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Service Management

Foundation
From Best Practice to Implementation

2008 IBM Corporation

IBM Global Technology Services

Agenda
Service Management Foundation:
- Fundamental building blocks for successful Service Management
- ITIL v3: Whats new in Service Operations and Service Transition

From Best Practice to Implementation


- Planning a successful Service Management roadmap
- Overcoming organizational challenges:
- Using a Process Reference Model to accelerate process design
- Building a Service Management Technology Architecture
- Case study: successful Service Management implementations

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The current situation at a bank in the ASEAN region


There is no integrated process framework
Different tools are used for different processes:
- Monitoring is done at the platform level, with no overall monitoring capability. There is no event
management function, and event information is not passed to the Service Desk
- Service Desk is currently using a CA product for Incident and Service Requests, but they are
considering changing to a BMC product
- 2nd and 3rd level support staff use PVCS Tracker for Problem Management
- Change Requests are managed on spreadsheets
- There is no formal Release Management process
- Configuration management is done in an unstructured manner by each of the support teams in a
silo and hero-based manner. Spreadsheets are used by some of the teams.

Consequences:
- The standard method of finding out about an availability problem is via a call to the Service Desk
(users know before the IT team does)
- There are significant availability issues, and there was recently a significant downtime of core
banking services
- Data is manually entered from one ITSM tool to the next
- It is difficult to produce KPI reports, or understand the health of the IT services
- Users are highly dissatisfied with IT services

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Weak/missing processes continue to be the top ten biggest


challenges faced by IT Organizations
(identified by the Tivoli Assessment Program)

2002
2002
1. Resource issues: including quantity, skill

2003
2003
1.
Too few trained and dedicated

2.2.Weak,
Weak,missing
missingprocesses.
processes.
3. User buy-in, communication issues with

2.2. Lack
Lackof
ofbasic
basicITIT
processes.
processes.
3.
No Project Management.

1. Resource issues: including quantity, skill


levels.
levels.

1.

Too few trained and dedicated


resources.
resources.

2004
2004
1.
Resources: no formal Tivoli
1.

Resources: no formal Tivoli


training, cross training and
training, cross training and
quantity of resources.
quantity of resources.
No Project Management.
No Project Management.

