IT Service Management, Automation, and Erosion of Job Satisfaction
Labour-saving devices, robots, and automation – Weren’t they all supposed to improve the quality of life, by removing manual work and drudgery?
ITSM and DevOps – A Win-Lose Situation?
Do the formalism of IT service management and the agility of DevOps mean that one can only succeed if the other fails?
In the Future, IT Service Management May Lose the “IT”
Don’t worry, all you IT people, you won’t lose your jobs because IT service management changes its name.
Using MTTR, Not Just MTBF, in Your ITIL Problem Management Processes
If ain’t broke, don’t fix it, as the saying goes. However, even unbroken IT installations must be fixed by patches, upgrades or redesigns to meet new business objectives. ITIL Problem Management Processes tackles the issue by taking a problem-solving and root cause approach.
IT Service Management and Employee Engagement
Does talking about these items in the same breath seem incongruous to you? After all, IT service management is typically viewed as technology at the service of an enterprise and its end-users, helping productivity, rather than being linked directly with motivation.
ITIL, ITSM, and the Way They Can Help Business Continuity
IT is at the heart of most business today. Whether it’s in marketing systems and CRM, design software applications, production line automation or finance and accounting, if the information technology being used breaks down, so do business operations. Conversely, when service from the IT department is defined in terms of the business objectives of the […]