Best Practice Report

Service-Level Management Needs An Upgrade

Evolve Established Practices To Improve Employee Experiences With AI-Centric Services

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Oct 20, 2025

Summary

Service-level management (SLM) faces significant challenges. IT organizations often set unrealistic performance targets that result in broken promises and mismanaged expectations. Providing excellent service should go beyond simply fulfilling service-level agreement (SLA) targets to focus on creating better experiences. IT leaders should also update SLAs to include AI-specific and flexible performance measures. This report offers guidelines on transforming your SLM practice to create a stronger partnership between IT and the business.

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