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After you decide to adopt a process from ITIL® you can't just copy what the book says. You need to adapt the process to make it work in the context of your organization...
I suspect that every ITIL® training course uses the phrase “adopt and adapt” at some stage, but sadly I see very little understanding of what this phrase means. This lack of understanding often results in people trying to use the ideas from ITIL publications in a very bureaucratic way, imposing them indiscriminately and without due regard to the business context.
AI can add a lot of value to your IT service management (ITSM), but if you get it wrong you might make your services worse! Here are some suggestions for how to use AI to support ITSM
A new version of ITIL has been announced, here is my summary of what has changed, and more importantly what has not changed.
How to create simple definitions of risk appetite levels, and then assign these to each of your organization’s projects, services, business units or any other clearly identifiable part of your work.