The purpose of Service Catalog Management is to create and maintain a Service Catalog of all services currently delivered or ready to be delivered by the IT service provider. Service Catalog Management must ensure that the Service Catalog meets the agreed functionality, usability, accessibility, availability and performance requirements of all those who need to use it.
The objectives of Service Catalog Management are: • To obtain an agreement with all key stakeholders, especially the customers, on the definition of a service. • To design, develop and maintain the Service Catalog and its contents as part of the overall Service Portfolio. • To agree, in conjunction with Service Portfolio Management, on the interface between the Service Catalog and the Service Pipeline. • To liaise with Service Level Management and Business Relationship Management to ensure the information contained in the Service Catalog is accurate, up to date and fit for purpose. • To liaise with the business, Security Management, IT Service Continuity Management and other processes to ensure the content of the Business Service Catalog is aligned with the business and its processes. • To liaise with Configuration Management, support teams, Application Management and suppliers to ensure that information on Configuration Items (CIs), interfaces and dependencies within the Technical Service Catalog is accurate and up to date. • To maintain the Service Catalog under strict change control and ensure by effective document version management that only current versions of the Service Catalog are in use.
The purpose of Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM) is to: • Identify and control all items of interest • Manage and protect the integrity of assets.
Service Level Management software is mostly used for tracking and monitoring services. This is so the IT can meet the needs of the business at the time.
The purpose of ITSCM is to create and maintain the facilities and recovery capabilities needed to support this goal.
The purpose of an IT Engagement for any IT company is to offer the best quality service they can to the customer. For ex: let's say TCS or Infosys gets a project to maintain the online banking system of Citibank, the team of professionals in either company would try to provide the best service they can, to aid Citibank in their business. They do this by providing clear and consistent information on services in a language that the customers will understand and in a format that customers will want to use, thus enabling a constructive dialogue about IT services where all parties have a common understanding of what is being discussed. Where a Business Service Catalog is in place, the process of ordering standard services is simplified and made more efficient because what is being offered is clear, the terms and conditions for its provision are clear and there is a simple and consistent self-service mechanism in place for obtaining it. Service Catalog Management, through the production and maintenance of the Technical Service Catalog, provides a source of technical information that enables the IT service provider to manage services more effectively.
The objectives of Service Catalog Management are: • To obtain an agreement with all key stakeholders, especially the customers, on the definition of a service. • To design, develop and maintain the Service Catalog and its contents as part of the overall Service Portfolio. • To agree, in conjunction with Service Portfolio Management, on the interface between the Service Catalog and the Service Pipeline. • To liaise with Service Level Management and Business Relationship Management to ensure the information contained in the Service Catalog is accurate, up to date and fit for purpose. • To liaise with the business, Security Management, IT Service Continuity Management and other processes to ensure the content of the Business Service Catalog is aligned with the business and its processes. • To liaise with Configuration Management, support teams, Application Management and suppliers to ensure that information on Configuration Items (CIs), interfaces and dependencies within the Technical Service Catalog is accurate and up to date. • To maintain the Service Catalog under strict change control and ensure by effective document version management that only current versions of the Service Catalog are in use.
The purpose of Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM) is to: • Identify and control all items of interest • Manage and protect the integrity of assets.
The itSMF, also known as the IT Service Management Forum, is the only recognized worldwide forum for IT Service Management professionals. The itSMF provides a network for all IT Service Management's industry experts.
As a primary vehicle for communications between the IT service provider and its customers, the Business Service Catalog should be as easy to use as any good mail order Catalog. The Business Service Catalog will serve its purpose best if it meets its users' requirements and this means engaging with the user community in requirement gathering and design. If the Business Service Catalog does not meet the customers' needs, they will be unlikely to use it. Among other things, it is important that there is a common understanding of what the word 'Service' means. What is often a source of confusion is that what the customer sees as a single service is most likely to be seen by the IT service provider as a mix of services, with a core service underpinned by supporting services
The Service Catalog Manager is the person who is in-charge of keeping the catalog up to date and ensure that, it adds value to both the organization providing the IT Service and to the organization/customer who is receiving the service.
Service Level Management software is mostly used for tracking and monitoring services. This is so the IT can meet the needs of the business at the time.
The purpose of ITSCM is to create and maintain the facilities and recovery capabilities needed to support this goal.
The purpose of an IT Engagement for any IT company is to offer the best quality service they can to the customer. For ex: let's say TCS or Infosys gets a project to maintain the online banking system of Citibank, the team of professionals in either company would try to provide the best service they can, to aid Citibank in their business. They do this by providing clear and consistent information on services in a language that the customers will understand and in a format that customers will want to use, thus enabling a constructive dialogue about IT services where all parties have a common understanding of what is being discussed. Where a Business Service Catalog is in place, the process of ordering standard services is simplified and made more efficient because what is being offered is clear, the terms and conditions for its provision are clear and there is a simple and consistent self-service mechanism in place for obtaining it. Service Catalog Management, through the production and maintenance of the Technical Service Catalog, provides a source of technical information that enables the IT service provider to manage services more effectively.
A service catalog is a book which is called a catalog for some reason, that lists all the types of services that can be provided by different businesses or persons.
The Service Catalog Manager's responsibilities include ensuring that: • All services in operation and new services moving into transition are correctly recorded in the Service Catalog • Retired services are removed from the Service Catalog at the appropriate time • The Service Catalog is maintained to be accurate, complete and up to date • The Service Catalog continues to serve the needs of those who need to use it.
to tell the future
The purpose of the SLM process is to ensure that all delivered services are monitored and measured against the agreed levels of service and that the results, expressed in accordance with the customers' needs, are reported regularly to the business and customers.