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ITIL: Continual Service Improvement Course 02 – Continual Service Improvement

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ITIL: Continual Service Improvement

Course 02 – Continual Service Improvement

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Slide 1

Introduction to CSI

Lesson

Topics Discussed

CSI & the Service Lifecycle

Managing Across the Lifecycle

Purpose

Objectives

Scope

CSI Model

Business Questions for CSI

Value

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CSI & the Service Lifecycle

• Service Strategy

– Design, development & implementation

• Service Design

– Design & development

• Service Transition

– Development & improvement

• Service Operation

– Delivery & support

• Continual Service Improvement

– Create & maintain value

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Managing Across the Lifecycle

Improve

Strategy Design

Operation Transition

• Seven Step Improvement Process

Improve

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Purpose, Goals & Objectives of CSI

• Purpose

– To improve alignment of IT services to business needs

• Goals

– Cost-effective delivery of IT services

• Objectives

– Seek improvement opportunities

– Review service level achievements

– Identify & implement improvement activities

– Ensure the use of quality management methods

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Slide 5

Scope of CSI

• Service Management Lifecycle

– Service Strategy

– Service Design

– Service Transition

– Service Operation

• Metrics

– Service

– Process

– Technology

7-Step Improvement Process

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Value of CSI

• Service outcome perspectives

– Improvements

– Benefits

– Return on Investment (ROI)

– Value on Investment (VOI)

• Intangible benefits

– Organizational competency

– Integration between people & processes

– Reduced redundancy

– Minimized lost opportunities

– Regulatory compliance at reduced cost & risk

– Rapid reaction to change Transition+ Operation

+ Improve

Operation+ ImproveImprove

Design+ Transition

+ Operation

+ Improve

Strategy+ Design

+ Transition

+ Operation

+ Improve

Value and the ITSM Lifecycle

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Slide 7

Principles of CSI

Lesson Topics Discussed

Principles

CSI Approach

Organizational Change

Ownership

CSI Resister

Drivers

Service Level & Knowledge Management

Deming Cycle

Service Measurement

7-Step Process

Governance

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Slide 8

Principles of CSI

• Principles

• CSI Approach

• Organizational Change

• Ownership

• CSI Register

• Drivers

• Service Level & Knowledge Management

• Deming Cycle

• Service Measurement

• 7-Step Process

• Governance

What is a Business Case?

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CSI Approach

• What is the vision?

– Vision, mission, goals & objectives

• Where are we now?

– Baseline assessments

• Where do we want to be?

– Measurable targets

• How do we get there?

– Service & process improvement

• Did we get there?

– Measurements & metrics

• How do we keep going?

What is the vision?

Where are we now?

Where do we want to go?

How do we get there?

Did we get there?

How do we keep going?

The CSI Approach

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Slide 10

Business Questions for CSI

What is the

vision?

Where are we

now?

Where do we

want to be?

How do we get

there?

Did we get

there?

How do we keep

the momentum

going?

Business Vision,

Mission, Goals &

Objectives

Baseline

assessments

Measurable

targets

Service and

process

improvement

Measurement &

metrics

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CSI & Organizational Change

• Improving IT Service Management is more than– Process

– Technology

• Improving IT Service Management is about– People

– Organization

• Improving IT Service Management means– Organizational change

– Understanding how work is done

– Structured approach to changing how it’s done

• It is about transforming IT – and the organization

IT Transformation

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Slide 12

Ownership

• Ownership Keys

– Accountability

• To Ensure Success

– Responsibility

• Ensure Adoption & Sustainability

– Authority

• Power to Influence or Persuade

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Slide 13

CSI Register

• Record all improvement opportunities

• Categorize Opportunities

– Small

– Medium

– Large

• Document benefits

• Register as part of the Service Knowledge Management

System

• Record measured achievements

• Provide consistent view of improvement activities

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Drivers

• External– State & Federal Regulation

– State & Federal Legislation

– Competitors

– Customers

– Markets

– Economics

• Internal– Organizational Structures

– Culture

– Ability to Absorb Change

– Staffing

– Architecture

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Service Level Management

• IT as a Service Provider

• Business/IT Alignment– Service Level Requirements

• Internal Service Portfolio

• Service Catalog of IT Capabilities– Baseline for Service Level Agreements (SLA)

• Operating Level Agreements (OLA)

• Formal Service Improvement Plans (SIP)– Business Case

– Articulate Reasons to Improve

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Knowledge Management

• DIKW Model

– Data

– Information

• Who, What, When & Where?