2.
2.
3. User buy-in, communication issues with
3.
user community, getting proper user
3. Lack
Lackof
ofbasic
basicITIT
user community, getting proper user
3.
No Project Management.
requirements.
processes.
4.
Deployed product is obsolete or
requirements.
processes.
4.
Deployed product is obsolete or
4. Failure of strategy and lack of planning as
at
end-of-life.
4.
Weak or undocumented
4. Failure of strategy and lack of planning as
at end-of-life.
4.
Weak or undocumented
applies to entire ESM as well as Tivoli.
5.
Weak or obsolete architecture.
architecture.
applies to entire ESM as well as Tivoli.
5.
Weak or obsolete architecture.
architecture.
5. Total cost of solution concerns/budget (due
6.
No internal communication and
5.
Failure to upgrade product in a
5. Total cost of solution concerns/budget (due
No internal communication and
5.
Failure to upgrade product in a
1. economy)
Inadequate
staffing
& lack of formal Tivoli6.training
to global
creates
uneasiness
little to no organizational
timely
manner.
1. economy)
Inadequate
staffing
& lack of formal Tivoli training
to global
creates
uneasiness
1.1. Poor
management
ofof
expectations
little to no organizational
timely
manner. inin
and basic skills. (DB, UNIX, WinTel, Scripting)commitment.
about ESM solution.
Poor
management
expectations
6.
No
product
level standardization
and basic skills. (DB, UNIX, WinTel, Scripting)commitment.
about ESM solution.
lack
of
SLAs.
6.
No product level standardization
6. Project2.management.
Weak
management/enforcement
of
lack
of
SLAs.
7.
Failure
to
maintain
Tivoli
across
environment
TSM).
6. Project2.management.
Weak
management/enforcement
2.
Lack of formal Tivoli training,across
cross environment
training & (mainly
7. ofFailure to maintain
Tivoli
(mainly TSM).
7. Low exploitation
of solution/competitive
2.
Lack
of
formal
Tivoli
training,
cross
training
&
expectations
through
SLAs.
solution.
7.
Unclear
mission
regarding
Tivoli
7. Low exploitation
of solution/competitive
recommended number7.of resources.
expectations
through SLAs.
solution.
Unclear mission regarding Tivoli
product issues.
recommended
number ofdue
resources.
8.
Lack of focus and
planning
for product
to lack of communication.
product
issues.
3.
Inconsistent
incident
and
problem
Haphazard
level standardization
8.
Lack of focus 3.
and
planning
for
due
to lack ofacross
communication.
8. Environmental
maintenance notincident
done,
3.
Inconsistent
and
problem
3.
Haphazard
product
level
standardization
acrossin place for
all
of
ESM
including
Tivoli.
8.
Inadequate
hardware
8. Environmental
maintenance not done,
management.
environment
& inadequate
hardware.
all
of
ESM
including
Tivoli.
8.
Inadequate
hardware
in place for
creates snowballing
effect
of
decreased
management.
environment
&
inadequate
hardware.
9.
Executives
(generally
new)
expansion.
creates
effect ESM
of decreased
4. snowballing
Lack
of overall
strategy with no Executive
4.
Underutilization
of product functionality.
9.
Executives
(generally
new)
expansion.
confidence
and
success.
4. and
Lack
of overall ESM strategy with no Executive
4. in Tivoli/no
Underutilization of product
functionality.
realizing little value
9.
Little
to no testing before going to
confidence
success.
support/direction.
realizing little 5.
value in
Tivoli/no
9.
Little to no testing before going to
Inconsistent
incident/problem
9. Failure to completely
deploy.
support/direction.
identifiable
person
responsible
production.
5. Inconsistent incident/problem
9. Failure
completely
deploy.
5. to
Tivoli
products
not included in disaster recovery
identifiable person responsible
production.
10.Stresses
organization
management,
ofof
metrics
5.from
Tivoli
productsdemanding
not included in disaster recovery
for success of deployment.
10. use
Code
defects
(ITM).
10.Stresses
from
organization
demanding
management,little
little
use
metrics
plans/tests.
for
success
of
deployment.
10.
Code
defects
(ITM).
delivery of more
function
and
reporting
in
plans/tests.
and
trending.
10.
Concerns
about
product
quality.
delivery
and
reporting
in
6. of more
Need function
for proper
test
environment
to manage
and
trending.
10.
Concerns
about
product
quality.
less time.
6.
Need for proper test environment to manage(related to #4) 6.
Failure to upgrade products & properly maintain
less time.
change.
(related to #4) 6.
Failure to upgrade products & properly maintain
change.
environment. (Endpoints, Tuning)
7.
Failure to upgrade products and properly
environment.
(Endpoints, Tuning)
7.
Failure to upgrade products and properly
7.
No proper test environment to manage change.
maintain environment. (Endpoints, Tuning)
7.
No
proper
test
environment to manage change.
maintain environment. (Endpoints, Tuning)
8.
Weak or undocumented architecture.
8.
No Project Management & evangelizing of ESM
8.
Weak
or
undocumented
architecture.
8.
No Project Management & evangelizing of ESM
9.
Tivoli products not included in disaster recovery
9.
Tivoli products not included in disaster recovery
9.9. Immaturity
of
process
plans/tests.
Immaturity of process
plans/tests.
implementation.
(Focus
on
Capacity,
10.
No Project Management & evangelizing of ESM.
implementation. (Focus on Capacity,
10. No Project Management & evangelizing of ESM.

2005
2005

2006
2006

Change,
Change,Incident
Incident management)
management)
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With evolution and increasing complexity of the managed


environment, there is increasing need for effective IT processes
There has been a natural progression from
managing infrastructure resources to
systems, to IT services and business
services.

