Hopefully, you already understand change management as the process, or capability, that manages change effectively, efficiently, and safely (or “change control” if you’re already aligned with ITIL 4). Done well, it’s the capability that enables a steady state, in terms of IT service delivery, while supporting service [...]
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You’ve probably heard and read a lot about digital transformation in the last couple of years. You might already be in the midst of [...]
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One day in 2001, seventeen developers got together to talk about the barriers and complications that surrounded the development of [...]
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Yes, I’m still writing about the three ways of DevOps. Following on from my earlier blogs about using the DevOps first and second ways [...]
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ITIL is often called the most popular framework for IT service management (ITSM) but its last update was in 2011 which, when we [...]
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There’s a growing industry trend for IT departments, and especially IT support groups, to look beyond traditional service level [...]
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This was the situation: my customer had a dysfunctional business. It wasn’t a large company, and many employees had been there for [...]
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Following on from my previous blogs on DevOps, service integration and management (SIAM), and Agile, here’s another “ITSM [...]
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I’m old enough such that my IT career began long before popular IT “movements” or frameworks – whether that be IT management or IT [...]
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It sometimes feels like the phrase “Do more, with less” has been with us since we started delivering technology-enabled solutions to [...]
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So in case you hadn't worked it out yet, I'm Joe! Hello there. I'm a native New Yorker and I love everything connected to IT service management (ITSM). I'm a passionate blogger and Twitter addict, and I'm also the resident IT guy at SysAid Technologies.