The value chain activities use different combinations

  The value chain activities use different combinations 


Four Dimensions of Service Management

 

·         Organizations & People
2. Information & Technology
3. Partners and Suppliers
4. Value Streams & Processes

 

Organizations & People

 

·         Culture, Shared values & Attitudes
2. Skills and competencies

 

Information & Technology

 

·         Security & regulatory compliance requirements.
2. Information & knowledge needed to manage services.

 

Partners & Suppliers

 

·         Relationships between organizations
2. Integrator to ensure relationships are coordinated

 

Value Streams and Processes

 

·         Combo of value chain activities
2. Sequence of actions and their dependencies.

 

Information/Technology Criteria

 

·         Availability
2. Reliability
3. Accessibility
4. Timeliness
5. Accuracy
6. Relavance

 

Partner/Suppliers Levels of integration/formality

 

·         Goods Supply
2. Service Delivery
3. Service Partnerships

 

Value Streams

 

·         A series of steps an organization undertakes to create and deliver products and services to service consumers. It combines the organizations value chain activities.

 

Process

 

·         A set of interrelated or interacting activities that transforms inputs into outputs.

 

ITIL Service Value Systems

 

·         Describes how all the components and activities of the organization work together as a system to enable value creation.

 

Components of SVS (Service Value Systems)

 

·         Guiding Principles
2. Governance
3. Service Value Chain
4. Practices

 

Guiding Principles of SVS (Service Value Systems)

 

·         Recommendations that can guide an organization in all circumstances, regardless of changes in it's goals, strategies, type of work, or management structure.

 

Governance of SVS (Service Value Systems)

 

·         The means by which an organization is directed and controlled.

 

Practices of SVS (Service Value Systems)

 

·         Sets of organizational resources designed for performing work or accomplishing an objective

 

Continual Improvement of SVS (Service Value Systems)

 

·         A recurring organizational activity performed at all levels to ensure that an organization's performance continually meets stakeholder's expectations.

 

PIEDOD - Service Value Chain Activities

 

·         Plan, Improve, Engage, Design & Transition, Obtain & Build, Deliver & Support

 

 

Service Value Chain (Service Value Systems)

 

·         A set of interconnected activities that an organization performs in order to deliver a valuable product or service to its consumers and to facilitate value realization.

 

PlAN Value of the Service Value Chain

 

·         Purpose is to ensure a shared understanding of the vision, current status and improvement direction for all 4 dimensions.

 

IMPROVE Value of the Service Value Chain

 

·         Purpose is to ensure continual improvement products, services and practices, across all Value Chain Activities and all 4 dimensions.

 

ENGAGE Value of the Service Value Chain

 

·         Purpose is to provide a good understanding of stakeholders needs, maintain a continual engagement with the stakeholders, and maintain transparency and good relationships with the stakeholders.

 

DESIGN & TRANSITION Value of the Service Value Chain

 

·         Purpose is to ensure that products and services continually meet stakeholder expectations for quality, costs and time to market.

 

OBTAIN/BUILD Value of the Service Value Chain

 

·         Purpose is to ensure that service components are available when and where they are needed, and meet agreed specifications.

 

DELIVER/SUPPORT Value of the Service Value Chain

 

·         Purpose is to ensure that services are delivered and supported according to agreed specifications and stakeholders expectations.

 

Why do organizations create Service Value Streams?

 

·         In order to carry out a certain task, or respond to a particular situation.

 

How do you convert inputs into outputs?

 

·         The value chain activities use different combinations of ITIL practices.

 

ITIL Practices

 

·         Sets of resources designed for performing certain types of work.

 

True/False: The information and technology dimension applies both to service management and to the services being managed.

 

·         TRUE

 

True/False: Culture is a reflection of an organization's formal organizational structure?

 

·         FALSE

 

True/False: Value stream mapping helps to identify barriers to workflow and waste.

 

·         TRUE

 

True/False: Relationships between organizations should be managed with consistent levels of formality.

 

·         FALSE

 

 

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