Business Processes

Composite Applications and SOA

Legacy

Oracle

Middleware and IT Services

Managed Elements

Management Processes

Business Applications

SAP

This requires a set of streamlined processes


to improve efficiency of service management

Change
Mgmt

Config
Mgmt

Release Service Availability


Mgmt Level Mgmt Mgmt

Mainframe
Linux
J2EEAppl
User
Business
Service
Transaction

Servers

Storage

Networks

Infrastructure

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The ITIL v3 books introduce the concept of a service lifecycle, but do not
provide a roadmap for implementing an IT Service Management program
Service Strategy

Service Design

Establishes the overall strategy for providing IT


services. It consists of four main activities:
- Define the market
- Develop the offerings
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Converts strategic objectives into


portfolios of services and service
assets
Develops policies, architectures,
portfolios
Design a new or changed service
for introduction into the live
environment

Coordinate and carry out the activities and


processes required to deliver and manage services
at agreed levels to business users and customers
Manage the technology that is used to deliver and
support services

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Templates

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Service
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Strategies
Strategies

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Review and analyze Service


Level Achievement results
Identify and implement
improvement activities to
improve IT Service quality and
improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of ITSM processes

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Governance Methods
Governance Methods

Service Transition
Guidance for the transitioning of
new and changed services into
the production environment
It focuses on the broader, longterm change management role
and release practices
Objective is to ensure minimal
unpredicted impact on production
services, operations and support
organization

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ITIL v3 covers a lifecycle of 5 phases and many processes


Strategy

Design

Transition

Operation

Continual
Improvement

Service Strategy

Service Portfolio Mgmt

Change Mgmt

Monitoring & Event Mgmt

Measurement & Control

Market Intelligence

Service Catalog Mgmt

Service Asset &


Configuration Mgmt

Incident Mgmt

Service Measurement

IT Financial Management

Service Level Mgmt

Knowledge Mgmt & a


service knowledge system

Request Fulfillment
(standard changes)

Service Assessment &


Analysis

Service Portfolio Mgmt

Capacity Mgmt

Service Release &


Deployment Planning

Demand Management

Availability Mgmt

Performance and Risk


Evaluation

Access Mgmt

Service Level
Management

Risk Management

Service Continuity Mgmt

Testing

Service Desk

Improvement Planning

Information Security Mgmt


(ISO 27K, ISO 20K)

Acquire, Build, Test


Release

Infrastructure
Management

Supplier & Contract Mgmt

Service Release,
Acceptance, Test & Pilot

IT Operations

Organizational Change &


Communications

Deployment,
Decommission and
Transfer

Facilities
Management

Processes

The question is often


Process Assessment &
Problem Mgmt
WhereAnalysis
do I begin?

Functions

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Service Operation and Service Transition are recognized to be


the foundation and pre-requisites for effective Service
Management
In ITIL v2 most organizations started with the
Service Support book, implementing the
following functions/processes:

In ITIL v3 the same processes exist, but the list


has been expanded to provide a more complete
view of the service lifecycle:
Service Operation:

- Service Desk

- Service Desk
- Access Management
- Request Fulfillment
- Event Management

- Incident Management

- Incident Management

- Problem Management

- Problem Management
Service Transition

- Change Management

- Change Management
- Transition Planning and Support
- Knowledge Management

- Release Management

- Release and Deployment Management


- Service Validation and Testing

- Configuration Management
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- Service Asset and Configuration Mgmt


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The IT Service Management framework should be developed


using an integrated, holistic approach

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Service Desk

Request
Fulfillment

Event Mgmt Console

Incident
Mgmt

Problem
Mgmt

Change
Mgmt

Release
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt
Service Level Mgmt

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Request Fulfillment
Request Fulfillment is the initial support handling
of contact with IT users.
The purpose of the Request Fulfillment Process
is to receive service requests from users and
route each request to the appropriate process for
handling. Some service requests are handled by
the Request Fulfillment Process, whereas many
others are routed to other processes for
fulfillment. Request Fulfillment can be the
contact management process for an
implementation of an IT Service Desk (or
equivalent).

Service
Desk

Sample KPIs
- User satisfaction with IT handling of
Incidents
Service requests
Requests for information
- Number of contacts handled
Percent handled by the first line of
support
- Time to completion of service goal

Request
Fulfillment

Incident
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt
Service Level Mgmt

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Incident Management
Incident Management provides rapid
response to possible service disruptions.
The purpose of the Incident Management
process is to focus on the restoration of a
service affected by any real or potential
interruption which has impact upon the
quality of that service.

Sample KPIs
- Number of incidents opened, closed, and
pending (by severity level)
- Percent of incidents closed with automated
responses against manual responses
- Percent of incidents closed using existing
documentation (known errors)

Event Mgmt
Console

Service
Desk
Request
Fulfillment

Incident
Mgmt

Problem
Mgmt

Change
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt
Service Level Mgmt

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Problem Management
Sample KPIs

Problem Management identifies and


resolves the root causes of service
disruptions.

