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5.7.1.9.3 Incident Management<br />

Chapter 5 ■ Service Design<br />

The incident management process interfaces with the SLM process by ensuring that the<br />

service levels pertaining to incident management, such as response and resolution times,<br />

are adhered to and provide the means to measure it. Also, the incident management<br />

process provides the data and re<strong>com</strong>mendations for negotiation of service levels.<br />

5.7.1.9.4 Supplier Management<br />

The SLM works with the suppliers to implement agree to SLAs and ensure that the SLAs<br />

with the suppliers are aligned with the customer SLAs. The supplier management process is<br />

responsible for providing service-level measurements achieved by all suppliers to the SLM.<br />

5.7.1.9.5 Availability, Capacity, IT Service Continuity, and<br />

Information Security Management<br />

Similar to the incident management process, these processes provide respective service<br />

levels achieved through them and provide re<strong>com</strong>mendations during service-level<br />

negotiations.<br />

5.7.1.9.6 Financial Management of IT Services<br />

The financial management for IT services process interfaces with the SLM process in<br />

identifying the cost of building and providing services to customers.<br />

5.7.2 Service Catalog Management<br />

I don’t want to hear the specials. If they’re so special, put ’em on the menu.<br />

—Jerry Seinfeld<br />

The exercise of marketing IT services starts with cataloging them and making them<br />

known to potential customers. This is the essence of service catalog management. It is the<br />

process that ties together the various services of the service provider to provide a unified<br />

view in an effort to provide quality services to the customer.<br />

5.7.2.1 Service Catalog<br />

I discussed the service catalog in Chapter 4. The service catalog is one of the three parts<br />

of the service portfolio, and the most crucial one in terms of design, operations, and<br />

continual improvements.<br />

A service catalog is a list of all your operational services, which are available for<br />

customers to leverage. The purpose of the process is to ensure that all the live services are<br />

listed and are accurate at any given time.<br />

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