It really is an exciting time to be in IT service management (ITSM) – and not just because I’m here. The accelerated development of technology and the added complexity (although sometimes new technology might offer increased simplicity), has given us ITSM professionals a once in a lifetime opportunity to be taken really [...]
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The end of the year is often a time to reflect on our past, from the year just gone to even further back in time, and then to look to [...]
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Using an IT balanced scorecard will help your IT organization to focus on the right things – for both delivering against business needs [...]
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Is your organization thinking about creating a service catalog and service request catalog (or starting over with it again)? It can be [...]
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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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There’s a lot of IT jargon in the IT service management (ITSM) space, much of which has been created as part of ITIL, the most commonly [...]
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My previous blog talked about what customer experience actually IS, along with a video that followed my learning cycle. We saw [...]
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Really, what IS customer experience (or CX for short)? Most explanations refer to a customer interacting with a business and its [...]
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Without knowing how well we’re doing, we can’t show that we’re getting better. IT service management (ITSM) service providers need to [...]
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Some time ago I was involved in a discussion about whether First Call Resolution Rate (FCR) is a good KPI for incident management. [...]
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In part one of this blog I covered two possible causes of IT service management (ITSM) derailment: (1) the lack of executive support, [...]
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Sometimes it is a good idea to stop for moment, to take stock of where you are and where you want, or need, to be. Especially when you [...]
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Bring your own device (BYOD), or even BYOX appears to be an emerging norm in many organizations. It is a function of multiple factors: [...]
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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.