The results can benefit stressed IT operations staff, improve service definition, and help clarify potential Service Improvement Plans.
Exclusive focus on IT process improvement may not provide enough of a service perspective to achieve real progress. Using the Service Lifecycle and monitoring instrumentation as improvement cycles can benefit multiple ITIL© process areas and stakeholders, through high levels of Event Management process automation.
Exclusive focus on IT process improvement may not provide enough of a service perspective to achieve real progress. Using the Service Lifecycle and monitoring instrumentation as improvement cycles can benefit multiple ITIL© process areas and stakeholders, through high levels of Event Management process automation.
Perhaps even more important, the functional realities of most organizations will require a deliberate and sponsored approach that mirrors the requirements for ITSM adoption. eG Enterprise can help support such an approach.


Today's businesses demand rapid time-to-market, high IT Service availability and continued IT cost reduction.
The realities of most organizations do not lend themselves to either cross-functional process improvement or end-to-end service definition. Not only are there often gaps between IT silos, but there may also be gaps between IT Operations and Application Development, and perhaps even between the Business and External Customers. Processes provide communication & coordination across these functional boundaries, and customers must of course continue to pursue process improvement.
The eG Innovations' service monitoring intelligence provides a unique opportunity to leverage a service lifecycle control perspective that can compliment existing process improvement initiatives.
The definition of "End-to-End" IT Services often depends on what stakeholders you're asking and who they view as their customer. The fragmentation between organizations involved in infrastructure, applications, business processes and external customers can be a challenge. Focusing improvements on IT processes without addressing this reality will not ensure success.

Simply putting IT Service information in a Service Catalog may not provide enough value for the amount of effort involved; more immediate value as a result of service definition is highly desirable.
The key is to use the ITIL© Service Lifecycle and service monitoring intelligence to establish repeatable cycles of end-to-end service definition that provide immediate value to the organization via high levels of Event Management automation.


One way to understand the controls ITIL© places on the Service Lifecycle is to look at the Service V-Model, which defines the levels of configuration and testing that must occur as you proceed through the lifecycle.
This approach often identifies improvement opportunities not readily apparent from a process control perspective.
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| Project Initiation & Planning |
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CSI, Service Strategy |
| Baselining Planning & Data Collection |
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CSI, Service Design |
| Baselining & Process Definition |
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CSI, Service Transition |
| Analysis & Findings |
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CSI, Service Design |
| Project Closure |
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