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Greg is an IT Service Management blogger, speaker, and practitioner with decades of global IT experience ranging from Fortune 10 tech giant to public sector. He lives in the Pacific Northwest (USA), where stunning natural beauty and high tech form a unique lifestyle. In his spare time, Greg hikes, bikes, and plays a bit of blues guitar. He blogs about Excellence in IT Service Management at ITSMTransition.com.
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July 20th, 2022
Traditionally, efforts to improve IT service management (ITSM) practices was tied primarily to either objective maturity models, or where there’s desire or opportunity to improve. In this article I’ll describe why all improvement efforts must support employee experience (EX) and then introduce the concept of mapping specific EX points to the ITSM practice(s) that most...
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August 22nd, 2017
Call it human nature, politeness, or political correctness. Maybe it’s just easier, but we humans, generally speaking, are kind when dealing with people. When the waiter asks how the meal was, we tend to say it was “good”, or “fine”, or some other polite, vague generality. It makes for pleasant interactions, but, from a continual...
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July 12th, 2016
Ever hear that ITSM (and ITIL) are not about the processes? If that’s true, then why are the ITIL volumes full of processes? Incident management, change management, release, and so on. Twenty-six of them, at last count. What am I missing? Processes Are Great, But… If you look at IT from the perspective of the...
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March 9th, 2016
Recently I presented a webinar on getting started with service catalog. It’s a topic that comes up often because getting started can be harder than it looks – especially without the support of a full IT service management (ITSM) program. If you know you need a service catalog but aren’t sure where to get started,...
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December 16th, 2015
You’ve no doubt heard the saying “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Therefore, naturally, we try to measure things so we can effectively manage them. Makes sense, as far as that goes, but there’s a lesser-known saying – “be careful what you measure, it just might improve.” Be Careful What You Measure...
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August 26th, 2015
Everyone knows that incident management is designed to manage the overall life of an incident. Start to finish. Cradle to grave. But what does that really mean? The standard, accepted practice is that (most) incidents are started at the service desk/help desk – aka “Level 1 support”. In fact, the service desk is generally synonymous...
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May 27th, 2015
You know those awkward conversations that start with “we need to talk”? Well, it’s time. We need to talk. About ‘change management’. Ever see someone endorsed for ‘change management’ on professional networking sites, and wondered what kind of change management? Ever thought, “wait, they don’t know anything about IT Service Management”? There seems to be...
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April 29th, 2015
The 2011 version of ITIL introduced the lesser known change evaluation process. It’s a great addition, and I haven’t seen a lot written about it. The first thing to know is not every change requires a formal change evaluation. It’s intended to be used primarily for major changes, where the complexity and scope of the...
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March 31st, 2015
. I recently attended itSMF Norway 15 Conference. What an incredible experience with some of the most dedicated people in IT service management! I had the privilege of being one of the Service Bazaar workshop leaders. My session was How to Mature a Basic Change Management Process. The format was groups of up to 8...
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February 24th, 2015
Think Nike is in the athletic shoes and apparel business? Not on your life. “Nike sells shoes but it’s not in the shoe-selling business. It’s in the business of selling emotion and aspiration. Nike sells achievement, Nike sells perseverance and Nike sells Victory.“ (Brandstories.net) If you ask most IT people what business they’re in, their...
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January 20th, 2015
“Hi, just calling to say everything is working great today!” said no Service Desk caller. Ever. Like it or not, your customers have a relationship with IT. Sometimes good; sometimes bad. They are built over time, one interaction at a time. The truth is, every call to the Service Desk either builds it up or...
2786 Views
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July 20th, 2022
Traditionally, efforts to improve IT service management (ITSM) practices was tied primarily to either objective maturity models, or where there’s desire or opportunity to improve. In this article I’ll describe why all improvement efforts must support employee experience (EX) and then introduce the concept of mapping specific EX points to the ITSM practice(s) that most...
1472 Views
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July 12th, 2016
Ever hear that ITSM (and ITIL) are not about the processes? If that’s true, then why are the ITIL volumes full of processes? Incident management, change management, release, and so on. Twenty-six of them, at last count. What am I missing? Processes Are Great, But… If you look at IT from the perspective of the...
1416 Views
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March 9th, 2016
Recently I presented a webinar on getting started with service catalog. It’s a topic that comes up often because getting started can be harder than it looks – especially without the support of a full IT service management (ITSM) program. If you know you need a service catalog but aren’t sure where to get started,...
1338 Views
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April 29th, 2015
The 2011 version of ITIL introduced the lesser known change evaluation process. It’s a great addition, and I haven’t seen a lot written about it. The first thing to know is not every change requires a formal change evaluation. It’s intended to be used primarily for major changes, where the complexity and scope of the...
1182 Views
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August 22nd, 2017
Call it human nature, politeness, or political correctness. Maybe it’s just easier, but we humans, generally speaking, are kind when dealing with people. When the waiter asks how the meal was, we tend to say it was “good”, or “fine”, or some other polite, vague generality. It makes for pleasant interactions, but, from a continual...
1149 Views
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January 20th, 2015
“Hi, just calling to say everything is working great today!” said no Service Desk caller. Ever. Like it or not, your customers have a relationship with IT. Sometimes good; sometimes bad. They are built over time, one interaction at a time. The truth is, every call to the Service Desk either builds it up or...
1114 Views
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August 26th, 2015
Everyone knows that incident management is designed to manage the overall life of an incident. Start to finish. Cradle to grave. But what does that really mean? The standard, accepted practice is that (most) incidents are started at the service desk/help desk – aka “Level 1 support”. In fact, the service desk is generally synonymous...
1081 Views
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February 24th, 2015
Think Nike is in the athletic shoes and apparel business? Not on your life. “Nike sells shoes but it’s not in the shoe-selling business. It’s in the business of selling emotion and aspiration. Nike sells achievement, Nike sells perseverance and Nike sells Victory.“ (Brandstories.net) If you ask most IT people what business they’re in, their...
954 Views
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December 16th, 2015
You’ve no doubt heard the saying “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Therefore, naturally, we try to measure things so we can effectively manage them. Makes sense, as far as that goes, but there’s a lesser-known saying – “be careful what you measure, it just might improve.” Be Careful What You Measure...
948 Views
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May 27th, 2015
You know those awkward conversations that start with “we need to talk”? Well, it’s time. We need to talk. About ‘change management’. Ever see someone endorsed for ‘change management’ on professional networking sites, and wondered what kind of change management? Ever thought, “wait, they don’t know anything about IT Service Management”? There seems to be...
869 Views
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March 31st, 2015
. I recently attended itSMF Norway 15 Conference. What an incredible experience with some of the most dedicated people in IT service management! I had the privilege of being one of the Service Bazaar workshop leaders. My session was How to Mature a Basic Change Management Process. The format was groups of up to 8...
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