Sarbanes-Oxley IT Compliance Using Open Source Tools, Second Edition

Appendix B: ITIL Framework Summary

The Five ITIL Volumes

Service Strategy

The Service Strategy book provides a view of ITIL that aligns business and information technology. It specifies that each stage of the service lifecycle must stay focused upon the business case, with defined business goals, requirements and service management principles.

Service Design

The Service Design book provides guidance upon the production/maintenance of information technology policies, architectures, and documents.

Service Transition

The Service Transition book focuses upon change management role and release practices, providing guidance and process activities for the transition of services into the business environment.

Service Operation

This book focuses upon delivery and control process activities based on a selection of service support and service delivery control points.

Continual Service Improvement

This book focuses upon the process elements involved in identifying and introducing service management improvements, as well as issues surrounding service retirement.

Service Support

  1. Change Management

    1.1

    Scope

    1.1.1

    Hardware

    1.1.2

    Communications equipment and software

    1.1.3

    System software

    1.1.4

    All documentation and procedures associated with the running, support and maintenance of live systems.

    1.2

    Activities

    1.2.1

    Filtering changes

    1.2.2

    Managing changes and the change process

    1.2.3

    Chairing the CAB and the CAB/Emergency committee

    1.2.4

    Reviewing and closing of Requests for Change

    1.2.5

    Management reporting and providing management information

  2. Release Management

    2.1

    Scope

    2.1.1

    Major software releases and hardware upgrades

    2.1.2

    Minor software releases and hardware upgrades

    2.1.3

    Emergency software and hardware fixes

    2.1.4

    Delta Release

    2.1.5

    Full Release

    2.1.6

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