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Book Description

In order to remain competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment, organisations need to ensure that their systems are supporting business needs. The role of the continual service improvement (CSI) manager is to align IT services to evolving business needs by identifying and implementing improvements that support business processes and drive quality service management. This highly accessible book gives an excellent introduction to the role, covering areas such as purpose, required skills, responsibilities, interface and career progression as well as tools, standards and frameworks related to the role. Based on the author’s extensive experience, it gives practical guidance to those new to the role or interested in getting a better understanding of what it entails. -- “Continual service improvement is one of those topics that gets talked about but is rarely fully realised. In this publication David provides excellent practical advice on how to make it happen, with specific guidance on who needs to do what. Essential reading for anyone working in IT or IT service management.” Kevin Holland FBCS ITIL Master, service management author and consultant

Table of Contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of figures and tables
  7. Author
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Preface
  10. 1. INTRODUCTION
    1. Why change?
    2. Service improvement
    3. The role
    4. Key factors
    5. Summary
  11. 2. OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD
    1. Introduction to continual service improvement
    2. Promotion of continual service improvement
    3. Coordination of improvement activity
    4. Recording of improvement activity
    5. Provision of advice and guidance
    6. Measurement
    7. Reporting
  12. 3. THE ROLE
    1. Purpose and objectives of the role
    2. Scope
    3. Ownership
    4. Strategy
    5. Skills
    6. Responsibilities
    7. Interfaces and dependencies
  13. 4. TOOLS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
    1. Standards
    2. Leading practice frameworks, procedures and processes
    3. Tools
    4. Tooling Options
    5. Techniques
    6. Service measurement
    7. Metrics and measurement
    8. Critical success factors and key performance indicators
  14. 5. CAREER PROGRESSION AND RELATED ROLES
    1. Career progression
    2. Related roles
  15. 6. CASE STUDY
    1. Monthly reporting
    2. Service improvement forum
    3. Process workshops
    4. Working with service managers
    5. Preparation for an external audit
    6. Supporting the incident manager in planning a major process change
    7. Planning and organisation
  16. APPENDIX: SERVICE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK TEMPLATE
  17. Reference
  18. Index
  19. Back Cover
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