- Number of known problems eliminated

The purpose of the Problem Management


process is to resolve problems affecting
the IT service, both reactively and
proactively. Problem Management finds
trends in incidents, groups those incidents
into problems, identifies the root causes of
problems, and initiates change requests
(RFCs) against those problems.

Incident
Mgmt

- Status of change requests created to


eliminate known problems
- Historical number of incidents eliminated
through problem elimination
- Number of known errors (with workarounds)
added to the known error database
- Percent of incidents related to known
problems

Problem
Mgmt

Change
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt

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Change Management
The purpose of the Change Management
process is to achieve the successful introduction
of changes to an IT system or environment.

Sample KPIs

Success is measured as a balance of the


timeliness and completeness of change
implementation, the cost of implementation, and
the minimization of disruption caused in the
target system or environment.
The process also ensures that appropriate
details of changes to IT resources (assets, CIs)
are recorded.

Incident
Mgmt

- Customer satisfaction with the timeliness and


value of the change approval process
- Percent of emergency changes
- Percent of change requests needing revision
- Percent of approved changes completed as
planned and scheduled
- Number of Incidents due to Approved
changes and Non-approved changes

Problem
Mgmt

Change
Mgmt

Release
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt
Service Level Mgmt

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Release Management
Release Management is the controlled
deployment of approved changes within
the IT infrastructure.
The purpose of the Release Management
process is to prepare and finalize
release packages that are fit for
deployment so that optimal business value
will be attained when deployment occurs.

Sample KPIs
- Customer satisfaction with the value and
quality of releases
- Percent of releases
Completed as planned and scheduled
Rescheduled or delayed
Needing revision
- Number of incidents caused by a release

Incident
Mgmt

Change
Mgmt

Release
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt

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Configuration Management
Configuration Management identifies,
controls, and maintains all elements in the
IT infrastructure called Configuration
Items.

Sample KPIs

The purpose of the Configuration


Management process is to maintain the
integrity of the configuration item (CI)
employed in, or related to, IT systems and
infrastructure, and to provide accurate
information about CIs and their
relationships.

Request
Fulfillment

Incident
Mgmt

- Satisfaction of related processes with CMS


accuracy, completeness, and usefulness
- Percent of IT-controlled CIs represented in
the CMS
- Number of updates made to the CMS
- Number of inaccuracies discovered in CMS
data

Problem
Mgmt

Change
Mgmt

Release
Mgmt

Configuration Mgmt

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From Best Practice to Implementation

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ITSM Implementation Challenges


Once you decide to implement an ITSM solution, the questions are:
- Where to begin?
- How to determine where you are?
- How to determine where you want to be?
- How to get to where you want to be?
How to determine your ITSMs "pain points" and gaps between theory and current
reality?
How to translate the ITIL framework and best practices into a design that can be
implemented?
How to customize ITIL best practices for your IT operational processes and
procedures?
How to train your staff to internalize ITSM and ITIL best practices?
How to learn from other customer successes and failures?
..

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5 Steps to Plan for ITSM Implementation

The first two steps establish a basis for the ITSM design phases.

Awareness
& Training

Strategy
& Plan

Design

Awareness &
Training

Assessment

Process
Design

Roadmap
Planning

Organization
Design

Detailed
Design
Detailed
Tool
Design

Implementation

Implementation

Architecture
Design

High Level Tool


Design

A well defined process for ITSM assessment and planning, and lesson learned from other implementations
can save you a lot of time and money.
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Step 1: Awareness and Training


Understanding ITSM and ITIL processes is critical to the
assessment and planning of IT Service Management.

Awareness &
Training

- ITSM concept, objectives, process definitions, activities,


terminologies, relationships, roles, and responsibilities.
- Advantages and benefits of using IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
and IBM Process Reference Model for IT (PRM-IT) process
models.
- Key success factors and considerations for the implementation of
ITSM based processes.

The IBM Tivoli Unified Process Composer is a customizable


process model that offers detailed content and tooling to
enable content customization, extension, and publishing.

