How people work in organizations. Therefore, how to lead them out of silos and into the light. Best practices put together for an integrated management system. ITIL provides twenty-six service management processes; that's too much. The presentation puts them into four main functional areas and generalizes to management and service management, not just IT management.
An Integrated Management System - Best Practices 2020 Adoption of ITILGregory Rowe, LSS, ITIL
How people work in organizations. Therefore, how to lead them out of silos and into the light. Best practices put together for an integrated management system. ITIL provides twenty-six service management processes; that's too much. The presentation puts them into four main functional areas and generalizes to management and service management, not just IT management.
Brighttalk getting back on track - finalAndrew White
Mr. White has 15 years of experience designing and managing systems monitoring and event management software. He previously held leadership roles at IBM and other Fortune 100 companies. In his presentation, he will discuss strategies for developing agility and alignment, the importance of having a clear strategy and understanding how organizations function as systems.
CDO Slides: A Chief Data Officer InterviewDATAVERSITY
Join John and Kelle as they talk to a Chief Data Officer (CDO). We will continue to explore why organizations hire CDO’s and how the CDO role is still evolving. We will examine some of the critical success factors and challenges of the role. This interview will also take a deeper dive into specific activities and value generated by the CDO positions.
In this webinar we will discuss:
•What were and are the biggest challenges?
•What kind of support do you get?
•What kind of business strategy planning are you a part of?
•What can be done differently?
How Technology has Transformed the Role of HRJonathan Gunter
This document discusses how technology has transformed human resources (HR). It begins with an overview of the early stages of HR when the focus was on personnel matters. As the economy shifted to being knowledge-based, HR took on a more strategic role. HR systems and technology then evolved from basic HR information systems to integrated applications and analytics using big data. Now, predictive analytics allow HR to identify retention risks, talent problems, and good/struggling managers based on internal and external data. Overall, the document outlines the progression of HR from an administrative function to a strategic business partner leveraging data and technology.
An Integrated Management System - Best Practices 2020 Adoption of ITILGregory Rowe, LSS, ITIL
How people work in organizations. Therefore, how to lead them out of silos and into the light. Best practices put together for an integrated management system. ITIL provides twenty-six service management processes; that's too much. The presentation puts them into four main functional areas and generalizes to management and service management, not just IT management.
Brighttalk getting back on track - finalAndrew White
Mr. White has 15 years of experience designing and managing systems monitoring and event management software. He previously held leadership roles at IBM and other Fortune 100 companies. In his presentation, he will discuss strategies for developing agility and alignment, the importance of having a clear strategy and understanding how organizations function as systems.
CDO Slides: A Chief Data Officer InterviewDATAVERSITY
Join John and Kelle as they talk to a Chief Data Officer (CDO). We will continue to explore why organizations hire CDO’s and how the CDO role is still evolving. We will examine some of the critical success factors and challenges of the role. This interview will also take a deeper dive into specific activities and value generated by the CDO positions.
In this webinar we will discuss:
•What were and are the biggest challenges?
•What kind of support do you get?
•What kind of business strategy planning are you a part of?
•What can be done differently?
How Technology has Transformed the Role of HRJonathan Gunter
This document discusses how technology has transformed human resources (HR). It begins with an overview of the early stages of HR when the focus was on personnel matters. As the economy shifted to being knowledge-based, HR took on a more strategic role. HR systems and technology then evolved from basic HR information systems to integrated applications and analytics using big data. Now, predictive analytics allow HR to identify retention risks, talent problems, and good/struggling managers based on internal and external data. Overall, the document outlines the progression of HR from an administrative function to a strategic business partner leveraging data and technology.
On November 15 Tom Haak, Director of the HR Trend Institute (https://hrtrendinstitute.com) conducted a workshop for the HR Leads of the Dutch universities. These are the slides he used.
Business-IT Alignment:Getting IT AND Keeping IT - Kappelman & PettitLeon Kappelman
Aligning IT with the business is about knowing your customer, the business. In IT we call this "knowing their requirements." Based on research sponsored by the Society for Information Management's Enterprise Architecture Working Group, this presentation provides performance measures to determine and improve your capabilities to do Requirements Analysis: specifically to assess your capabilities to effectively do Systems Analysis and Design and Enterprise Architecture. A software development capabilities measure is also provided.
The document summarizes key insights and takeaways from the UK CIO Executive Summit. It thanks attendees for participating and highlights some of the main discussions from keynote speeches and breakout sessions. These included the need for CIOs to take a more strategic role and focus on business outcomes, embracing change and new technologies like blockchain, and cultivating diverse workforces. Information about participating companies and executives is also provided. The document promotes connecting again at future events to continue the discussion.
Cinco consejos de los expertos Cutter (Cuitláhuac Osorio)Software Guru
Cuitláhuac Osorio forma parte del consorcio Cutter donde nos habla de cómo hacer que las TI importen y que funcionen.
Además, nos comparte 5 consejos de los expertos.
Methods of Organizational Change ManagementDATAVERSITY
The disparity between expecting change and managing it — the “change gap” — is growing at an unprecedented pace. This has put many information management shops into traction as they initiate large, complex projects needed to stay competitive.
Information management professionals and business leaders must concern themselves with the organization’s acceptance of these efforts. To be successful in achieving the larger enterprise goals, these initiatives must transform the organization. However, it takes more than wishful thinking to bridge the gap.
The complexities of engaging behavioral and enterprise transformation are too often underestimated at great peril because the “soft stuff” is truly hard.
Results-focused IT executive with over 15 years of experience leading teams and delivering business critical systems. Extensive experience implementing systems like Oracle ERP and managing projects to upgrade hardware, consolidate data centers, and improve business processes. Skilled at continuous improvement methods and has a track record of transforming underperforming IT departments into high performing teams.
