V3 Service Operation: Finbarr Callan Lecturer, Best Practice

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V3 Service Operation
Finbarr Callan
Lecturer, Best Practice
V3 Service Operation : Agenda

Key Principles of Operation
Operational Activities
Processes
Event Management
Incident Management
Request Fulfilment
Problem Management
Access Management
Functions
Service Desk
Technical Management
Application Management
Operations Management
Questions
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Service Operation : Principles
Managing day-to-day activities and technology

Executing processes to optimize cost and quality
Enabling the business to meet its objectives
Effective functioning of components
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Service Operation : Purpose

To coordinate and carry out the activities and processes
required to deliver and manage services at agreed
levels
Also responsible for ongoing management of the
technology
Scope
Services
Service Management Processes
Technology
People
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Value to the Business

Service Operation is where the value is seen
Services run within budget and ROI targets
Design flaws fixed and unforeseen requirements

satisfied
Efficiency gains achieved
Services optimized
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Organization
Function: a logical concept referring to the people and
automated measures that execute a defined process, activity
or combination
Group: a number of people who perform similar activities
Team: a more formal group
Department: formal organizational structure
Division: group of departments
Role: set of connected behaviours or actions performed by a
person, group or team in a specific context
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Organizing for Service Operation

Technical specialization
Activity
Process
Geography
Hybrid
Combined functions
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Operational Activities
Change Management
Configuration Management
Release and Deployment Management
Availability Management
Knowledge Management
Financial Management
IT Service Continuity Management
Capacity Management
Capacity and performance monitoring
Capacity and performance trends
Storage of capacity management data
Demand management
Workload management
Modelling and applications sizing
Capacity planning
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Its all about Balance

Focus internal versus external
Focus stability versus responsiveness
Focus cost versus quality
Focus reactive versus proactive
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Out of Balance?
Extreme Focus on:
Extreme Focus on:
-Internal
-External
-Stability
-Responsiveness
-Cost
-Quality
-Reactive
-Proactive
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Service Operation : Communication

Routine operational communication
Communication between shifts
Performance reporting
Communication in projects
Communications related to changes
Communications related to exceptions or to emergencies
Training for new or customized processes and service designs
Communication of strategy and design to Service
Operation teams
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Event Management
Event Management
Scope
Value to the business
Basic concepts
Activities/techniques
Challenges
Any detectable or discernable occurrence that has
significance for the management of the IT
infrastructure or the delivery of IT service
and
Evaluation of the impact a deviation might cause to
the services
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Event Management : Objectives

To detect events, make sense of them, and determine
appropriate control action
To act as a basis for automating routine Operations
Management activities
Concepts
Informational
Warning
Exception
The difference between the types

isnt fixed. They rely on send /
receipt of a message, active
versus passive monitoring.
Event Management
Responses
Events
Information
Warning
Exception
Logged
Auto Response
Alert/ Intervention
Incident
Problem
Change
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Incident Management
Incident Management
An unplanned interruption to an IT service or
actual or potential reduction in the quality of
service. (Includes any event which disrupts, or
could disrupt, a service)
To restore normal service operation as quickly as

possible and minimize the adverse impact upon
business operations, thus ensuring that the best
possible levels of service quality and availability
are maintained
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Incident Management Process (1)
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Incident Management Process (2)
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Incident Management : Challenges

Early detection ability
Need for logging and use of self-help
Availability of Problem and Known Error information
Integration into CMS
Integration into SLM process
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Request Fulfilment
Request Fulfilment
A request from a User for information, advice, or
for a Standard Change or for Access to an IT
Service, e.g. to reset a password or to provide
standard IT Services for a new User
Provide a regular channel for users to request and receive
standard services
Provide information to users about service availability and
access
Source and deliver components of standard services
Assist with general information, complaints or comments
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Problem Management
Problem Management
Problem Definition:
The unknown cause of one or more incidents.
Objectives
To prevent problems and resulting incidents from happening
Eliminate recurring incidents
To minimize the impact of incidents that cannot be prevented
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Problem Management
Concepts
Process Activities
Known Errors
Detection
Known Error Database
Logging
Workaround
Categorization
Resolution
Prioritization
Problem Models
Diagnosis
KE Record
Resolution
Problem Manager
Problem Solving Groups
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Access Management
Access Management : Objectives
Execute the policies and actions defined in Security

and Availability Management
Provide the right for users to be able to use a service or
group of services
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Access Management
Rights Management/Identity Management