– Knowledge

• How?

– Wisdom

• Why?

• Enables better decision making

“Knowledge Management comprises a range of practices used by organizations to identify, create, represent, and distribute knowledge for reuse, awareness and learning.”

- Wikipedia

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PDCA & Continual Improvement

• Deming Cycle

– Plan

– Do

– Check

– Act

• Applicable to

– A CSI program

– A Service

– IT Service Management

Processes

Dr. Deming & Quality

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The Deming Cycle – Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)

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Value of Benchmarking

• Provides outside view of organization’s quality

– Compared to competitors

– As viewed by customers

• Identifies gaps in people, process or technology

• Drives competitive edge when results are positive

• Serves as catalyst for prioritizing process improvements

• Profiles quality in the market

• Boosts employee self-confidence & pride and motivates

& ties employees to organization

• Generates trust from customers that organization is

quality IT service management provider

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Service Measurement

• Establish a baseline

• Value to the business

• 7-step improvement process

1. Strategy for improvement

2. Define measurement

3. Gather data

4. Process data

5. Analyze information & data

6. Present & use information

7. Implement improvement

• Metrics & measurement

1.

Strategy for Improvement

2.

Define Measurement

3.

Gather

Data

4.

Process

Data

5.

Analyze Information &

Data

6.

Present & Use Information

7.

Implement

Improvement

The 7-Step

Improvement Process

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Baselines

• Establishes starting reference point

• Strategic baselines

– Goals & objectives

• Tactical baselines

– Process maturity

• Operational baselines

– Critical Success Factors

– Key Performance Indicators

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Metrics & Measurement

• Metric types

– Technology metrics

– Process metrics

– Service metrics

• Critical Success Factors (CSF)

• Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

• Tension metrics

• Goals & metrics

• Integrate with organizational metrics

Measuring Risk

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7-Step Improvement Process

1.

Strategy for Improvement

2.

Define Measurement

3.

Gather

Data

4.

Process

Data

5.

Analyze Information &

Data

6.

Present & Use Information

7.

Implement

Improvement

Plan

DoCheck

Act

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Governance

• Governance is about exerting

control

• Enterprise governance

– Spans corporate & business

governance

• Corporate governance

– Transparency & accountability

– Management of risk

• IT governance

– Control over IT service lifecycle

Enterprise Governance

Accountability

(Assurance)

Value Creation

(Utilization)

Corporate

Governance

(Conformance)

Business

Governance

(Performance)

“Enterprise Governance is the set of responsibilities and practices exercised by the board and executive management with the goal of providing strategic direction, ensuring that objectives are achieved, ascertaining that risks are managed appropriately and verifying that the organization's resources are used responsibly”

Information Systems Audit &Control

Foundation, 2001

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Frameworks, Models & Quality Systems

• Frameworks– ITIL, CobiT, PMBoK, Prince2

• Models– CMM, CMMI, eSCM

• Standards– ISO 20000, ISO 27001-2005, ISO 17799-2005, ISO 15504, ISO

19770-2006

• Quality Systems– Six Sigma & Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC)

• Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control

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Role Definitions

• Differentiates between Two Groups

– Production

• CSI Manager, Service Manager, Service Owner, Process Owner,

Process Manager, Process Practitioner, etc.

– Project

• Program & Project Management, Executive Sponsors, Process

Owners, Process Manager & Design Teams

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Slide 26

CSI Summary

Topics Discussed

CSI Summary

Checkpoint Quiz

Checkpoint Answers

Lesson

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Continual Service Improvement Summary

• Continual Improvement using PDCA

• CSI Model• Measurements in Continual

Improvement – KPIs, baseline & metrics

• Metric types– technology, process, service

• Service Management Lifecycle–Service Strategy–Service Design–Service Transition–Service Operation

• Metrics – service, process, technology

• All processes• All phases of ITSCM

Lifecycle

Purpose – To improve alignment of IT services to business needs and realignment of IT services as needs change.Goals – Cost-effective delivery of IT services.Objectives - Seek improvement opportunities, review service level achievements, identify & implement improvement activities, and ensure the use of quality management methods.