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In addition to ITIL training, a well planned communications campaign


helps instill awareness and cultural change

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Step 2: ITSM Assessment


The success of every IT Service Management implementation
project is dependent on a combination of people, process, and
technology. Understanding the current organizational
capabilities, status and issues is critical to identify areas for
development.

Assessment

Roadmap
Planning

This Assessment workshop draws inputs from executives,


managers and IT professionals to baseline the current
environment. It establishes the current status, the target and
the roadmap.
The results of benchmarking and reviews lead to identification
of gaps in terms of people, process and technology issues.
The ITSM assessment maybe based upon:
- ISO/IEC 20000
- COBIT
- ITIL Maturity Matrix
- ISM Adoption Model

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Sample assessment results


ISO/IEC 20000 Assessment Result

6.5 Capacity Management

Plan
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
Act

0%

Do

Check

COBIT levels of maturity

Max Score

Assessment Score

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Step 3: Design
Key requirements are first captured through collaborative
discussions, these include:

Process
Design

- Key Business Drivers


- IT Service Management Objectives

Organization
Design

- IT Service Management Requirements


- Key Value Propositions

Architecture
Design

- Critical Capabilities
- Critical Success Factors
- Issues

High Level Tool


Design

Designs are then developed for the Process, Organization,


and Architecture.
At this stage, a high level design of the tool is also defined.

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IBMs Service Management Reference Architecture can be used as a


design guide for the development of the ITSM tools architecture
Service Monitoring
Business System Management
Correlation
Capabilities