Grant rights to use services to authorized users
Prevent access to unauthorized individuals
Access/identity/rights
Request/Verify/Provide rights/Monitor status/Tracking access
/Removal
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Access Management : Concepts

Access: the level and extent of a services functionality or
data that a user is entitled to use
Identity: the information about them that distinguishes them as

an individual and verifies their status within the organization
Rights (privileges): settings whereby a user is provided access
read, write, execute, change, delete
Service groups: aggregation of a set of users accessing a
common set of services
Directory services: a specific type of tool used to manage
access and rights
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Access Management : Process Activities
Requesting access
Verification
Providing rights
Monitoring identity status
Logging and tracking access
Removing or restricting rights
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Self-Help

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Functions
Functions
Logical functions to perform specific activities and processes
not necessarily mapping onto organizational structures or
individuals
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IT Service
Service Desk
Primary aim is to restore normal service in the
widest sense as quickly as possible
Logging all incidents/service requests, allocating

categorization and prioritization codes
First line investigation and diagnosis
Resolving incidents/service requests
Escalation as necessary
Closing all resolved incidents and requests
Conducting customer satisfaction surveys
Communication with users - progress, information
Updating CMS as agreed and authorized
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Service Desk : Types
Local
Centralized
Virtual
Follow-the-sun
Specialized
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Service Desk : Local
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Service Desk : Centralized
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Service Desk : Virtual
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Objective
To help plan, implement and maintain a stable technical
infrastructure to support the organizations business processes
Technical Management Role

Custodian of technical knowledge and expertise related to
managing the IT infrastructure
Provides the resources to support the IT management
lifecycle
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Application Management : Objectives
To support the organizations business processes by helping

to identify functional and manageability requirements for
application software
To assist in the design and deployment of applications
To assist in the ongoing support and improvement of
applications
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The Application Management Function:
Contributes to the decision on whether to buy an application

or build it
Is the custodian of technical knowledge and expertise
relating to the management of applications
Provides resources to support the Service Management
Lifecycle
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The IT Operations Function:

Executes the ongoing activities and procedures required to
manage and maintain the IT infrastructure so as to deliver
and support IT services at the agreed service levels
Continually adapts to business requirements and demand

To maintain the status quo to achieve stability of the
organizations day-to-day processes and activities
Regularly scrutinize and improve service at reduced cost,

while maintaining stability
Swiftly applying operational skills to diagnose and resolve
any IT operations failures that occur
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Overlaps
Technical Management and Operations Management
Both play a role in management and maintenance of the IT
infrastructure
Technical Management and Application Management
Both play a role in the design, testing and improvement of CIs
that form part of IT services
Application Management and Operations Management

Both play in role in application support
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Common Service Operations
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Service Lifecycle Components
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Any Questions?
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Further Resources
V3 Service Strategy, Service Design & Service Transition Webinars
now available onDemand.
V2 versus V3 White Paper and Webinar - on Axios website.
ITIL V3 Quick Reference Guide pocket guide & poster
ITSM: IT Transforms Itself into a Service. Aberdeen Group

Research. Available to download, along with a complementary
onDemand Webinar on the Axios website.
ITIL V3: The Future is Here White Paper, authored by Sharon
Taylor, Chief Architect of ITIL V3. A Webinar by Sharon Taylor is
also available onDemand. Both are available for download
from the Axios website.
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V3 Service Operation : Agenda

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Service Lifecycle Components

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Service Operation : Principles

Managing day-to-day activities and technology

Effective functioning of components

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Service Operation : Purpose

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Value to the Business

Design flaws fixed and unforeseen requirements

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Organizing for Service Operation

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Its all about Balance

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Extreme Focus on:

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Service Operation : Communication

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Event Management : Objectives

The difference between the types

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To restore normal service operation as quickly as

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Incident Management Process (1)

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Incident Management Process (2)

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Incident Management : Challenges

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