Brighttalk converged infrastructure and it operations management - finalAndrew White
How Converged Infrastructure Will Change IT Operations Management
Over the past decade, Enterprises have leveraged a shared service model to make IT more cost effective. The emergence of “Converged Infrastructure” and “Fabric-Based Infrastructure” will allow IT to offer purpose driven solutions rather than the function driven solutions of the past. To do this, IT will need to evolve towards more modular designs, rely more on open standards, and rethink their approach to management frameworks.
In this session you will learn:
How converged infrastructure is used to create purpose driven solutions
Why new operational challenges are faced as this new approach is used broadly
What changes need to occur to succeed with this new paradigm
Practical Guidelines to Implementing a Talent Management SystemDrake International
The document outlines David Dineen's presentation on implementing a talent management system. The presentation covers the benefits of a talent management system, best practices, and a 10 step process to implement including making a decision based on ROI, educating yourself, identifying a system, partnering with an expert, analyzing current systems, defining desired outcomes, mapping gaps, implementing, change management, and training. It emphasizes the importance of partnering with a subject matter expert and having a thorough analysis and project plan.
Companies of all sizes are struggling to manage the massive amounts of data related to human resource management. This program will examine the various solutions technology offers to deal with this challenge, and provide examples to increase department efficiency while adding strategic value to the business. The following objectives will be covered during this presentation:
- Learn about the current and future trends in HR technology, including Employee Self Service, Business Intelligence, and Social Media.
- Discover how to harness technology to make strategic business decisions
- Learn how to turn data into knowledge through Key Performance Indicators, Dashboards, and other metrics.
- Learn how to develop a solid business case for HR technology.
Organisational Transformation Meetup 13 Dec 2018 James PriceEdwin Roman
Leveraging data as a strategic asset. This presentation was delivered on 13 December by James Price from Experience Matters, for the Adelaide Organisational Transformation & Business Agility Meetup. Kindly hosted by WFI Insurance. Please acknowledge the source when quoting form this report.
Testing in the Year 2020: The Erosion of Governance, Management, and ExcellenceTechWell
This document provides information about an upcoming presentation titled "Testing in the Year 2020: The Erosion of Governance, Management, and Excellence" to be given by Byron Glick of American Family Insurance and Jithesh Ramachandran of Infosys. The presentation will discuss how factors like Agile, DevOps, and Lean Startup approaches are changing traditional views of testing governance, management, and excellence. It will also explore skills needed for testing teams to be successful in this changing environment, such as alignment, agility, partnership, and change leadership abilities.
Real-World Data Governance: Non-Invasive Data Governance - The Practical Appr...DATAVERSITY
The document describes a webinar on non-invasive data governance that will discuss identifying data stewards based on their existing responsibilities, applying governance to existing processes in a non-threatening way, and how to establish roles and responsibilities for a non-invasive data governance program. The webinar also announces upcoming webinars on governing unstructured data, data governance in the cloud, and setting business expectations.
Real-World Data Governance: Business Glossaries and Data GovernanceDATAVERSITY
The document discusses the relationship between business glossaries and data governance. It notes that business glossaries, which define business terms and concepts, are an important tool for data governance as they provide a single source of truth. However, business glossaries themselves need governance to ensure the definitions remain accurate and up-to-date. The webinar will explore how business glossaries can improve data governance efforts and vice versa by bringing structure and accountability to the management of terms and their meanings.
Zen and The Art of Enterprise Architecture - The Dynamics of Transformation i...Alan Hakimi
A progressive point of view on how to perform business transformation with the disciplines of architecture, design, engineering, operations and human experiences.
The document provides guidance from Jack Nichelson, Director of Infrastructure & Security at Chart Industries, on creating a results-oriented culture. Some of the key points discussed include:
- Leaders must take ownership of problems and focus on influencing factors within their control rather than blaming external factors.
- It is important to understand stakeholders, begin with defining desired outcomes, and create problem statements to guide goal-setting and planning.
- Metrics and visualization tools can help monitor performance, identify issues, and guide process improvements. Regularly adjusting approaches based on data is important for progress.
- Prioritizing important tasks over just urgent ones, managing time effectively, and collaborating with empathy are also advised for achieving
People Analytics slides for Nikkei D3 Conference Airline Design
Ben Waber, CEO of Humanyze, and I gave a presentation and workshop for one of the seminars in Nikkei D3 (Design, Digital, Data) conference on July 27, 2016.
http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/d3/bdt07272exp/
Self-organization is a core concept in the agile principles but can be hard to embrace in traditional command and control environments. We will experience what self-organization is, how it can help your team, and how you can experiment with self-organization strategies in a safe place.
MIT Sloan - What Makes a Board Digitally SavvyNichole Jordan
The document discusses research finding that companies with boards that have digital experience and expertise ("digitally savvy boards") significantly outperform companies whose boards lack digital skills. Some key findings include:
- Companies with 3 or more directors with experience in technology fields or digital roles had 17% higher profit margins, 38% higher revenue growth, and 34% higher returns than companies with fewer digitally savvy directors.
- Nearly all industries are undergoing digital transformation, but some sectors like information industries have a higher percentage of digitally savvy boards already.
