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ITIL Version 3 Technical Service Catalogue
Imagine having an environment where several third party suppliers are involved in delivering your end-to-end services to your customer community, irrespective whether they are internal or external customers.   All is great until it fails or goes wrong. If you like 'bun-fights' you may need to…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Catalogue Management and has been viewed 25697 times.
Tags: ITIL V3,Technical Service Catalogue,Multi-Suppliers,Configuration Items
ITIL V3 Business Service Catalogue
The Business Service Catalogue or a tailored / customized subset is often utilized as a complimentary document or an appendix to the Service Level Agreement (SLA). The recipients of the services are always receptive to the content as it eliminates the mystification that often exists around the names…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Catalogue Management and has been viewed 24417 times.
Tags: ITIL v3,ITIL version 3,Business Service Catalogue
The itSMF UK Conference 2009 is upon us in Birmingham. Reading through the speakers the overwhelming theme seems to be based on the Service Catalogue.   Depending upon where you are on your ITIL journey Service Catalogue and Service Level Management is a key component to…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Catalogue Management and has been viewed 35592 times.
Tags: ITIL v3,Service Catalogue,Business Service Catalogue,Service Level Management
How to produce a Service Catalogue
Introduction   The official definition of an ITIL Service Catalogue is:   (ITIL Service Design) A database or structured Document with information about all Live IT Services, including those available for Deployment. The Service Catalogue is the only part of the ITIL Service Portfolio…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Catalogue Management and has been viewed 301616 times.
Tags: ITIL Service Catalogue, Service Catalogue, ITIL Service Portfolio, Requests for Change,ITIL v3,ITIL Service Design
ITIL - Availability formula for Service Level
Establishing effective Service Level Management (SLM) requires Service Level Agreements (SLA) to be defined and agreed with the Business or Customer community. The contents of the SLA should be clear and concise, objective and measureable. Having agreed the SLA the next stage is to report against the SLA.…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Level Management and has been viewed 73718 times.
Tags: ITIL, Availability formula, Service Level Agreements, SLA, Service Level Management, Service Catalogue
Consider OLA as well as SLA
ITIL Service Level Agreements or SLAs are recognized as an essential requirement to delivering consistent IT services to the customer community, irrespective if they are internal or external customers of the organization. What is often neglected when considering the establishment of the SLA is the corresponding necessity for…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Level Management and has been viewed 48353 times.
Tags: ITIL Service Level Agreements, SLA, Operating Level Agreements, ITIL Service Level Management, SLM, ITIL Service Catalogue, Service Level Agreement
ITIL Service Level Management
ITIL Service Level Management (SLM), encompassing Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Operating Level Agreements (OLAs), Service Catalogues, Underpinning Contracts (UPCs) is more important than these documents suggest. It is a key IT Service Management discipline, and may well be the first point of reference when considering ITIL…
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This article is from Service Design - Service Level Management and has been viewed 25688 times.
Tags: Service Level Management, Service Level Agreements, Service Catalogues, Underpinning Contracts, ITIL implementation, operational, support
ITIL Capacity Management
ITIL Capacity Management is responsible for ensuring the capacity of IT Infrastructure matches the evolving demands of the business in the most cost-effective and timely manner. To enable ITIL Capacity Management to achieve its responsibilities it undertakes various activities including:   The monitoring of performance and…
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This article is from Service Design - Capacity Management and has been viewed 34563 times.
Tags: ITIL Capacity Management, ITIL Financial Management, Capacity Plan, Change Advisory Board, ITIL Capacity Management process
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