ITIL Practices Flashcards
To align the organization’s practices and services with changing business needs through the ongoing identification and improvement of services, service components, practices, or any element involved in the efficient and effective management of products and services.
continual improvement
The addition, modification, or removal of anything that could have a direct or indirect effect on services
Change
An unplanned interruption to a service, or reduction in the quality of a service
Incident
A cause, or potential cause, of one or more incidents
Problem
A problem that has been analyzed and has not been resolved
Known Error
A solution that reduces or eliminates the impact of an incident or problem for which a full resolution is not yet available.
Workaround
Request from a user or user’s authorized representative that initiates a service action which has been agreed as a normal part of service delivery
Service Request
Any change of state that has significance for the management of a service or other configuration item (CI).
Event
A documented agreement between a service provider and a customer that identifies both services required and the expected level of service
Service Level Agreement
Any financially valuable component that can contribute to delivery of an IT product or service
IT asset
maximize the number of successful IT changes by: Ensuring that risks have been properly measured, Authorizing changes to proceed, and Managing the change schedule
the change enablement practice
The person or group who authorizes a change
change authority
Focusses on changes in products and services. Balances the need to make beneficial changes that deliver additional value with the need to protect customers and users from the adverse effect of changes
Change Enablement
Manages the people aspects of changes. Ensures that improvements and organizational transformation initiatives are implemented successfully
Organizational Change Management
Low-risk, pre-authorized changes that are well-understood and fully-documented. Can be implemented without the need of additional authorization.
Standard Changes
Change that should be scheduled and assessed following a standard process that usually includes authorization. Can be low-risk changes or major changes.
Normal Changes
Change that must be implemented as soon as possible usually to resolve an Incident. The process for assessment and authorization is expedited to ensure they can be implemented quickly. May be a separate change authority is required which includes senior managers who understand business risk.
Emergency Changes
Helps to plan a change, Assists in communication, Avoids conflicts, and assigns resources. Also used to provide information needed for incident management, problem management, and improvement planning
change schedule