- Digitally savvy boards ask strategic questions about how technology can transform business models and customer experience, rather than just seeing tech as an implementation issue. They push
For over four decades, IT strategy has been about the alignment of technology with the needs of the “customer,” be it an organization, business, end user, or device. The most important part of system acquisition is deciding what to build or buy, as it is better to deliver no solution at all than it is to deliver the wrong solution. But there are two distinct dimensions to getting requirements and ensuring that they, and the IT solution that results, not only aligns with the business as it is, but is built in such a way that it can sustain that alignment in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. Specifically, (1) narrow requirements, which focus on the short-term needs for specific parts, functions, or processes of the business; and, (2) broad requirements, which focus on a comprehensive, enterprise-wide approach with holistic and longer-range objectives like simplicity, suppleness, and total cost of ownership. We typically call these “Systems Analysis and Design” and “Enterprise Architecture” respectively. Ideally, organizations should be able to do both well, and effectively balance the inevitable tradeoffs between them. Sadly, in the vast majority of organizations, that is not yet the case.
Professor Kappelman will present the results of a ground-breaking study from the Society for Information Management (SIM) Enterprise Architecture Working Group that developed and validated measures for these two distinct types of requirements capabilities. Findings include:
• Empirical validation that there is, in fact, a difference between requirement capabilities in a narrow or individual system context (i.e., Systems Analysis and Design within the bounds of a specific development project), and requirements capabilities in a broad or enterprise context (i.e., Enterprise Architecture regarding how those individual systems fit together in an enterprise-wide strategic design).
• Strong evidence that requirements capabilities overall are immature, with narrow activities more mature than the corresponding broad enterprise capabilities.
• Solid evidence, based on fifteen years of studies, that software development capabilities are generally maturing, but are still fairly immature.
This research provides requirements engineers, software designers, software developers, and other IT practitioners with tools to assess their own requirements engineering and software development capabilities. and compare them with those of their peers. Suggestions for improvements are made.
The 2014 AWS Enterprise Summit - Enabling the New IT Org Amazon Web Services
Today’s technology leaders recognize that the cloud is disrupting the way in which they collaborate and deliver technology solutions throughout their enterprise. In this session, experienced and emerging leadership teams will learn how companies are leveraging the cloud to re-imagine the traditional people, process, and technology alignment model. Attendees will be presented with key considerations to better enable the alignment of executives, developers, system administrators, and end users with the objective of increasing business value, agility, and innovation
On November 15 Tom Haak, Director of the HR Trend Institute (https://hrtrendinstitute.com) conducted a workshop for the HR Leads of the Dutch universities. These are the slides he used.
Business-IT Alignment:Getting IT AND Keeping IT - Kappelman & PettitLeon Kappelman
Aligning IT with the business is about knowing your customer, the business. In IT we call this "knowing their requirements." Based on research sponsored by the Society for Information Management's Enterprise Architecture Working Group, this presentation provides performance measures to determine and improve your capabilities to do Requirements Analysis: specifically to assess your capabilities to effectively do Systems Analysis and Design and Enterprise Architecture. A software development capabilities measure is also provided.
The document summarizes key insights and takeaways from the UK CIO Executive Summit. It thanks attendees for participating and highlights some of the main discussions from keynote speeches and breakout sessions. These included the need for CIOs to take a more strategic role and focus on business outcomes, embracing change and new technologies like blockchain, and cultivating diverse workforces. Information about participating companies and executives is also provided. The document promotes connecting again at future events to continue the discussion.
Cinco consejos de los expertos Cutter (Cuitláhuac Osorio)Software Guru
Cuitláhuac Osorio forma parte del consorcio Cutter donde nos habla de cómo hacer que las TI importen y que funcionen.
Además, nos comparte 5 consejos de los expertos.
Methods of Organizational Change ManagementDATAVERSITY
The disparity between expecting change and managing it — the “change gap” — is growing at an unprecedented pace. This has put many information management shops into traction as they initiate large, complex projects needed to stay competitive.
Information management professionals and business leaders must concern themselves with the organization’s acceptance of these efforts. To be successful in achieving the larger enterprise goals, these initiatives must transform the organization. However, it takes more than wishful thinking to bridge the gap.
The complexities of engaging behavioral and enterprise transformation are too often underestimated at great peril because the “soft stuff” is truly hard.
Results-focused IT executive with over 15 years of experience leading teams and delivering business critical systems. Extensive experience implementing systems like Oracle ERP and managing projects to upgrade hardware, consolidate data centers, and improve business processes. Skilled at continuous improvement methods and has a track record of transforming underperforming IT departments into high performing teams.
Brighttalk converged infrastructure and it operations management - finalAndrew White
How Converged Infrastructure Will Change IT Operations Management
Over the past decade, Enterprises have leveraged a shared service model to make IT more cost effective. The emergence of “Converged Infrastructure” and “Fabric-Based Infrastructure” will allow IT to offer purpose driven solutions rather than the function driven solutions of the past. To do this, IT will need to evolve towards more modular designs, rely more on open standards, and rethink their approach to management frameworks.
In this session you will learn:
How converged infrastructure is used to create purpose driven solutions
Why new operational challenges are faced as this new approach is used broadly
What changes need to occur to succeed with this new paradigm
Practical Guidelines to Implementing a Talent Management SystemDrake International
The document outlines David Dineen's presentation on implementing a talent management system. The presentation covers the benefits of a talent management system, best practices, and a 10 step process to implement including making a decision based on ROI, educating yourself, identifying a system, partnering with an expert, analyzing current systems, defining desired outcomes, mapping gaps, implementing, change management, and training. It emphasizes the importance of partnering with a subject matter expert and having a thorough analysis and project plan.
Companies of all sizes are struggling to manage the massive amounts of data related to human resource management. This program will examine the various solutions technology offers to deal with this challenge, and provide examples to increase department efficiency while adding strategic value to the business. The following objectives will be covered during this presentation:
- Learn about the current and future trends in HR technology, including Employee Self Service, Business Intelligence, and Social Media.
- Discover how to harness technology to make strategic business decisions
- Learn how to turn data into knowledge through Key Performance Indicators, Dashboards, and other metrics.
