Agile methods have revolutionized the way Software Development is done and Lean manufacturing have infected IT people's mindset.
The "virus" is spreading all over the whole IT Service Management "body", affecting Service Desk function largely.
This is an effort to coin understanding of Agile and Lean principles from the perspective of Service Desk function and summarize implications on everyday's work. Some applicable designs of the Kanban boards will be discussed and could serve as a basis of your own experiments.
Vladimir is consultant and trainer in Project Management and IT Service Management, IPMA-B and ITIL Expert certified. Board member at International Project Management Association Latvia, IPMA 4 level certification system assessor and active member of regional itSMF society. Teaching Programme and Project Portfolio Management for masters in Project Management.
Owner of ITSM LLC, company that is solving IT Management issues, providing consulting and trainings, CIO for rent, adopting and adapting IT Service Management and tools.
Have been speaking on global TFT12 conference about his recent project in Russia, where Kanban board was used as a tool for IT management to execute ITSM programme.
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5. Service Desk
• ITIL and ITSM
• Service Desk vs Help
Desk
• Reactive vs Proactive
• Skills and knowledge
• Toolset
• Organisation Culture
and Silos
• Measuring the wrong
things
8. Agile is NOT
• Agile is not binary
• Agile is not about
specific methods or
practices
• Agile is not a goal
• Agile is not complete
• Agile is not a silver
bullet
10. Agile Principles for SD
1. Satisfy the customer
2. Change is good
3. Deliver frequently, shorter timescale
4. Work together with customer/business
5. Motivated individuals
6. Prefer face-to-face conversation, call instead of e-mail
7. Working systems/services is primary measure of progress
8. Processes maintain pace
9. Attention to details
10. Simplicity
11. Self-organizing teams
12. Team reflects, tunes and adjusts behavior
14. Lean SW Dev principles
1. Eliminate waste
2. Amplify learning
3. Decide as late as
possible
4. Deliver as fast as
possible
5. Empower the team
6. Build integrity in
7. See the whole
28. 1.
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ards%20and%20their%20context%20-%20mskarin.pdf
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