Continual Service Improvement provides value to the business by validating previous decisions, directing activities to meet targets, justifying that a course of action is required, and intervening with corrective action.

Principles Scope Processes

Value

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CSI Checkpoint

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Review Questions:

1. Which lifecycle stage(s) are most closely related to the Continual Service

Improvement stage?

A. Service Operation and Service Transition.

B. Service Transition and Service Design.

C. Service Design and Service Strategy.

D. All of the above.

2. Why is it important to establish a baseline to perform Continual Service

Improvement?

A. To establish a Charging system.

B. A baseline allows results to be compared against it.

C. To identify service targets.

D. To perform an assessment.

3. What are among the prime objectives of Continual Service Improvement?

A. It seeks to improve process efficiency and effectiveness, and it provides

guidance on how to improve services in the other Lifecycle stages.

B. It seeks to ensure that charging revenue equals IT spending.

C. It looks at internal strengths and weaknesses and external threats and

opportunities.

D. To maximize the benefit to the business by making a change while

minimizing the risks associated with making changes.

4. How does active monitoring and measuring provide direct value to the business?

A. By looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

B. By validating previous decisions, directing activities to meet targets,

justifying a course of action, and intervening for corrective actions.

C. By comparing service utility to service warranty.

D. By creating service reports directly from tools.

5. Which projection of value encompasses investment savings, changes in state,

monetary results, and savings percentage vs. investment cost?

A. Improvements

B. Benefits

C. Return on Investment (ROI)

D. Value on Investment (VOI)

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6. What are the three types of metrics?

A. Technology, process, service.

B. Technology, process, user.

C. Performance, process, user.

D. Daily, weekly, monthly.

7. The CSI Approach asks six basic questions associated with the fundamental

steps of an improvement cycle. Each cycle establishes a new baseline from

which the Service Provider can compare results that:

A. Validate previous decisions

B. Direct activities in order to meet set targets

C. Justify factual evidence or proof that a course of action is required

D. Intervene for subsequent changes and corrective actions

E. All of the above

8. The CSI Register is a database or structured document that records all of the

improvement opportunities identified. It is part of

A. Configuration Management Database

B. Service Knowledge Management System

C. Configuration Management System

D. The DML

9. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A. The Deming Cycle is used primarily as a quality assurance tool

B. The 7-Step Process implements the PDCA approach to improvement

C. The 7-Step Improvement process was the predecessor to the Deming

Cycle

D. Deming simplified the 7-Step Improvement process to come up with the

PDCA Cycle

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10. Which of the follow statements is CORRECT?

A. Baselines represent CSFs and KPIs at the operational level

B. Baselines measure the Service Providers existing results in supporting the

achievement of desired business outcomes

C. Baselines are used to measure process maturity at the tactical level.

D. Baseline are only used when building a Service Design Package resulting

from a chartered Service Improvement

E. A, B & C

F. A, B & D

G. B, C & D

H. A, C & D

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Answer Key:

1. D

Each of the other four stages (Service Operation, Service Transition, Service

Design, and Service Strategy) uses the Continual Service Improvement

processes.

2. B

A baseline establishes a reference point against which the results of a Continual

Service Improvement plan can be compared.

3. A

It seeks to improve process efficiency and effectiveness, and it provides

guidance on how to improve services in the other Lifecycle stages.

4. B

Measuring and monitoring provides value to the business by validating previous

decisions, directing activities to meet targets, justifying a course of action, and

intervening for corrective actions.

5. D

Value on Investment (VOI) encompasses ROI, the monetary benefits, and the

long-term improvements to identify the additional value they create.

6. A

Technology consists of component metrics, process consists of Critical Success

Factors (CSF) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and service consists of

end-to-end metrics.

7. E

Each cycle establishes a new baseline from which the Service Provider can

compare results that validate previous decisions, direct activities in order to meet

set targets, justify factual evidence or proof that a course of action is required

and Intervene for subsequent changes and corrective actions.

8. B

Service Knowledge Management System.

9. B

The 7-Step Process implements the PDCA approach to improvement.

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10. E

Baselines represent CSFs and KPIs at the operational level. Baselines measure

the Service Providers existing results in supporting the achievement of desired

business outcomes. Baselines are used to measure process maturity at the

tactical level.