This beginner’s book explains the basics of ITIL and its implementation and interpretation in an easy, selfstudy approach for all technical and business staff in your organisation. The entire book is written in a question and answer format for easy comprehension and speedy reading. Each chapter covers only one specific area of ITIL, and each topic is explained concisely, with very few answers extending beyond a page. Practical and real-life examples with a little bit of humour are used throughout. This self-help book is designed to be a small stepping stone to the official books on ITIL published by OGC.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface
• About the Author
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Introduction to IT Service Management
  • What is IT?
  • What are IT services?
  • What is IT service management?
  • What problematic issues do IT departments commonly face?
  • What issues do businesses face through heavy dependence on IT?
  • How can professional IT service management help?
• Chapter 2: Overview of ITIL 2011
  • What is ITIL?
  • What are the main benefits of using a framework, such as ITIL?
  • How many departments are needed to implement IT service management or ITIL?
  • How did ITIL start and evolve?
  • What were the main processes of ITIL Version 2?
  • What was ITIL Version 3?
  • What is ITIL 2011?
• Chapter 3: The ITIL Lifecycle
  • What is Service Strategy?
  • What departments or staff are required for service strategy?
  • What is Service Design?
  • What are the sub-processes of service design?
  • What departments or staff are required for service design?
  • What is Service Operation?
  • What are the sub-processes of service operation?
  • What departments or staff are required for service operations?
  • What is Service Transition?
  • What are the sub-processes of service transition?
  • What departments or staff are required for service transition?
  • What is Continual Service Improvement?
  • What are the sub-processes of continual service improvement?
  • What departments or staff are required for continual service improvement?
• Chapter 4: Service Desk Function
  • What is a service desk?
  • Why do you need a service desk?
  • What are the responsibilities of a service desk?
  • What are the different types of service desk?
  • What options should be provided to contact your service desk?
  • What tools and equipment do service desk personnel need?
  • Are there any ITIL-compliant software or hardware?
  • What job roles are needed in a service desk department?
  • Some tips and advice for a responsive service desk
• Chapter 5: Incident Management
  • What is an incident?
  • Isn’t an incident the same as a problem?
  • What is incident management?
  • What are the responsibilities of incident management?
  • Why is incident management necessary?
  • What is incident priority?
  • What is a business impact?
  • What is an incident category?
  • How can IT services reduce the number of incidents?
  • What is classification matching?
  • What is incident routing?
  • What is incident escalation?
  • What is an incident lifecycle?
  • What are the sub-processes of incident management?
• Chapter 6: Problem Management
  • What is a problem?
  • What is problem management?
  • Why is problem management necessary?
  • What are the responsibilities of problem management?
  • What are the sub-processes of problem management?
  • What is a known error database?
  • Examples of management reports
• Chapter 7: Change Management
  • What is change?
  • What is change management?
  • Why is change management important?
  • What are the responsibilities of change management?
  • What will an RFC usually consist of?
  • Is RFC and CAB approval required for every change?
  • Examples of change management reports
• Chapter 8: Release and Deployment Management
  • What is a release?
  • What is release management?
  • What is a deployment?
  • What is release and deployment management?
  • Why should there be a R&D management team?
  • What are the responsibilities of R&D management?
  • What is a DML?
  • What is release building?
  • What are the different types of releases?
  • What is service validation and testing?
  • What is meant by withdrawal of service?
  • What are the sub-processes of release management?
• Chapter 9: Service Asset and Configuration Management
  • What is a service asset?
  • What is configuration management?
  • Is configuration management the same as managing IT inventory?
  • Why is configuration management important?
  • What is service asset and configuration management?
  • What is a configuration item?
  • What is a CI attribute?
  • What is a CI relationship?
  • What is the configuration management database?
  • What are the responsibilities of configuration management?
  • How are CMDBs managed?
  • What is a configuration baseline?
  • What is a baseline analyser?
  • What is CMDB updating?
  • What is software licensing?
  • What are the sub-processes of configuration management?
• Chapter 10: Service Level Management
  • What is service level management?
  • What is a service level agreement?
  • Why should there be an SLA?
  • What are the responsibilities of SLM?
  • What are the sub-processes of service level management?
• Chapter 11: Service Catalogue Management
  • What is a service catalogue?
  • How do you differentiate the IT service portfolio from the service catalogue?
  • What is service catalogue management?
  • Why is a service catalogue needed?
  • What should a catalogue contain?
  • Some tips and advice for a service catalogue
• Chapter 12: Capacity Management
  • What is capacity management?
  • Why is capacity management necessary?
  • What are the responsibilities of capacity management?
  • What is meant by an IT staff ratio?
  • Some tips and advice for capacity management
• Chapter 13: Demand Management
  • What is demand?
  • What is demand management?
  • What are the responsibilities of demand management?
  • Some tips and advice for demand management
• Chapter 14: Availability Management
  • What is availability management?
  • Why is availability management important?
  • What are the main responsibilities of availability management?
  • Some tips and advice for availability management
  • What are the sub-processes of availability management?
• Chapter 15: Information Security Management
  • What are the various ways in which information security can be compromised?
  • What safeguards are available to protect information?
  • Some tips and advice for information security management
  • What are the sub-processes of information security?
• Chapter 16: Access Management
  • What are the responsibilities of access management?
  • What are the sub-processes of access management?
• Chapter 17: IT Service Continuity Management
  • What is a disaster?
  • What is disaster recovery?
  • What is business continuity?
  • What is crisis management?
  • Why is service continuity important?
  • What are the main responsibilities of SCM?
  • What is a business impact analysis?
  • What options are available for service continuity?
  • Who can invoke service continuity?
  • How can IT services be aware of risks?
• Chapter 18: Financial Management for IT Services
  • Why is financial management important?
  • What are the responsibilities of IT financial management?
  • Some tips and advice for financial management
  • What are the sub-processes of financial management for IT services?
• Chapter 19: Supplier Management
  • Why are suppliers critical?
  • What is supplier management?
  • Is it necessary to have contracts with suppliers?
  • What are the key elements of a maintenance contract or a service agreement?
  • Some tips and advice for supplier management
  • What are the sub-processes of supplier management?
• Chapter 20: IT Operations Management Function
  • What are the main responsibilities of IT operations management?
  • Some best practices for IT operations
• Chapter 21: General Tips and Advice for IT Service Management
• Appendix 1: Sample SLA Between IT Services and Rocksolid Business Managers
• Appendix 2: Sample OLA between IT Department and the Electrical Department
• Appendix 3: Sample UC between RockSolid IT Services and ABC Computer Corp
• Appendix 4: A Simple IT Service Management Flow with Interactions among Different Processes
• Appendix 5: The ITIL Glossary
• Appendix 6: ITSM Books and other Resources
• ITG Resources