IT Management

Manage IT!, organizing IT demand and IT supply, Thiadens, T.J.G.

Thiadens, T.J.G. : Manage IT!, organizing IT demand and IT supply, Springer, 2005.


Book Description

In the network economy almost every organization depends on perfect IT facilities. Every organization is forced to reflect on its IT demand. Realizing the organization of supply and demand is the subject of this book.
 
The book consists of five parts. In the first part, IT management tasks and the objects involved are discussed. The execution of these tasks has to meet with functional and performance demands.These requirements are more easily met when an organization
has a transparent IT architecture at its disposal.
 
The second part outlines traditional IT management. The starting point is a process-oriented functioning of the IT organization.
This goes for both the IT demand organization as well as the IT supply organization. In this part, methods like BISML, ASL, ITIL, MOF, MSF, TMN and eTOM are discussed.
 
The third part deals with controlling IT. The aim of this control is diverse. Control is different when striving for efficiency and complying with accountant’s requirements, compared to the control as used when IT is a means to comply with customer’s and/or chain partners’ wishes. In the latter case, innovation of IT processes is an issue.
 
Part four tackles aspects of IT management. Amongst other things, the financial, personnel, purchasing, legal and security aspect in IT are discussed. Besides this, attention is paid to entering service agreements and achieving standardization.
 
The book ends with a look into the future. The effects of striving for "utility computing" and better control of IT by means of "IT portfolio management" are explained.
 
The book is supported by the website www.ict-management.com. On this site every chapter can be found in the form of a presentation. Lecturers using the book have access to suggestions with solutions for all of the 17 smaller and 8 larger cases included in the book.
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Best Practices (Dutch version, second edition)

'IT Service Management best practices' is een meerdelige uitgave van de vereniging ITSMF Nederland. De uitgave wordt geschreven voor en door de IT Service Management markt in Nederland en België. Bijdragen worden jaarlijks streng geselecteerd uit een ruim aanbod, afkomstig van vooraanstaande organisaties in het Nederlandse taalgebied. Hiermee ontstaat een cumulatieve database van 'best practices' die van grote waarde is als naslagwerk voor IT managers.

Het boek wordt benut als platform waarop nieuwe ontwikkelingen voor het eerst uitvoerig kunnen worden beschreven, en biedt een breed overzicht over belangrijke en actuele vraagstukken in heet vakgebied van de IT-dienstverlening.

De missie van ITSMF Nederland is het bevorderen en ondersteunen van innovatie en kennisuitwisseling binnen het vakgebied IT Service Management. ITSMF Nederland is het platform voor IT-serviceorganisaties en opdrachtgevers en leveranciers van IT-diensten. Zij heeft tot doel de innovatie en ondersteuning van her IT service management werkveld te bevorderen en uitwisseling van kennis met verwante vakgebieden te stimuleren.

itSMF, a pocket guide (NA English Version)

This publication is commonly known as the ‘Pocket Guide’. It has been designed as a handy reference book for information Technology Service management practioners and for those taking the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. It is a complementary publication to the complete IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) which is discussed in more detail in the section on IT Service Management Best Practice.

The Pocket Guide explains the processes involved in the two key areas of Service management, and thier application to the complete service life-cycle. Service Support and Service Delivery.
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itSMF, a dictionary (Japanese version)

This publication covers the main terms and abbreviations that anyone involved in service management would come accross. The dictionary of terms is an ideal source for anyone new to service management who would like to know what and how key terms are defined.
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IT Service Management, an introduction (English Version)

In recent years, IT Service Management has developed into a field in its own right. Organizations are now so dependent on the automation of large parts of their business processes that the quality of IT services and the synchronization of these services with the needs of the organization are now essential to their survival.

This introduction to IT Service Management, published by ITSMF, is based on the latest edition of the ITIL books and is intended to serve as:
a thorough and convenient introduction to the field of IT Service Management and the books in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) a self-study guide that contains all the material needed to prepare for the Foundation Certificate examination in IT Service Management. While this book may serve as a textbook, it is not a theoretical book. Instead, it contains a wealth of practical knowledge collected by the editorial board. This practical knowledge and the introduction to the field of IT service management make the book useful even for those not preparing for the examination.

