This document discusses ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). It begins by defining what a service is and what service management entails. It then introduces ITIL as a set of best practices for managing IT services, consisting of 5 core books in version 3. It discusses each of the 5 stages (Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operations, Continual Service Improvement). The rest of the document addresses common myths about ITIL, clarifying that while it provides guidance, it does not guarantee success and full implementation is not required to see benefits. ITIL is presented as a framework to understand best practices for improving IT services, not an instruction manual. Training and consulting are recommended for organizations wanting to apply ITIL.

1. Ikram Ahmed Khan
Director
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2. What is a Service?
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What is Service Management?
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What is ITIL?
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Myths and Realities around ITIL
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5. Definition:
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◦ A means of delivering value to customers by
facilitating outcomes that they want to achieve
without the ownership of specific costs and risks.
Examples:
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◦ Event Hosting service offered by Hotels
◦ Rescue 1122
◦ Website hosting service
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7. A set of specialized
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organizational
capabilities for
providing value to
customers in the form
of services
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8. Delivering
Offer Order, A Delightful
Greeting and Selection, Preparing Monitoring Dining
Prepare
Seating Taking order Order Customer Experience
Tables
Process 1 Process 2 Process 3 Process 4 Process 5
Manage Handle Understand Realize Deploy
Service
Facilities Customer Customer Solution Solution
Interaction Requirements
Implement
Determine Required
Contacting The Required Processes, Providing
Building the Potential Quality of Tools and Applications Availability of
Infrastructure customer Service Organization and Reporting Applications
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10. Stands for “Information Technology Infrastructure
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Library”
Set of experiences by the industry leaders (e.g.
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IBM, SUN, HP, Microsoft, etc.) in the form of best
practices to manage your IT services
Version 3, released in May 2007, consists of 5
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core books
Fits all kinds of organizations, large and small
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11. Service Strategy (SS)
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Service Design (SD)
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Service Transition (ST)
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Service Operations (SO)
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Continual Service Improvement (CSI)
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14. Many IT leaders and enterprises are looking
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for a magic bullet to end their IT chaos.
Reality:
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◦ Success with ITIL is largely dependent on
determining how best, and when, to apply the
processes in the IT organization
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15. Vendors claiming quot;ITIL compliancequot; give the
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false impression that ITIL is an IT standard
Reality:
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◦ ITIL is a set of best practices
◦ In the strictest sense of the term, there is no such
thing as ITIL compliance
◦ ISO 20000 ITSMS is an international standard
“based” on ITIL
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16. The interactive and integrative nature of ITIL
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processes implies the entire framework has
to be in place for benefits to be achieved
Reality:
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◦ Many organizations benefit from implementing only
one or two ITIL processes such as change
management or incident management
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17. Getting IT under control with ITIL is an
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important step in meeting the requirements
of governance
Reality:
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◦ ITIL does not address governance in a
comprehensive way
◦ CobiT is the de facto North American governance
framework
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18. ITIL consists of a series of books that
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describe best practices in IT service areas.
Reality
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◦ ITIL provides WHAT to do, not HOW to do it
◦ It is not an instructional manual for IT leaders to
improve IT services and operations
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19. Understand ITIL - Read ITIL books, articles
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and blogs
Attend training courses and seminars
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◦ ITIL v3 Foundation can be a good starting point
Hire a good consultant – if you want to
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improve your IT services “quickly”!
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