Module 2: Explore Flashcards
What are 5 key questions to ask when assessing INTERNAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES during a SWOT analysis?
- Is the strength/weakness within key strategic areas?
- Are the required resources available?
- Is there enough capacity?
- Do the right people possess the right mix and levels of competencies?
- Does the organization have experience with similar services?
Steps in the customer journey
The ____ step is where both parties (the service consumer and the service provider) explore their own needs as well as market opportunities for fulfilling them.
Explore
From a service consumer perspective, it is crucial to understand the needs of the service consumer and other stakeholders before a service is requested. This decision should be based on a good understanding of the _____ and how _____ is created in the service provider organization.
opportunities, value
From a service provider perspective, it is important to understand _____ in order to provide the correct service; its services facilitate value for an organization only when their value is perceived to be higher than the cost and risk of obtaining those services.
Customer needs
The human mind has a natural bias for judging or deciding something too soon, resulting in unwarranted conclusions, also known as _____. When problems are complex, this is counterproductive.
Guesswork
What are five reasons that may contribute to guesswork being applied when obtaining or providing services, resulting in unwarranted conclusions?
- Technology focus (Tech is too new)
- Overconfidence (Organizations think they already understand the need, and do not ask what customers value)
- Acting before checking (Example: not enough information about relevant legal requirements0
- Lack of time and resources
- Failing to consider costs and risks
Before a service consumer is able to completely understand and articulate its need for service, it’s _____ and any influencing _____ and _____ must be understood.
Purpose, internal factors, external factors
Before a serivce consumer is able to complete understand and articulate its needs for service, the organization’s ____ must be understood.
The golden circle (see attached image), helps an organization to discovery and focus on understanding its _____ by asking what, how, and why.
Purpose
Understanding an organization means understanding its _____ and _____. Every organization should have _____ and a _____for achieving it. A good _____ will motivate employees, affect how work is done, and provide direction for all service-related questions.
Understanding an organization means understanding its purpose and vision. Every organization should have purpose and a strategy for achieving it. A good purpose will motivate employees, affect how work is done, and provide direction for all service-related questions.
What does this describe?
- It’s required in order to understand how service value is created for an organization and its stakeholders
- It identifies important stakeholders and their needs
- It helps to understand the context of an organization that includes markets, customers, and other stakeholders
Stakeholder analysis
A _____ analysis is a strategic tool that provides input for the organization’s strategy and direction, as well as for internal policies and procedures.
PESTLE
Which of the following are NOT covered with a PESTLE analysis?
- Political
- International
- Economic
- Sociological
- Market Pressure
- Technological
- Legal
- Environmental
2, 5
A PESTLE analysis helps service consumers identify _____ and _____.
Opportunities, constraints
During a stakeholder analysis, using the PESTLE technique: understanding the external factors allows the organization to better leverage _____ and mitigate _____.
Opportunities, threats
A PESTLE analysis provides input for the organization’s _____ and _____, and well as for internal _____ and _____.
A PESTLE analysis provides input for the organization’s strategy and direction, and well as for internal policies and procedures.
When doing a stakeholder analysis, a balanced approach that can be used to understand internal factors is the _____ .
four dimensions of service management
During a stakeholder analysis, a SWOT analysis helps to assess the _____ strenths and weaknesses, and the _____ opportunities and threats.
Internal, external
What are the three points that summarize the purpose of the explore step?
- Facilitate outcome and experience
- Optimize risk and compliance
- Optimeize resources and minimize cost
One of the purpose considerations of the explore step is to facilitate outcome and experience. Match the consideration to either the service consumer or service provider.
- To develop the right services for the right customers
- To prioritize the most beneficial service
- To completely understand their own needs and constraints and to be able to articulate them
- For internal _____, the ‘market’ means the organization they serve
- To gain enough knowledge about the market to be able to establish and promote services
- To identify the most suitable service providers and services, as well as the associated benefits, costs, and risks
- Provider
- Consumer
- Consumer
- Provider/s
- Provider
- Consumer
Before obtaining or providing a service, it is important to encusre there there is enough _____ and _____ of the _____ for the service.
Before obtaining or providing a service, it is important to encusre there there is enough knowledge and understanding of the needs for the service.
There are several reasons that may result in guesswork when obtaining or providing services. Match the to the ITIL guiduing principal/s that could help address the reason.
- Technology focus: many projects fail when technology is implemented simply because its new.
- Overconfidence: Organizations think they already understand the needs of their customers, and they therefore do not ask what their customers value.
- Acting before checking: For example, an organization may develop a service without enough information about relevant legal requirements and need to revise its plans later.
- Lack of time and resources: It takes time and effort for an organization to explore and analyze needs, and requires specialized skills, compentencies, methods, and tools. These resources are often wasted on projects that are not valuable.
- Failing to consider costs and risks: For example, many organizations build in-house products without considering the cost of maintainance and continual improvement.
A. Progress iteratively with feedback
B. Focus on value
C. Think and work holistically
D. Progress itereratively with feedback, focus on value, collaborate and promote visibility
E. Think and work holisitically, collaborate and promote visibility
- B
- D
- C
- A
- E
Fill in the blanks:
A stakeholder analysis is required to understand how _____ is created for an organization and its stakeholders. Stakeholder anayles identify important stakeholders and their _____.
A stakeholder analysis is required to understand how service value is created for an organization and its stakeholders. Stakeholder anayles identify important stakeholders and their needs.
Name the five areas address in a PESTLE analysis
- Political
- Economic
- Social
- Technological
- Legal
- Enviromental
A SWOT analysis is often used to combine the results of _____ and _____ assessments to evaluation whether a service is needed and whether it should be provided _____ or not.
A SWOT analysis is often used to combine the results of internal and external assessments to evaluation whether a service is needed and whether it should be provided internally or not.
What do the steps in the attached image represent?
The steps of the Continual Improvement Model
In the Continual Improvement Model, match the each step to its definition.
- What is the vision?
- Where are we now?
- Where do we want to be?
- How do we get there?
- Take action
- Did we get there?
- How do we keep the momentum going?
A. Seek an understanding of the internal and external factors influencing the needs and establish a baseline for the current situation.
B. Achievements should be recognized, successes should be celebrated, and new ways of working should be reinforced.
C. Prepare and complete onboarding and start the service consumption to co-create value.
D. The “why.” Seek a good understanding of the overall purpose.
E. Track, assess, and evaluate value realization to ensure objectives are fulfilled. If not, initiate the necessary improvements.
F. Seek an understanding of the internal and external factors influencing the needs and establish a baseline for the current situation.
G. Seek an understanding of the internal and external factors influencing the needs and establish a baseline for the current situation.
- D
- F
- A
- G
- C
- E
- B
What are the 7 steps in the Continual Improvement Model?
- What is the vision?
- Where are we now?
- Where do we want to be?
- How do we get there?
- Take action
- Did we get there?
- How do we keep the momentum going?
Risk assessment is part a key part of what step in the customer journey?
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