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A Manifesto for Service Management Agility—Part V

7 November 2017 by Robert Falkowitz 1 Comment

decision-making authority vs cost cutting

I have written four articles, each analyzing one of the propo­si­tions of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and proposing a modified ver­sion based on the issues characterizing the management of services. In this article, I ask whether there are values pro­moting agility and specific to the management of services that I have not yet […]

Filed Under: Agility, Service Management Tagged With: agile manifesto, agility, communications, decision making, manifesto, manifesto for software development, organizational structure, Service Management

A Manifesto for Service Management Agility—Part IV

27 October 2017 by Robert Falkowitz Leave a Comment

route options for travel from Geneva to Milan

Also I shall untangle by what power The steersman Nature guides the sun’s courses, And the meanderings of the moon… lest we should think They roll along by any plan of gods. —Lucretius, De rerum naturæ V1 This is the fourth part of a series proposing a Manifesto for Service Management Agility. It draws upon […]

Filed Under: Agility, Service Management Tagged With: agile, agile planning, agility, Eisenhower, John Boyd, manifesto, manifesto for software development, OODA, planning, rigidity, service design, Service Management, Sun Tzu, von Moltke

A Manifesto for Service Management Agility—Part III

5 October 2017 by Robert Falkowitz 1 Comment

Provider/consumer interaction is at the heart of services

This is the third part of a series proposing a Manifesto for Service Management Agility. It draws upon the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and proposes a modified version of that manifesto’s propositions, based on the issues characterizing the management of services. In this installation, I will discuss the first proposition, “Individuals and interactions over […]

Filed Under: Agility, Service Management Tagged With: adaptive case management, agile, agility, emotional intelligence, empathy, inquisitiveness, manifesto, manifesto for software development, respect, rigidity, Service Management, trust

A Manifesto for Service Management Agility—Part II

14 September 2017 by Robert Falkowitz 3 Comments

Agilely testing the waters - a manifesto for agile service management

This is the second part of a series proposing a Manifesto for Service Management Agility. It draws upon the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and proposes a modified version of that manifesto’s propositions, based on the issues characterizing the management of services. In this installation, I will discuss the third proposition, “Customer collabor­ation over contract […]

Filed Under: Agility, Service Management Tagged With: agile, agility, commitment, engagement, fit for purpose, fit for use, manifesto, manifesto for software development, rigidity, serendipity, Service Management, value

A Manifesto for Service Management Agility—Part I

7 September 2017 by Robert Falkowitz 4 Comments

The Agile Manifesto has borne not just fruit, but complete orchards and plantations. But as we know, that document intended to be a manifesto for agile software development. Let us examine how that manifesto may be adapted for service management. What would a Manifesto for Service Management Agility be?1 The Manifesto for Agile Software Development […]

Filed Under: Agility, Service Management Tagged With: agile, change control, incident, ISO 9000, ISO/IEC 20000, kanban, manifesto, outcome, output, problem, Service Management, service request, specifications, value

Creating a service catalogue should not be so difficult!

25 October 2013 by Robert Falkowitz 2 Comments

Organizations find creating a service catalogue difficult It is a great mystery why service provider organizations that attempt to improve the management of their services often do not have the most fundamental document—a list of its services. How can one even imagine trying to manage services if those services have not even been identified? Service […]

Filed Under: Service Catalogue Management Tagged With: business service, service catalogue, Service Management, technical service

Types of Tool Automation

13 October 2013 by Robert Falkowitz Leave a Comment

Types of tool automation The fundamental difference between a software tool and most types of tools is that software can be programmed to automate one or more tasks. Most other tools do not automate work at all, only extending the capabilities of the wielder of the tool. Certain mechanical tools can automate a task, but, […]

Filed Under: Automation, Availability management, Change management, Incident Management, Risk management, Service level management, Service Management Tools, Tools Tagged With: automation, change management, Incident Management, incident management tools, Service Management, service management tools

Patterns of incident handling

26 December 2012 by Robert Falkowitz Leave a Comment

total impact equation

Incident management is halfway between BPM and ACM I have discussed elsewhere in these columns the relationship between process-oriented work and adaptive case management. This framework will help us to refine the understanding of how incidents may best be handled. Incident handling is a good example of work that has features of process-oriented work, such […]

Filed Under: Incident Management Tagged With: acm, adaptive case management, impact, Incident Management, patterns, PBM, Service Management, unpredictable, urgency

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