- Learn how to develop a solid business case for HR technology.
Organisational Transformation Meetup 13 Dec 2018 James PriceEdwin Roman
Leveraging data as a strategic asset. This presentation was delivered on 13 December by James Price from Experience Matters, for the Adelaide Organisational Transformation & Business Agility Meetup. Kindly hosted by WFI Insurance. Please acknowledge the source when quoting form this report.
Testing in the Year 2020: The Erosion of Governance, Management, and ExcellenceTechWell
This document provides information about an upcoming presentation titled "Testing in the Year 2020: The Erosion of Governance, Management, and Excellence" to be given by Byron Glick of American Family Insurance and Jithesh Ramachandran of Infosys. The presentation will discuss how factors like Agile, DevOps, and Lean Startup approaches are changing traditional views of testing governance, management, and excellence. It will also explore skills needed for testing teams to be successful in this changing environment, such as alignment, agility, partnership, and change leadership abilities.
Real-World Data Governance: Non-Invasive Data Governance - The Practical Appr...DATAVERSITY
The document describes a webinar on non-invasive data governance that will discuss identifying data stewards based on their existing responsibilities, applying governance to existing processes in a non-threatening way, and how to establish roles and responsibilities for a non-invasive data governance program. The webinar also announces upcoming webinars on governing unstructured data, data governance in the cloud, and setting business expectations.
Real-World Data Governance: Business Glossaries and Data GovernanceDATAVERSITY
The document discusses the relationship between business glossaries and data governance. It notes that business glossaries, which define business terms and concepts, are an important tool for data governance as they provide a single source of truth. However, business glossaries themselves need governance to ensure the definitions remain accurate and up-to-date. The webinar will explore how business glossaries can improve data governance efforts and vice versa by bringing structure and accountability to the management of terms and their meanings.
Zen and The Art of Enterprise Architecture - The Dynamics of Transformation i...Alan Hakimi
A progressive point of view on how to perform business transformation with the disciplines of architecture, design, engineering, operations and human experiences.
The document provides guidance from Jack Nichelson, Director of Infrastructure & Security at Chart Industries, on creating a results-oriented culture. Some of the key points discussed include:
- Leaders must take ownership of problems and focus on influencing factors within their control rather than blaming external factors.
- It is important to understand stakeholders, begin with defining desired outcomes, and create problem statements to guide goal-setting and planning.
- Metrics and visualization tools can help monitor performance, identify issues, and guide process improvements. Regularly adjusting approaches based on data is important for progress.
- Prioritizing important tasks over just urgent ones, managing time effectively, and collaborating with empathy are also advised for achieving
People Analytics slides for Nikkei D3 Conference Airline Design
Ben Waber, CEO of Humanyze, and I gave a presentation and workshop for one of the seminars in Nikkei D3 (Design, Digital, Data) conference on July 27, 2016.
http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/d3/bdt07272exp/
Self-organization is a core concept in the agile principles but can be hard to embrace in traditional command and control environments. We will experience what self-organization is, how it can help your team, and how you can experiment with self-organization strategies in a safe place.
MIT Sloan - What Makes a Board Digitally SavvyNichole Jordan
The document discusses research finding that companies with boards that have digital experience and expertise ("digitally savvy boards") significantly outperform companies whose boards lack digital skills. Some key findings include:
- Companies with 3 or more directors with experience in technology fields or digital roles had 17% higher profit margins, 38% higher revenue growth, and 34% higher returns than companies with fewer digitally savvy directors.
- Nearly all industries are undergoing digital transformation, but some sectors like information industries have a higher percentage of digitally savvy boards already.
- Digitally savvy boards ask strategic questions about how technology can transform business models and customer experience, rather than just seeing tech as an implementation issue. They push
For over four decades, IT strategy has been about the alignment of technology with the needs of the “customer,” be it an organization, business, end user, or device. The most important part of system acquisition is deciding what to build or buy, as it is better to deliver no solution at all than it is to deliver the wrong solution. But there are two distinct dimensions to getting requirements and ensuring that they, and the IT solution that results, not only aligns with the business as it is, but is built in such a way that it can sustain that alignment in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. Specifically, (1) narrow requirements, which focus on the short-term needs for specific parts, functions, or processes of the business; and, (2) broad requirements, which focus on a comprehensive, enterprise-wide approach with holistic and longer-range objectives like simplicity, suppleness, and total cost of ownership. We typically call these “Systems Analysis and Design” and “Enterprise Architecture” respectively. Ideally, organizations should be able to do both well, and effectively balance the inevitable tradeoffs between them. Sadly, in the vast majority of organizations, that is not yet the case.
Professor Kappelman will present the results of a ground-breaking study from the Society for Information Management (SIM) Enterprise Architecture Working Group that developed and validated measures for these two distinct types of requirements capabilities. Findings include:
• Empirical validation that there is, in fact, a difference between requirement capabilities in a narrow or individual system context (i.e., Systems Analysis and Design within the bounds of a specific development project), and requirements capabilities in a broad or enterprise context (i.e., Enterprise Architecture regarding how those individual systems fit together in an enterprise-wide strategic design).
• Strong evidence that requirements capabilities overall are immature, with narrow activities more mature than the corresponding broad enterprise capabilities.
• Solid evidence, based on fifteen years of studies, that software development capabilities are generally maturing, but are still fairly immature.
This research provides requirements engineers, software designers, software developers, and other IT practitioners with tools to assess their own requirements engineering and software development capabilities. and compare them with those of their peers. Suggestions for improvements are made.
