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ITIL FOUNDATION: 4TH EDITION

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The fourth edition of ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) was presented by Axelos
in February 2019. The ITIL v4 (PDF and other versions available) focuses on
practical aspects of IT management and provides a holistic approach with
emphasize on Agile, DevOps and digital transformation topics.

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ITIL V4 FOUNDATION PDF

Together with value streams and practices that have replaced “processes,” the
seven guiding principles are the foundation of ITIL 4. These principles can be
used by IT companies regardless of strategy, management approach, and type of
service provided. As the authors of the library emphasize, each of the
principles is universal and fundamental. Together they embody the core ideas of
ITIL and ITSM.

ITIL 4 book meets the realities of modern business and offers more flexible
approaches than previous versions. The processes in ITIL 4 are non-linear, and
the end result of each of them can initiate new processes for continuous
improvement of the service.

In this case, the client is considered not as a consumer of the service simply
receiving the result, but as a partner. This helps him to influence the quality
and functionality of the services provided.

In The ITIL 4 Foundations book [PDF attached], the first of seven books in the
new library, ITIL 4 guidelines are presented in detail. They are based on
well-known techniques: Agile, Lean, DevOps, etc. That is, guiding principles
help to integrate best practices into a unified management approach to IT
services.




ITIL V4 BOOK KEY TAKEAWAYS: FOCUS ON VALUE

Value is a key concept in ITIL v4 Foundation book. This is what the customer
receives as a result of using the service.

The value of a car-sharing service or an application for ordering a taxi is that
the client can get to his destination on time and with convenience. At the same
time, he is spared the risks of using his own car, such as breakdowns or
inappropriately run out of fuel.

The principle is primarily concerned with creating value for customers (service
consumers). But any service also affects the company's values, which are
manifested in different forms: in profit, user loyalty, business growth, cost
reduction. Everything an organization does, directly or indirectly, must be
related to value, which affects all stakeholders.

Therefore, the service provider, firstly, needs to decide who are the direct
consumers for him, who are the other stakeholders: partners, investors,
contractors, etc.


ITIL V4, PDF EDITION - KEY TAKEAWAY #2

The second point is understanding what exactly is the consumer value. For this,
among other things, the company must know why the consumer is interested in its
service, how this service or service helps the consumer to achieve his goals,
what are his risks.

Another component of value is the experience that consumers get when interacting
with a product and a supplier: User Experience (UX) or Customer Experience (CX).
The experience can be objective (the client got what he wanted for the promised
price) and subjective (the client does not like the design of the application
interface). The customer experience needs to be managed.




> ITIL FOUNDATION PDF: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BOOK
> 
> Headquartered in London, a car rental service enters the Asia Pacific market.
> Preliminary research shows that Western customers traveling to Asia are
> primarily concerned about the safety of driving in unfamiliar conditions and
> lack of knowledge of local traffic rules.
> 
> The company is developing special software - an intelligent driver assistant
> that monitors the situation on the road, evaluates the condition of the car
> and knows the specifics of the rules in a particular country. After the
> introduction of the assistant, the number of accidents, accidents and serious
> injuries decreases significantly.
> 
> In this case, the main value for the consumer is safety. The main values for
> the company are increasing customer loyalty, reducing repair costs and
> insurance premiums.


ITIL 4 BOOK KEY PRINCIPLES: START WHERE YOU ARE

Sometimes, in an effort to optimize the product, the owner proposes to abandon
all previous developments and create a completely new product. For example, not
to modify the mobile application code (refactoring), but to completely rewrite
it. But this approach often leads to unplanned time, financial and labor costs.
So you can disrupt working processes, lose tools and employees who could improve
the product. If the existing developments can still be used, use it.

Assess your surroundings. Collect accurate analytics to avoid unwarranted
decisions, missed deadlines, over budget, and quality degradation. Based on this
data, it is already possible to decide which of the existing functionality of
the service has value and will be reused.

Project managers and project managers don't have to be afraid to ask “stupid”
questions to executors - for example, developers or designers. Sometimes the
opinion of a person who is not immersed in context is helpful.




ITIL FOUNDATION [PDF] BOOK: PROGRESS ITERATIVELY WITH FEEDBACK

Projects should be broken down into a series of iterations. This makes it easier
to focus on each of them and manage. The main task of the project and the tasks
of its iterations, for example, to improve the service, is a constant assessment
for compliance with current requirements. This allows you to adapt to changing
circumstances and not lose focus on the main value.

