itSMF Bulletin February 2023 | Page 19

participants required to provide an IT service. An example Service Blueprint prepared as part of an ERP Service Design is provided on previous page to help you understand the requirements for supporting high priority incidents.

Keep it simple and practical - Because it will be quicker to deploy and will be better understood by stakeholders, simplicity is essential. Focusing on having value supplied in the simplest method will also assist to maintain the model as current and relevant. SIAM is continuously attempting to evangelise and practise this. SIAM organisational change management (OCM) and communication management may be used to learn a thing or two.

 

Optimize and automate – Process automation, waste elimination, and reengineering can all be used to optimise. If done correctly, this will result in greater efficiencies by concentrating on the value that the optimisation will offer. However, one of the most important criteria for optimisation is the capacity to standardise and follow a model consistently by everyone. This is, of course, a critical goal of Service Integration and Management. SIAM basics are founded on effective standardisation for greater efficiency.

SIAM's Contribution to Success

 

SIAM's key job in a Service Design journey is to manage Service Partners and third-party vendors. It may also be used to offer architectural stewardship and fitting alignment for complicated technological integrations, that are a by-product of IT Service Design, through its standardisation and governance activities.

The mobilisation and fine tuning of this ecosystem will require a collective effort from everyone. As a result, managing Service Partners and third parties, as well as integrating with their design and tools, are multi-dimensional endeavours. In reality, many sophisticated Service Design initiatives include working with and integrating numerous platforms and architecture designs.

People that execute cross-functional functions such as service desk, incident, major incident, service performance, and reporting,

The ecosystem governance basis is provided by integrated processes and tools such as the process stack and integrated toolsets created via Service Design.

Governance models for efficiently managing many stakeholders include periodic monitoring, escalation management, strategic planning, and investment roadmaps.

SIAM uses functional models such as 'Conditions of Connection' to construct and drive a consistent approach to managing the aspects listed above. This functional model has four major points of differentiation:

• Contractual – SLA, OLA, Statement of Work, etc. These contracts comprise the contractual obligations between Service Partners and Client IT departments.

• Governance - Governance committees and procedures are an important aspect of stakeholder engagement since they explicitly describe the process and expectations.