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4.1, ITIL
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V3 and ISO/IEC 27002 for Business Benefit
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There is also an introductory volume
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that describes the rationale for the life cycle model and covers the key principles
in each life cycle stage. There are other supporting publications and further titles in preparation.
OGC’s official publisher is The Stationery Office (TSO), which makes ITIL publications available as books, e-books
and PDFs, or via online subscription. TSO also manages a library of supporting and complementary publications and
a best practice web site for ITIL and other OGC best practice products (www.best-management-practice.com).
The ITIL qualification scheme (www.itil-officialsite.com/home/home.asp) offers certification for individuals, ranging
from a foundation-level appreciation of ITIL terms and concepts to an advanced professional diploma. OGC’s official
accreditor is APM Group, which licences a number of examination institutes to provide examinations and manage
and accredit training organisations.
Since 1991, ITIL has been championed and supported by itSMF (www.itsmfi.org), a vendor and user group that
now has chapters in more than 40 countries worldwide. It is a not-for-profit organisation and a prominent player in
the ongoing development and promotion of IT service management best practice, standards and qualifications. The
itSMF provides an accessible network of industry experts, information sources and events to help members address
IT service management issues and achieve the delivery of high-quality, consistent IT services internally and externally
through the adoption of best practices. Globally, the itSMF now boasts more than 6,000 member companies, blue
chip and public sector alike, covering in excess of 70,000 individuals.
Figure 3—ITIL Core Topics
Service
Strategy (SS)
Service
Design (SD)
Service
Transition (ST)
Service
Operation (SO)
Continual Service
Improvement (CSI)
• Service management
• Service life cycle
• Service assets and value
creation
• Service provider types
and structures
• Strategy, markets
and offerings
• Financial management
• Service portfolio
management
• Demand management
• Organisational design,
culture and development
• Sourcing strategy
• Service automation and
interfaces
• Strategy tools
• Challenges and risks
• Balanced design
• Requirements, drivers,
activities and constraints
• Service-oriented
architecture
• Business service
management
• SD models
• Service catalogue
management
• Service level management
• Capacity and availability
• IT service continuity
• Information security
• Supplier management
• Data and information
management
• Application management
• Roles and tools
• Business impact analysis
• Challenges and risks
• SD package
• Service acceptance criteria
• Documentation
• Environmental issues
• Process maturity framework
• Goals, principles, policies,
context, roles and models
• Planning and support
• Change management
• Service asset and
configuration management
• Release and deployment
• Service validation
and testing
• Evaluation
• Knowledge management
• Managing communication
and commitment
• Stakeholder management
• Configuration management
system
• Staged introduction
• Challenges and risks
• Asset types
• Balance in SO
• Operational health
• Communication
• Documentation
• Events, incidents and
problems
• Request fulfilment
• Access management
• Monitoring and control
• Infrastructure and service
management
• Facilities and data centre
management
• Information and physical
security
• Service desk
• Technical, IT operations and
application management
• Roles, responsibilities and
organisational structures
• Technology support to SO
• Managing change, projects
and risk
• Challenges
• Complementary guidance
• Goals, methods and
techniques
• Organisational change
• Ownership
• Drivers
• Service level management
• Service measurement
• Knowledge management
• Benchmarks
• Models, standards
and quality
• CSI seven-step
improvement process
• Return on investment (ROI)
and business issues
• Roles
• Authority matrix (RACI)
• Support tools
• Implementation
• Governance
• Communications
• Challenges and risks
• Innovation, correction
and improvement
• Best practices supporting
CSI
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OGC, ‘The Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle Book’, The Stationery Ofce, UK, 2007, www.best-management-practice.com/Portfolio-Library/IT-Service-
Management-ITIL/ITIL-Version-3/The-Introduction-to-the-ITIL-Service-Lifecycle/?trackid=002094&DI=582435