The 2014 AWS Enterprise Summit - Enabling the New IT Org Amazon Web Services
Today’s technology leaders recognize that the cloud is disrupting the way in which they collaborate and deliver technology solutions throughout their enterprise. In this session, experienced and emerging leadership teams will learn how companies are leveraging the cloud to re-imagine the traditional people, process, and technology alignment model. Attendees will be presented with key considerations to better enable the alignment of executives, developers, system administrators, and end users with the objective of increasing business value, agility, and innovation
Describes the the challenge faced by business where IT is a service organization to the business. How executives can approach and articulate those challenges through IT Assessment. The benefits of IT Assessment. How IT needs to be aligned to business strategy. How to create a Plan to align IT to the business. How to govern the plans through IT Governance.
The Missing Link Between Governance and Agile CultureJeremy Pullen
Governance and Agile have a common enemy -- the unwillingness of political organizations to make policies explicit. While there may be differences of opinion around the specificity and prescriptiveness of those policies, the fact remains that those in the governance and agile worlds share many common goals that should be used as a point of bridging between those two worlds.
The document discusses how organizations can manage change through understanding key aspects of the organization including its mission, objectives, customers, and ensuring all information about people, processes, and technology is connected. It advocates that organizations must be adaptable to change and highlights several principles for modeling business processes and information systems in a coherent manner. The DEMO methodology presented focuses on communication being essential for organizational functioning and agreement creation between employees, customers, and suppliers.
Learn the critical components for successful data governance to support business analytics. We discuss the importance of data governance, warning signs that might suggest you need to improve it and how to implement it while staying nimble. View this on-demand webinar: https://senturus.com/resources/why-bother-with-data-governance/
Senturus offers a full spectrum of services in business intelligence and training on Power BI, Tableau and Cognos. Our resource library has hundreds of free live and recorded webinars, blog posts, demos and unbiased product reviews available on our website at: http://www.senturus.com/senturus-resources/.
IT Project Success through Corporate ProfilingITPSB Pty Ltd
Corporate profiling is a process that provides an in-depth blueprint of an organization's structure, technology, people, processes, and relationships with customers. It promotes visibility, collaboration, and accountability to improve decision making for IT projects. The document discusses how corporate profiling involves unbundling an organization into different categories and layers, profiling core processes, and examining external factors to assess drivers for new IT systems and ensure success.
Minimizing Business Risk in IT ProjectsITPSB Pty Ltd
Corporate profiling is a process that provides an in-depth blueprint of an organization's structure, technology, people, processes, and relationships with customers. It promotes visibility, collaboration, and accountability to improve decision making for IT projects. The document discusses how corporate profiling involves unbundling an organization into different layers and profiling core processes, the pre-implementation process, and external value chains to understand factors driving new IT investments.
Structure Your Data Science Teams For Best OutcomesGramener
Gramener's Head of Analytics, Ganes Kesari conducted this webinar and discussed the following points :
-Why do data analytics and visualization initiatives require teams to work in silos?
-What are the best organizational structures for data science?
-As your data journey progresses, how should the organizational structure evolve?
-Best methods for encouraging team collaboration in data projects
This is a unique webinar designed for Executives, Chief Analytics Officers, Heads of Analytics, Directors, Technology Leaders, and Managers that work with data science teams on a daily basis.
To check out the full webinar visit: https://info.gramener.com/data-science-teams-structure-for-best-outcomes
To contact us & book a free demo visit: https://gramener.com/demorequest/
Not every organization can afford to have a full time CIO on staff. But someone will be fulfilling the role, even without the title. This seminar will help you understand the role a CIO fulfills within your organization, the areas you may not be addressing without a CIO, the risks and opportunities mitigated by the presence of a CIO, and the new world of outsourced IT.
Additionally, we will discuss if your organization can thrive without the latest technology, whether your IT team is doing what they should be, how your IT infrastructure measures up to best practices, and what technology you may be missing out on.
These slides--based on the webinar featuring Dennis Drogseth, VP of research at leading IT analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)--leverage EMA’s consulting expertise and extensive research in digital and IT transformation, IT analytics and requirements to optimize IT for cost and value.
Change Mgmt Secrets - SeeChange - InsideNGO Ann Conf 14 Anne Pellicciotto
This document discusses change management strategies for IT systems deployment. It outlines the typical lifecycle for an IT deployment project including requirements analysis, evaluation, design, implementation, deployment, and full implementation. It emphasizes embracing rather than resisting change and exploring different perspectives on change. Key success factors for change management include taking a holistic and strategic approach, collaborating with stakeholders, being patient and persistent through potential resistance, and achieving results. Stakeholder assessment and facilitated sessions are recommended for collaboration. The stages of change including denial, resistance, exploration and commitment are outlined along with communication strategies for change leaders. Proof-of-concept is presented as a key tool for managing change.
Not every organization can afford to have a full time CIO on staff. But someone will be fulfilling the role, even without the title. This seminar will help you understand the role a CIO fulfills within your organization, the areas you may not be addressing without a CIO, the risks and opportunities mitigated by the presence of a CIO, and the new world of outsourced IT.
Additionally, we will discuss if your organization can thrive without the latest technology, whether your IT team is doing what they should be, how your IT infrastructure measures up to best practices, and what technology you may be missing out on.
The need for Business design to underpin strategic and operational agility Craig Martin
Talk given at the business architecture Master Series in Sydney October 2019.
Agility is here to stay. But dig a little deeper and you will see that fundamental strategic, structural and cultural issues exist that often prevent success within large organizations. Some organizations have learnt the hard way when it comes to the missing pieces of the puzzle around organizational agility.
I was recently asked by a new-ways-of-working team to help them apply business design to create the target operating model needed to enable structural, operational and strategic agility. Is this the secret sauce that’s been missing in the agility conversations?