Service Request Management

Event Management

Modeling &
Decomposition
Capabilities

Realtime
Event Data

Detection &
Filtering
Capabilities

Service Level
Negotiation
Capabilities

Monitoring
Data

Infrastructure
Monitoring
Capabilities

Historical
Event Data

Bus System
Rules & Policies

Service Level Management

Operational Monitoring Capabilities

SLAs
Service
Contracts

Service Level
Attainment
Capabilities

Operation/App
Monitoring
Capabiities

OLAs
UCs

Service Request
Resolution
Capabilities

Business Health
Analysis
Capabilities

Service Asset Management

User Contact Management

Asset Management

Communication
Capabilities
User Contact
Data

Inventory
UC Monitoring
& Analysis
Capabilities

Asset
Reporting
Capabilities

Fulfillment &
Routing
Capabilities

Change Management
Configuration Management

RFC
Assessment
Service

CMDB
Configuration
Control
Capabilities

CI Status
Accounting
Capabilities

RFC Audit &


Review
Capabilities

Change
Scheduling
Capabilities

Change
Implementation
Capabilities

Knowledge Management
Discovery
Structured
Knowledge

Discovery
Capabilities

Discovery
Data

Incident Management

Submission
and Structuring
Capabilities

Financial Management
Metering
Capabilities
Budget &
Planning
Capabilities

Incident
Policies &
Records

Diagnosis &
Resolution
Capabilities

Standard
Change

Cost
Management
Capabilities

Reporting & Dashboards

Usage
Data

Accounting
Capabilities

Workload
Monitoring
Capabilities
Transaction
Management
Capabilities

Retrieve and
Publish
Capabilities

Batch & Job


Mgmt
Capabilities

Service Catalog
Service
Catalog

Offering
Management
Capabilities

Ordering
Capabilities

Service Flow
Repository

Escalation
Capabilities

Release Management
Software
Distribution
Capabilities

Problem Management
Root Cause
Analysis
Capabilities

Proactive
Problem
Capabilities

Platform
Capabilities

Definition &
Prioritization
Capabilities

Service Flow
Development
Capabilities

Capacity Management
Reservation
Capabilities

Forecasting
Capabilities

Scheduling
Capabilities

Service Flow Execution


Capabilities
Service Fulfillment Tasks

Capacity
Data

Distributed
Distributed
Software Library Hardware Store

Known
Errors
Planning &
Maintenance
Capabilities

Policies &
Profiles

Service Execution & Choreography

Patch Mgmt
Capabilities

Resolution
Planning
Capabilities

Release Testing Capabilities

Demand
Management
Capabilities

Release Packaging Capabilities

Data
Integration
Capabilities

Customer
Profiles

Templates &
Data

Data
Transformation
Capabilities

Service
Request

Enrollment &
Subscription
Capabilities

Load
Balancing
Capabilities

Metrics and
Measurement
Capabilities

Presentation
Capabilities

Project
Request

Resource Management
Workload
Management
Capabilities

Billing &
Invoicing
Capabilities
Cost Model
& Rates

Incident
Logging

Entitlement
Capabilities

Service Provisioning

Logging &
Classification
Capabilities

Report Creation
Capabilities

RFC Data

CI Auditing
Capabilities

Topology
Management
Capabilities

Alerting
Capabilities

Service Management Foundation

Asset Control
Capabilities

Asset Auditing
Capabilities

Correlation
Capabilities

Business
Capacity

Service
Capacity

Service\ Flows

Resource
Capacity

Service Quality Management


Performance Management
Capacity
Service
Levels

Perfo rmance
Data

Financials
Process

Availability Management
Availability
Analysis
Capabilities

Performance
Analysis
Capabilities

Performance
Correlation &
Tuning Capabilities

Service Continuity Management


BIA
Capabilities

Recovery
Capabilities

Availability
Data
Availability
Planning
Capabilities

SC Data
Continuity
Planning
Capabilities

Process Management
Admin Portal

Process Runtime Environment


Common Process
Data Store
Process
Management
Capabilities

Process Reporting
Capabilities

Support Interface

Process Execution
Capabilities

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Sample of Functional Architecture Design

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Tools

Process
Owner

Incident
Analyst

Incident Manager

Customer
Support Rep

External
Process

User

Sample Process Design (Workflow)


Operational workflow - Making ITIL Actionable

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Step 4: Detailed Design


Detailed tools design will include the configuration of the tool,
the design of reports, and construction of interfaces.

Detailed
Tool
Design

Detailed tool integrations need to be addressed.


This phase will also incorporate system and user acceptance
testing.
This provides the basis for the next step of implementation.

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Example of process integration with tools

Problem Notification

Shutdown Notification

S
C
Frame
RelayChange
DTE
DLCI
Status

NetView

NetView
Node Down

Link Down

C
NetView

C
NetView
Node Up

Link Up

Root Cause Analysis

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Step 5: Implementation
Implementation Planning prepares the organization and align
resources for the implementation and deployment. Typical
activities include:

Implementation

- Mapping the process roles to the functional roles


- Training the staff on the new processes
- Tools training

User Acceptance Testing and sign-off for any new tools


Move to production
Monitor and report on the process KPIs
Management to conduct periodic reviews
Develop Service Improvement Programs for any areas where
KPIs / SLAs are not being met

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IBMs Accelerator Solutions for Tivoli delivers faster time-tovalue


Awareness
& Training

Strategy
& Plan

Design

Detailed
Design

Awareness &
Training

Assessment

Process
Design

Detailed Tool
Design

Roadmap
Planning

Organization
Design

Implementation

Implementation

Architecture
Design
High Level Tool
Design

Accelerator fast-tracks design


and implementation

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What does an Accelerator have that is not already included


in the software?
Base code
validation
procedure

Project plan

Organization
Personalization
change
collection
management
workshop
considerations

Customized
code

Personalized
code
installation

Completed
personalization
worksheet

Technical
support
procedure

Solution
architecture

Bill of
materials

Technical
support

Solution
documentation

Maintenance
activity
review

Model
organization
communication
plan

Organization
considerations
planning
workshop

Teach the
teacher
training
workshop

Model
training
plan

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Putting things together

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In our experience we see five common phases that many


organizations go through in building their ITSM architecture

Provide integrated IT & business performance monitoring


Implement an integrated IT & business dashboard to support
management reporting of business-aligned KPIs and continuous
improvement
Provide enterprise-view of IT capacity and availability against SLAs

Progressively
implement

KPIs

Service Level
Agreements

leading to
continuous
improvement

2
1

Implement an integrated IT dashboard for proactive operational monitoring


Advanced correlation of events to allow automated diagnosis and recovery
Ensure that IT Configuration Items and Assets are managed
IT asset management, configuration management, advanced change
management & device auto-discovery functions

Effectively manage IT services to the users


Implement Service Desk solution with Request Fulfillment, Incident Mgmt and
Knowledge Base with basic Problem, Change, Release and Configuration Mgmt.

Provide essential resource availability monitoring and basic event management


Implement system management tools and processes with basic event management
Basic Configuration information should exist to support component identification

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