Introduction and Overview
- Service Management as a practice
- The Service value proposition
- The role of Operational Support and Analysis processes in the lifecycle
- How Operational Support and Analysis supports the Service Lifecycle
Core Service Operation Processes
Event Management
- The purpose, goal and objectives of Event Management
- Explaining triggers
- Using metrics to check effectiveness and efficiency
- Employing active and passive monitoring tools
Incident Management
- Managing the Incident Lifecycle
- Interaction with design services
- Incident Management involvement on Information Management
Request Fulfillment
- Scope of the processes
- Dealing with service requests from users
- How metrics can verify effectiveness and efficiency of the Request Fulfillment process
Problem Management
- Managing the lifecycle of problems
- Value to the business and the Service Lifecycle
- Triggers, input and output to other processes
Access Management
- Policies, principles and basic concepts
- Managing authorized user access
- Executing Security and Availability Management policies
- Challenges and critical success factors
- Establishing metrics to ensure process quality
Common Service Operation Activities
- Mainframe, server and network management
- Storage, database services and directory services
- Desktop support and middleware
- Internet/Web, facilities management and information security
Service Desk
- Establishing the Service Desk objectives
- Organizational structures and staffing options
- Providing a single point of contact
- Measuring effectiveness and efficiency
- Impact of Service Desk on customer perception
- Reasons and options for outsourcing the Service Desk
| Technical Management
- Role and objectives
- Organization structure
- Balancing skill levels, utilization and cost
- Metrics and documentation
IT Operations Management
- Performing ongoing management and maintenance
- Turning plans into action
- Building repeatable, consistent actions
Application Management
- Role, objectives and principles
- Identifying functional and management requirements
- Generic activities and organization
- Design and deployment
- Support and improvement
- Metrics and documentation
Organizing Service Operations
Roles and responsibilities
- Service Desk and technical management
- Operations and applications management
- Event, incident and request fulfillment
- Problem and access management
Service Operation organization
- Options for organizing: technical specialties, activities, processes, geographies
- Hybrid Service Operation organization structures
Technology and Implementation Considerations
- Generic requirements and evaluation criteria
- Managing change in Service Operations
- Planning and implementing Service Management technologies
- Assessing and managing risk
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