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Explain the service logic and define service systems
Definition service logic:
Only the customer creates value when using resources for the purpose of the customer
value-‐in-‐use). The provider co-creates value by providing such resources.
Definition service system:
„…a dynamic value co-creation configure of resources, including people, organizations, shared information and
technology, all connected internally and externally to other service systems by value propositions“
Name four key influences on customer expectations and describe one.
Price, alternatives available, marketing, word-of-mouth, previous experience, customer's mood / attitude, confidence
Description: Marketing can influence customer expactations with emotions. for example image of products, (toffifee have fun with the family)
Explain key characteristics of service and the impact of
these characteristics on service management.
Intangibility: Difficult to evaluate the result upfront, Quality not clear before finalized
Heterogenity: Low level of standardization, Quality difficult to measure
Inseperability: Direct customer interaction throughout the whole process, Customer is part of the service delivery process
Perishability: Cannot be produced in advance, Variations of volume cannot be buffered
What determines output quality for service?
Technical quality (What): Is the outcome of the service process
Functional quality (How): Are following attributes of the Process: Attitudes: Behaviors, Accessibility, Punctuality, Trustworthiness, Capability to handle failures
and mistakes
What is the difference between warranty and utility?
Give an example.
Warranty describes how the IT service is delivered (fit for use), warranty reduces the performance variation.
Utility is what the customer receives (fit for purpose). Utility increases the performance average.
Example: a hairdresser,
Utitily - a fresh/cool look
Warranty - you don´t have to wait for a long time
What are the general roles for all ITIL processes?
Describe the characteristics of these roles
Service Owner: accountable for the delivery of a specific IT service
Process Owner: accountable for ensuring that a process is fit for purpose
Process Manager: responsible for the operational management of a process
Differentiate between internal, shared and external service providers.
internal: embedded in a business unit
shared: more than one business unit
external: external customers
Explain the different parts of the service portfolio.
What is the difference between the service portfolio and
the service catalogue?
Service Pipeline: services planned and under construction
Service Catalogue: active Services, can be ordered by customers
Retired Services: non-active outdated service
Difference: Service catalogue is part of service portfolio
Underpinning contract (UC), Operational Level Agreements
(OLA) and Service Level Agreements (SLA) are all described
in the Service Level Management. Explain their purpose
and differences
Contracts define the value exchange of different parties involved. OLAs are made between the IT organization and an internal supplier, UCs describe the
delivery from an external provider. SLA describe the service quality, availability and penalties between the IT organization and the costumer.
Explain the role of the Service Design phase in the Service
Lifecycle.
The purpose of SD is to design IT services according to the provider’s strategy. The objective is to design IT services so effectively that minimal improvement
during their lifecycle will be required
What kinds of changes do exist?
How are they defined and what typical triggers do they
have?
Standard change: A pre-authorized change that is low risk, relatively common and follows a procedure or work instruction.
Emergency change: A change that must be implemented as soon as possible, for example to resolve a major incident or implement a security patch
Normal change: Any service change that is not a standard change or an emergency change.
Trigger: strategic changes, change to one or more services, operational change, changes to deliver continual improvement
What general concepts does Service Transition contain?
Explain the purpose of Change Management.
General concept of ST: to ensure that new, modified or retired services meet the expectations of the business as documented in the service strategy and
service design stage of the lifecycle
Purpose of CM: To control the lifecycle of all changes, enabling beneficial changes to be made with minimum disruption to IT services
How do requests for change differ from change records?
A request for change is a formal proposal for a change to be made, whereas a change record is a logical record that contains details of a specific change.
Briefly explain and point out the differences between the
objectives of Incident Management and Problem
Management.
Incident Management:
- Ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for efficient and prompt response, analysis, documentation, ongoing management and reporting
of incidents
- Increase visibility and communication of incidents to business and IT support staff
- Enhance business perception of IT through use of a professional approach in quickly resolving and communicating incidents when they occur
Problem Management:
- Prevent problems and resulting incidents from happening
- Eliminate recurring incidents
- Minimize the impact of incidents that cannot be prevented
What is the difference between an incident and a problem?
Incident: an unplanned interruption to an IT service or reduction on the quality of an IT service. Failure of a CI that has not yet impacted an IT service is also an
incident (e.g. failure of one disk from a mirror set).
Problem: the underlying cause of one or more incidents
Which types of events does ITIL define in Event
Management? Give for each a short example.
Informational events, e.g. "A user has logged into an application"
Warning events, e.g. "A user has logged into an application with an incorrect password"
Exception events, e.g. "The completion time of a transaction is 10% longer than normal"
Describe the steps of the Deming cycle.
Plan – what needs to happen, who will do what and how?
Do – execute the planned activities
Check – check whether the activities yield the desired result
Act – adjust the plan in accordance to the checks
What is the purpose of Continual Service Improvement?
Explain this by using the 7-step Improvement Process.
The purpose of CSI is to align IT services with changing business needs by identifying and implementing improvements to IT services that support business
processes.
1) Identify the strategy for improvement
2) Define what you will measure
3) Gather the data
4) Process
5) Analyze the information and the data
6) Present and use the information
7) Implement improvement
Can Cobit 5 and ITIL be used together?
Yes, because the service processes of Cobit 5 were set out with ITIL process in mind. ITIL and Cobit 5 can be implemented together by using the Cobit 5 to ITIL
mapping.
Describe the challenges in ITSM implementation
Lack of executive sponsorship, Business understanding of ITIL objectives, Lack of resource time or people, Lack of internal knowledge/skills relating to ITIL ,
Organization/cultural resistance to change ,Maintaining momentum/progress stagnates
Describe the high-level process mapping of ITIL v3 and
COBIT 4.1.
COBIT Plan & Organise : ITIL Service Strategy /
COBIT Aquire & Implement : ITIL Service Transition /
COBIT Deliver & Support : ITIL Service Design & Service Operatoin /
COBIT Monitor & Evaluate : ITIL CSI
What is the diference between IT-Management and IT-Governance? Explain these differences by referring to ITIL and Cobit 5
T Governance describes the IT Framework within the IT Management shall operate. The purpose of IT Governance is to ensure that IT supports the company goals.