In this second part of the article we will look at having reached the stage where we know that we are going to proceed with a service or change request (using the ITIL Change Management processes for Request For Change [RFC])

The world media are having a feeding frenzy after an IT software change at a major banking organization in the UK failed, disrupting many payments into and out of customers accounts, primarily locking their funds for several days.   Numerous stories were published regarding members of the public…

The success of any ITIL Change Management process is dependant upon the involvement or representation of the Business/Customer community.  Primarily IT underpins the Business and therefore the Business need to provide appropriate input and direction to IT and on an operational basis the Change process provides one interface…

ITIL Change Management    Following the article 'MIR - The Key' this article is a further step in the same direction to discuss the content and use of Management Information Reporting (MIR). It may be read as a stand alone article or as one of the series that…

The ITIL Change Management process is comprehensively described within the official publications, but within this article we attempt to provide a high level overview of the stages of the Change Management process, the various roles that need to be undertaken at each stage and also details of the…

At ITILnews.com we are committed to providing value to the Service Management marketplace.  This article provides those of you responsible for Change Management with a suggested set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that you can utilize.   % of outage due to changes (planned unavailability) …

Whilst viewing some blogs we spotted a great checklist to assist individuals and Change Advisory Boards (CABs) when evaluating Change Requests.   The blog was produced by 'Milt' and titled the seven R's of Change Management', but we at ITILnews believe there was one missing, which…

ITILnews editor comment: Following the publication of an article on ITILnews we are pleased that one of out readers has decided to expand the article by sharing his experiences of working with ITIL in practice. I hope you find the response from Colin Mayers, an ITIL Manager, Red…

How many times have 'projects' just been 'thrown over the wall' into IT Support, or in ITIL Version 3 speak, Service Operation, without due care and attention?   The answer is 'lots'.   Most organizations follow or rather claim they follow, the Prince2 Project…

During the current global economic challenges, expenditure is probably the most important focus of any organization. The governance of the majority of economic expenditure within IT is performed primarily through the Change Management process. For clarity the definition of 'Governance' according to ITIL is:   Ensuring…