Since no single publication can have the answers to all the questions that arise in a field so multifaceted as IT Service Management, the aim of the book is to raise key questions, to encourage discussions and the comparison of the best practices found in the book with the reader's own experience.

We expect that this book will fulfill a clear need, and it deserves not just to be read and studied, but also to be used wisely in practice.

itSMF, a pocket guide (Portuguese version)

This publication is commonly known as the ‘Pocket Guide’. It has been designed as a handy reference book for information Technology Service management practioners and for those taking the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. It is a complementary publication to the complete IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) which is discussed in more detail in the section on IT Service Management Best Practice.

The Pocket Guide explains the processes involved in the two key areas of Service management, and thier application to the complete service life-cycle. Service Support and Service Delivery.
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IT Service Management, eine Einfuhrung (German version / Deutsche Version)

In recent years, IT Service Management has developed into a field in its own right. Organizations are now so dependent on the automation of large parts of their business processes that the quality of IT services and the synchronization of these services with the needs of the organization are now essential to their survival.

This introduction to IT Service Management, published by ITSMF, is based on the latest edition of the ITIL books and is intended to serve as:
a thorough and convenient introduction to the field of IT Service Management and the books in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) a self-study guide that contains all the material needed to prepare for the Foundation Certificate examination in IT Service Management. While this book may serve as a textbook, it is not a theoretical book. Instead, it contains a wealth of practical knowledge collected by the editorial board. This practical knowledge and the introduction to the field of IT service management make the book useful even for those not preparing for the examination.

Since no single publication can have the answers to all the questions that arise in a field so multifaceted as IT Service Management, the aim of the book is to raise key questions, to encourage discussions and the comparison of the best practices found in the book with the reader's own experience.

We expect that this book will fulfill a clear need, and it deserves not just to be read and studied, but also to be used wisely in practice.

Programmamanagement op basis van MSP, introductie (Ned. versie)

Auteurs: Bert Hedeman en Gabor Vis van Heemst

In dit Nederlandstalige boek wordt een volledige en goed gestructureerde uitleg gegeven van de programmamanagementmethode MSP (Managing Successful Programmes). De aanleidingen om te kiezen voor deze methode zijn helder: - MSP faciliteert heldere besluitvorming en mandatering bij het maken van keuzen en stellen van prioriteiten
- Kent heldere verdeling van taken, verantwoordelijkheden en bevoegdheden
- Levert een kapstok om complexe, strategische veranderingen te managen;
- Heeft een expliciete focus op het managen en realiseren van de baten;
- Geeft de mogelijkheid om in te spelen op een veranderende omgeving

Net als ITIL en Prince2, is MSP een geregistreerd handelsmerk van de in Engeland gevestigde OGC (Office of Government Commerce). Bert Hedeman en Gabor Vis van Heemst zijn tevens de medeauteurs van de succesvolle uitgave Projectmanagement een introductie op basis van Prince2 (verkrijgbaar in Nederlands, Engels en Duits). Aangezien programmamanagement een steeds grotere rol speelt in het werkveld van de IT-managers, is deze uitgave opgenomen in de reeks Best Practice IT Management.

itSMF, a pocket guide (Japanese version)

This publication is commonly known as the ‘Pocket Guide’. It has been designed as a handy reference book for information Technology Service management practioners and for those taking the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. It is a complementary publication to the complete IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) which is discussed in more detail in the section on IT Service Management Best Practice.

The Pocket Guide explains the processes involved in the two key areas of Service management, and thier application to the complete service life-cycle. Service Support and Service Delivery.
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IT Service Management, een samenvatting (Dutch version)

'IT Service Management: een samenvatting op basis van ITIL' is de handzame pocketformaat uitgave van het succesvolle ITSMF-boek 'IR Service management; een introductie op basis van ITIL'. Het bevat de belangrijkste figuren en kernbegrippen uit het introductieboek in een compacte tekst en een handig formaat.

ITSMF is de brancheorganisatie voor IT-serviceorganisaties en afnemers en opdrachtgevers van IT-diensten. Zij heeft tot doel de innovatie en ondersteuning van IT service management te bevorderen. ITSMF is een vereniging, met 450 organisaties als lid, waart aanbieders en afnemers gelijktijdig zijn vertegenwoordigers. In de vereniging staat uitwisseling van kennis en ervaring tussen vakgenoten centraal.