In this talk I’ll discuss the broader issues around agility when creating the adaptive and fast learning organization. And discuss the "secret sauce" that is missing when it comes to business heuristics and patterns.
I will also look at the areas where agility is succeeding and failing and discuss the need for multi-disciplinary architects that can help with the transition across strategic, business and delivery lenses.
PS - this is a presentation pack. I dont put everything I talk to into a slide. Some of these slides will therefore lack some context for you. Next time I'll record the talk and you can hopefully catch the story around the slides.
This document discusses the importance of proactive governance and adoption in Microsoft 365. It emphasizes that governance is about efficiency and driving digital excellence, not just risk mitigation. It recommends focusing initially on technology governance to ensure foundational elements and decisions are in place, then prioritizing enablement and addressing high risks with low effort. Templates, approval processes, and automation can help centrally govern workspace creation to improve organization and apply default configurations. Collecting metadata at provisioning provides value for labeling, protection, retention and more. Effective directory experiences that surface this data improve navigation of sites, teams and communities.
Not every organization can afford to have a full time CIO on staff. But someone will be fulfilling the role, even without the title. This seminar will help you understand the role a CIO fulfills within your organization, the areas you may not be addressing without a CIO, the risks and opportunities mitigated by the presence of a CIO, and the new world of outsourced IT.
Additionally, we will discuss if your organization can thrive without the latest technology, whether your IT team is doing what they should be, how your IT infrastructure measures up to best practices, and what technology you may be missing out on.
#InfoGov16: How to Plan a Successful IM Solution ImplementationJ. Kevin Parker, CIP
If you find this helpful, give it a like! If you need help with your IT initiatives, let my firm Kwestix help you: www.kwestix.com
My slide deck from the 2016 Information Governance Conference presents tips with research on how to plan a successful implementation for your information management systems.
Here are some key points to discuss regarding the change implications of moving from component teams to feature teams:
- Ex-functional managers and component managers may feel a loss of control and identity as their direct reports are redistributed to cross-functional teams. Their role needs to transition from managers to coaches/advisors.
- Specialists may feel anxious about broadening their skills beyond a single specialty. Teams will need to support specialists to gradually expand their capabilities over time.
- Communication patterns will change significantly. Component teams had well-defined interfaces, but feature teams will need to collaborate more openly. New norms around collaboration will need to be established.
- Technical decisions may become more decentralized. Feature teams will need guidance on balancing
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Target Reference Model for Enterprise Business Architecture.
1) Front-line Support
2) Collaboration among Experts
3) Ecosystems for Sharing Value (shared reality)
4) Efficiency in Coordination
5) Flexible Structures
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End State: Five steps to success for transformation of complex organizationsGregory Rowe, LSS, ITIL
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An Integrated Management System_best-practices-2020_adoption_ITIL
1. A simple solution to ailing adoption of Best Practices
An adaptive model that connects to what’s real for your leadership
December 12th, 2017
President, KC ITSM LIG
Greg Rowe
11
Better than we are
Being better, faster, stronger.
Best practices, good practices.
Career Advice: 3-for
- The meanings of management, IT Management and itSMF
- Careers in general, moving upward and/or onward
- A good life in any organization
How to be
2. A simple solution to ailing adoption of Best Practices
December 12th, 2017
President, KC ITSM LIG
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1http://www.itsmfusa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1030578&group=87654
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
2
Greg Rowe – A few waves
• Cold War
• Quality Movement
• Service Management
• Technology Revolutions
West Point - Army Ranger - U.S. Cavalry
Six Sigma Black Belt
ITIL Expert Software Projects
₋ ERP Systems
₋ Data Centers/Cloud, Networks
₋ ITSM: BMC, NOW
COO, Acting CIO
Careers
Biggest point?
Specialize, generalize, rise.
Medium-alize? (me). Gartner
Either:
Tech (Sys/Network/both)
BA
PM
3. Outline
1. The typical wresting match – Pick + Follow or Not. Unified Mgmt.
• IT Management
• Business Management
2. An unusual turn – A current trend and career paths.
3. How to pull it together
3
4. Slow to adopt beyond basics? Why? Not real to them?
• “ITIL is only for IT Operations.”
– Operations says they only need to manage incidents and changes.
– So we never achieve a best-practice integrated management system.
• We ask, they answer.
– “Partners?” (But we don’t ‘talk good.’ Sometimes we geek-out.)
– “What? Just worry about deploying up-to-date devices.”
• Relegated to smaller and smaller boxes.
– “Infrastructure only”
– Geeks to be seen not heard.
– Hemmed-In? Shut-down right now?
3
5. How does your organizational leadership define corporate IT?
– Infrastructure-only as corporate IT
– Business units independently pick apps and platforms
• But then they call you for support
• They get a run-around: Root cause is app or infrastructure?
• “My IT (unit) is better than your IT (corporate).”
3
Career: Your wave within the waves
6. Example
– Infrastructure-only as corporate IT
– Business units independently pick apps and platforms
• But then they call you for support
• They get a run-around: Root cause is app or infrastructure?
• “My IT (unit) is better than your IT (corporate).”
Finance and Legal
– “Isn’t it just document management?” - CFO
• Meaning only a new file-share, since the old one lost documents
• Frustrated that scope included the closing process and metadata
– Concerned if IT is consulted you’ll try to take over
The result: In-fighting, technology sprawl of shadow IT, duplicated effort
3
7. Your examples? Latest crisis? Moment of truth. Come on.
• Only infrastructure?
Rejoice and be glad. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”
• “Why is it down?”
• “You tell me. As you see, the infrastructure has 100% uptime.”
• After a crisis at their end they either partner or leave you alone.
The crisis proves we’re all the same.
• We-They, “Your people – my people.