At the same time, in order to correctly understand the progress and status of
the project, the reevaluation should be based on feedback from users of the
service. The more channels and methods for getting feedback, the better.

Sometimes the developer or provider has an outdated or specific vision of the
service that does not correspond to the actual needs of the user. The results of
the next iteration help clarify new requirements, redefine priorities, and
initiate work that will improve the service.

This is where feedback is needed to help you better understand:

perception of a given value by the end user and consumer; the efficiency and
effectiveness of the value chain; quality of service and project management; the
quality of interaction within the company, as well as with partners and
suppliers; dynamics of demand for services and products.

Analyze the feedback received to identify possible risks and problems.

Through a combination of iterative approach and feedback, the team becomes
agile, responds faster to customer and business needs, detects and responds to
problems earlier, and improves service quality.

Working with user reviews is the ability to quickly respond to their requests.
Let's say you're making a travel app that's constantly improving. Gradually, the
App Store accumulates user requests for the application to automatically
calculate the distance traveled. The development team is concentrating on adding
this functionality.

However, this works if the application has no problem quickly adding new
features. It should be noted that it is better to apply revision and
reassessment without fanaticism. Excessive analytics, contemplation, endless
meetings can lead to "analytical paralysis", when all efforts will be spent not
on the project, but on the analysis of the current situation.

Also, do not try to do everything at once: any new "feature" can be released in
the form of MVP (minimum viable product) and gradually increase the
functionality.


ITIL FOUNDATION V4: COLLABORATE AND PROMOTE VISIBILITY

Collaboration between departments is better than isolation. It is appropriate to
recall here an important condition of digital transformation - the need to get
rid of the “silo” or “bunker” approach, when a department works as if in a
vacuum: it is focused only on its tasks and is unaware of the company's values.
This is often not the department's fault, as its processes and interactions with
other departments are limited.

Another component of the principle is transparency. Processes and results of
work should be visible and understandable to all participants. The more people
know what is going on in the project and why, the easier it will be to connect
and help. When, for example, only a small group of employees know about a
planned change, rumors and speculation appear. The silence leads the rest of the
team to resist, also behind the scenes.

Determine the range of stakeholders within the company. These can be developers,
external and internal suppliers, analysts, CRM managers - all those who are
somehow involved in the creation of the organization's value.

Some contributors may need to be more involved in the project. Others - act as
reviewers, consultants, or approvers. So, in software development, advanced
companies involve several teams in cooperation at once: developers, testers,
product owners, customers, users.


ITIL 4 BOOK (PDF): HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IT SERVICES

A holistic approach to management is the understanding that the various
activities of an organization are aimed at creating value.

No service or element used to provide a service is standalone. To follow this
approach and deliver consistently good results, try to perceive any process as
part of the value chain and take a holistic view of the associated processes,
resources and practices.




THREE TIPS FROM ITIL 4 FOUNDATION BOOK FOR TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH

Know how to distinguish between complex and simple projects. The methods and
rules that work in a simple system do not always work in a complex one, the
components of which change frequently. Stakeholder collaboration can help solve
problems holistically and without undue delay Build on knowledge in each area.
This will help you determine what is really important, what connections between
the elements of the project affect the results. This way you can anticipate
customer needs, set new standards and achieve a holistic approach. Automate your
processes if possible. Automation not only helps to make work easier, but also
makes the company's processes transparent. It is a tool for integrated, holistic
management.


ITIL FOUNDATION TAKEAWAYS: KEEP IT SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL

The principle of using the minimum number of steps to achieve a goal is
considered obvious, but it is often forgotten. If an action, process, service,
or metric isn't delivering a useful result or adding value, ditch it.

The car rental app collects a lot of data, including information about the time
it takes a user to fill out each form in the app to book a car. Research has
shown that this data is of little use, and the real value is data on how long
the entire booking process took.

As a result, the developers, removing the function of collecting optional data,
simplify the application interface and increase the speed of its work. In the
process of creating or optimizing an IT service, it is best to start with the
simplest model possible, and then gradually add new elements, actions or
indicators - if they are really needed.

