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September 16, 2008

Why IT Service Management Should Matter To You

Stop Running IT For The Geeks And Start Running IT For The Bill Payers

by Evelyn Hubbert

with Simon Yates, Lauren E. Nelson, Rachel A. Dines


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

IT service management (ITSM) has made its way onto the agendas of both global businesses and large and medium enterprises. Yet there are many companies that don't fully understand what service management involves and what it can deliver to your entire company (including IT). There are also many organizations that think they have implemented ITSM, when in reality all they have done is implemented a service desk. Others have adopted additional best practices from the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) foundation and are well on their way to the journey of service management. Unfortunately, too few companies fall into the latter category, leaving a great deal of confusion still surrounding ITSM.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemWhat Is IT Service Management?

itemEffective ITSM

itemHow Is ITSM Different From Business Service Management (BSM)?

itemHow Are ITSM, ITIL, And British Standard Institute (BSI) Related?

itemWhat Does ITSM Involve?

itemWhat Are The Benefits Of ITSM?

itemITSM Gives Us Control Of What?

itemWhat's In It For You?

itemLeverage The Vendor Tools Portfolio

recommendations

itemRecognize And Admit — ITSM Is Here To Stay

Forrester drew data from Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2007.

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Analyst: Evelyn Hubbert
Technology: IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Management, IT Process Automation, Serving the Business
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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