• Truth proves itself true.
3
8. Your Management is All Management
• Best practice is an integrated management system
– Their management system is our management system
– Working in isolation means the management system is broken
– “But why would IT be concerned with business management anyway?”
• Management is management of everything
– It’s all one system
– We’re all one system – Command, Control, Culture, Service
– It’s not breaking news.
– It’s the nature of the universe: High entropy, low energy.
Otherwise the organization suffers, as we’ll discuss and help solve.
3
Career: Office polities, mentors
9. Outline - Revisited
1. The typical wresting match
• IT Management
• Business Management
2. An unusual turn
3. How to pull it together
3
10. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
“So how’s that working for you?”
Who suffers as a result of
organizational disintegration?
New trends.
Most people are dissatisfied with their jobs -- 80%
according to Deloitte’s Shift Index survey.*
*http://www.businessinsider.com/what-do-you-do-when-you-hate-your-job-2010-10
Root Cause?
Leadership Vision translated into a Management System
4
11. Attributes: Worker Passion and Discretionary Effort
• Deloitte – Two Insight Studies on employee engagement
– Attributes of engaged employees – passion, discretionary effort
• Want to be making a lasting impact
• Able to be rapidly improving
• Connecting (Mutual trust and significant interactions)
– Expectations: Millennials and Beyond
• Full-time profession - Stability
• Working Arrangements - Flexibility
• Result
– That’s why they go the extra mile - above and beyond
– Higher productivity and customer satisfaction
https://dupress.deloitte.com/dup-us-en/topics/talent/unlocking-the-passion-of-the-explorer.html?id=us:el:dc:dup402:awa:tmt
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/what-do-millennials-want-from-their-employers-exactly-this-study-sums-it-up-in-1.html 5
12. How this topic helps with that
• Attributes
– Have Impact: Integrated Management - ITSM Technologies: ‘Action System’
– Make Improvement: Quality Movement - ITIL: 7-step Improvement Process
– Be Connected: Collaboration and interaction in a mature system
• Expectations
– Stability: Well-defined, efficient processes, “Everything’s a drill”
– Flexibility: Clear, measurable responsibilities enable the workplace to be anywhere
6
The next generation expects a more human workplace.
It’s all about people.
13. Management – ITIL Provides a Best-Practice Management System
• A fully integrated system of processes
• Covers the entire spectrum of the organization
– Not just incident management and change management
– Spans operational command and control as well as implementation of strategic
objectives.
How? It’s what comes next, including the
process reference model at the right.
Career: Terminology
Strategy = Finance. Value = Money. Leadership
Operations = Day-to-Day. Management
Consulting: All of the above and between.
14. Overcome Deep-Seated Management Challenges
Hospital Administration Medical Staff
Contracting Officers Program Managers
Elected Officials Career Bureaucrats
Software Developers Business Operations
Acquisitions / Counsel Assets / Ops Management
General Accounting Business Units
Strategy & Finance Operations & Distribution
Corporate HQ Field
There’s creative tension between two sides of any coin - or battery.
The Quality Movement holds it together. 8
Enterprise Architects Systems Engineers
DevOps
PMO
SMO
Lean
Career:
Staff of EA, SE.
Know when
to listen. Not.
15. It often starts with a dynamic duo
Leadership &
Relationships
• Strategy
• Portfolio
• Money
Management &
Technology
• Operations
• Support
• Incidents
Simple Solution: People
9
16. Started: Dynamic Duo
• Design
• Transition
• Improvement
What How
Leadership &
Relationships
• Strategy
• Portfolio
• Money
• Request
Fulfillment
• Service Levels
Management &
Technology
• Operations
• Support
• Incidents
10
These People
o Mentioned:
o Problem: Conflict between silos.
o Solution: People.
o Example: “BRM.” But how?
o Secret is in the middle. Coord Layer
Beginning of the end of dynamic
17. Dynamic Duos
• Design
• Transition
• Improvement
• Request
Fulfillment
• Service Levels
Resolutions
Decisions
What How
Leadership &
Relationships
• Strategy
• Portfolio
• Money
Management &
Technology
• Operations
• Support
• Incidents
Fulfillment
Collaboration
Four Functions
11Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
18. Dynamic Duos
FulfillmentResolutions
Action Culture
“Technology is power”
with a bias for action
OPERATIONS
Knowledge Culture
“Knowledge is power”
DESIGN
Political Culture
Protocols
“Finance is power”
and who you know
PARTNERING
“Truth is power”
and process flow
Expressive, great
communicator.
Active, organized.
Orchestrators.