It also happens in another way: the new process is perceived by employees as a
waste of time. However, this new stage is important on a corporate scale and
indirectly affects the value of the service. Therefore, employees must have a
holistic view of the work of the organization. Let individual teams or groups
know how their work is influenced by others and how they themselves affect
others.

Strike a balance between competing goals - leadership goals and implementers
goals. Let's say the management wants to collect a data set in order to make a
strategic decision. Analysts believe that this process can be simplified, and
the solution itself requires less information. And here you need to find a
middle ground: get rid of everything that does not affect the final value.


ITIL FOUNDATION PDF: OPTIMIZE AND AUTOMATE

Automation tools and technology help you complete repetitive, routine tasks by
engaging people to solve complex solutions. However, automation should not be
allowed for the sake of automation: sometimes human participation is necessary
to assess the key stages of the whole automated process.

Before automating, processes need to be optimized - within reasonable limits,
taking into account financial, technical and other constraints. For optimization
ITIL, Lean, DevOps, Kanban and other practices are suitable.

An example of automation in IT is the use of continuous integration and code
delivery (CI / CD) methodology, when every change to the code is automatically
tested at every stage of the build. But automation also implies a more
traditional approach - for example, reducing the amount of paperwork in a
service center by introducing biometric collection of customer personal data.


ITIL 4 FOUNDATION - DOWNLOAD SUMMARY

In addition to knowing the ITIL guidelines, it is important to understand that
they are interrelated. For example, if a company seeks to progress in an
iterative approach and improves feedback, it should be done in a holistic
manner, so that each iteration implies the achievement of a specific result. The
same with feedback: it is the key to collaboration, which allows you to improve
the service, make it more convenient for the client and ultimately increase its
value.

When making any decisions, companies should be guided by a value focus and other
principles that are appropriate for the specific scenario. The ITIL 4 guiding
principles are not commandments, but recommendations that can be adopted and
adapted to suit oneself: in the end, they are all based on expediency and common
sense.

Read more about the seven guiding principles in the ITIL 4 Foundation PDF book
by Axelos.


ITIL 4 BOOK REVIEWS


ITIL 4 REVIEW BY KRISTY TRICE

“My company uses ITIL a lot and this was a great book to get me familiar with
processes, terminology, and functionality. I am preparing for the text and that
along with some practice tests will get me there.”


ITIL 4 REVIEW BY AMMAR

“Is great! Colored and the quality is good. I didn't expect anything better. 9
out of 10 :)”


ITIL 4 REVIEW BY MILAN OJSTERSEK

“This book provides succinct content necessary for updating knowledge in modern
ITSM with full support for all contemporary agile franeworks and for taking an
ITIL Foundation exam. I enjoyed reading and listening to this book.”


ITIL 4 REVIEW BY PETER

“I used this book to prepare for the ITIL exam. It’s an easy read with some
examples to help understanding. I recommend this book for ITSM practionairs.”


ITIL 4 REVIEW BY MATT

“Great intro to ITIL v4! Great detail, helpful concepts, and practical
application all contribute to the effectiveness of this book in bringing ITIL v4
to life”


ITIL 4 REVIEW BY ROB IN SEATTLE

“This book will provide a good backbone for your Foundations studies and get you
up to speed on ITIL 4, a major upgrade from version 4”


ITIL FOUNDATION PDF BOOK CONTENTS




ITIL 4 BOOK AUTHORS



Mark BashamLief AnderssonVirginia AraújoCraig BennionJoseph CaudleStefan
CronholmPavel DeminDomitien DijonMarie DiRuzzaPhyllis DruckerJohn EdmondsDouglas
FidlerAlfonso FigueroaJames GanderAnn GerwitzHannes GöbelBob GribbenDamian
HarrisSimon HarrisDenise HeinleMatthew HelmPeter HeroJessica HinkalFrantz
HoneggerPeter HubbardDmitriy IsaychenkoMarcus JacksonStéphane JoretMichael
KeelingClaudine KoersShirley LacyAnton LykovCelisa ManlyCaspar MillerJames
MonekDavid MoskowitzChristian NissenMark O’LoughlinTatiana OrlovaBen PageMitch
PautzTatiana PeftievaDonka RaytchevaNicola ReevesFrances ScarffNikolai
Schmidt-OttMark SmalleyChris WhiteheadPaul WilkinsonMartin WolfSarah WoodrowUlla
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