The goal of […]
September 17th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
On July 20, 2006, the OGC signed a contract with the APM Group to be its commercial partner for ITIL accreditation from January 1, 2007. ITIL is built around a process-model based view of controlling and managing operations.Capacity management - This ensures that business requirements are fully supported by the appropriate IT hardware resources. Planning […]
September 9th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
ITIL is built around a process-model based view of controlling and managing operations. To assist with the implementation of ITIL practices a further book was published providing guidance on implementation (mainly of Service Management):Communication: keeping the customer informed of progress and advising on workarounds. IT Service Management is fundamentally a simple concept. ITIL Free Training […]
September 7th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
The Visible OPS Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps claims to be based on ITIL but to focus specifically on the biggest “bang for the buck” elements of ITIL. The Visible OPS Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps claims to be based on ITIL but to focus specifically on […]
September 6th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
ITIL exponents, citing ITIL’s stated intention to be non-prescriptive, are expecting that organizations will have to engage ITIL processes with their existing overall process model. ITIL is published in a series of books, each of which cover an IT management topic.PRINCE2 defines 45 separate sub-processes and organizes these into eight processes. Operations should primarily work […]
September 4th, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments
The IT Infrastructure Library consists of a series of publications that describe a framework for delivering and managing IT services. Smaller organizations that cannot justify a full ITIL program and materials can gain insight into ITIL from a review of the Microsoft Operations Framework which is based on ITIL but defines a more limited implementation.Implemented […]
September 1st, 2008 | Posted in ITIL | No Comments