Intellectual, big
thinker
Corporate Cultures
PLANNING
12
DecisionsCollaboration
Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
19. The Four Functional Sets of Processes
A. Fulfillment
B. Resolution
Fulfillment ResolutionsDecisions Collaboration
Architects Operations
Well-balanced roles and responsibilities will replace tension
C. Coordination and Collaboration
D. Governance and Decision-Making
13Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
20. A. Fulfillment of Requests and Agreements
• Request Fulfillment (O)
• Access Management (O)
• Service Level Management (D)
• Supplier Management (D)
Fulfillment
14Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
21. B. Detection and Resolution of Issues
• Event Management (O)
• Incident Management (O)
• Problem Management (O)
• Knowledge Management (T) - CONTRIBUTE CONTENT
Resolutions
15Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
22. C. Coordination of Collaboration in Design and Transition
• Service Portfolio Management (S)
• Service Catalog Management (D) -
CONTEXT for SERVICE OWNERS
• Design Coordination(D)
• Transition Planning and Support (T) -
PROJECTS
• Knowledge Management (T) -
CONTEXT for TECH TEAMS
• The Seven-Step Improvement Process
(C)
• Demand Management (S) -
ENGINEERING
• Service Continuity Management (D)
• Availability Management (D)
• Capacity Management (D)
Collaboration
16Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
23. Coordination Layer – The flow of collaboration across the life cycle
23
Demand
Management
Access
Management
Capacity Management
Availability Management
Incident
Management
Information Security
Management
IT Service Continuity
Management
Supplier
Management
Event
Management
Request
Fulfillment
Service Validation
and Testing
Release and Deployment
Management
&Monitoring
Working
(Technical)
Context: An applied framework with a strategic
perspective on twenty-six core processes
Release Package
Service Portfolio
Management
Knowledge
Management
Service Catalogue
Management
Continual Service
Improvement (CSI)
Problem
Management
Design
Coordination
Transition Planning
and Support
Charter Service
Design
Package
Strategic
Plan
The 7-Step
Improvement Process
Strategy
& Leadership
Design
& Analysis
Transition
& Projects
Operations
& Infrastructure
Service Asset…
…and Configuration
Management
Service Level
Management
Business Relationship
Management
Financial Management
for IT Services
Change
Evaluation
Change Management
Strategy Management
for IT Services
Managing
&Reporting
Service
Desk
Ops
Control
Application Management
Technical Management
Collaboration & Coordination Cross-Functional, Cross-Organizational
Coordinating&
Collaborating
24. Relationships, Governance, Decision-Making, and Controls
• Change Management (T)
• Change Evaluation (T)
• Service Asset & Configuration
Management (T)
• Release and Deployment
Management (T)
• Service Validation and Testing (T)
• Strategy Management for IT Services (S)
• Financial Management for IT Services (S)
• Business Relationship Management (S)
• Information Security Management (D)
Decisions
18Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
25. Finally – Tie the System Together with Collaboration Groups
The “White Space” of Integrated Process Capabilities
19Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
26. Parting Thought from Occupational Therapy – The Zone
• An integrated management system advances productivity by protecting
workers from needless interruption so they can be in the zone.
• “In positive psychology, flow, also known as the zone, is the mental state of
operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a
feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of
the activity.
• In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does,
and a resulting loss in one's sense of space and time.
• Named by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, the concept has been widely referenced
across a variety of fields (and has special recognition in occupational therapy…”
(https://lnkd.in/egfyNXm)
20Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
27. Theme Reprise – Engagement and Worker Passion
• Everyone has a place
– Leveraging Strengths in Sub-Responsibilities if not positions
– Clear Roles
– Culture of Service
• A respected seat at the table
• Clear roles and responsibilities
– There’s a way to get anything done
– You have more control of your day
Fulfillment ResolutionsDecisions Collaboration
Architects Operations
21Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
28. Presenter
Greg Rowe
– Certified IT Service Management ITIL® Expert
Version 2, Version 3 / 2007, / 2011, Tutor 1 at HP, itPreneurs, etc.
– USMA West Point Graduate (Class of ‘84) and military operations
(Command, S1, S4, S3, G3)
– ASQ-Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
– ServiceNow Sys Admin, BMC AR Sys Admin / Remedy
– Enterprise Applications, App Dev, Data Center Management
– 20+ years in the IT Industry
• 14 years with the Fortune 500, small and medium-sized companies
• 14 years in the Federal space
Clients from Cupertino to Dubai
Accenture, Booz Allen, PWC, Perot Systems, UNISYS, Symantec, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, FedEx, DHL,
Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Boeing, Freddie Mac, Accredo Health, Kraft, Temple-Inland, Electric Reliability Council of Texas,
Jacksonville Electric, NATO, DOD, Dept. of Commerce, USDA…
Background: Command/War Planner, Manufacturing/Manufacturing Sys, Healthcare Sys, Data Centers/Infrastructure
Most of you have had ITIL Awareness? I hit the first wave 15 years ago...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
Kip: “Yesss” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS0RA9eCsQk
gregrowe@msn.com
28Secret sauce in the middle: Coord Layer
36. Sales/Business
Relationship
Management
Finance &
Accounting
Design for Value
Innovation,
Integration &
Transition
gregory.rowe@gdit.com
Procurement
& Supplier
Management
Configuration
Management
Chief of
Staff
Business
Units
(w/ Sales-Svc)
Shared &
Regional
Functions
Asset
Management
HR, Legal, IT,
etc.
Operations,
IT &
Infrastructure
Strategy &
Business
Management
Operations
Management
& Tech Mgmt
Head
Transition
Management
(BA & Projects)
Engineering,
Research &
Development
Product
Management
QA &
Performance
Improvement
Security
Management
& Ethics
Customer
Service
and Support
Example Organizational Components
Change &
Knowledge
Management
by region, line of
business, market,
customers, etc.
Realistic Example
37. Continual
Service
Improvement
Incident
Management
Problem
Management
Access
Mgmt
Event
Mgmt
Infrastructure
Management
Request
Fulfillment
Deskside Support,
Service Desk
Catalogue
Management
Account Reps
Service Level
Agreements
Service
Ownership
Warranty
Availability
Continuity
Capacity
Security
Assurance
Portfolio
Management
Demand
Management
Knowledge
Management
Configuration
Management
Deployment
Systems
Typical Phases of a Program to Mature Processes & Functions
Change
Management
Asset
Management
Supplier
Management
Application
Management
Business
Relationship
Management
Financial
Management
Release
Management
Transition
Planning &
Support
BaselineSet
1
Set
2
Set
3
Portfolio
Group
SLM
Group 1
SACM
Group 1
Change Mgmt
Group 1
Incident
Mgmt
Group 1
Operational
Agreements
Design
Coordination
38. Overview
• Process Interfaces – One set of activities
• Four Sub-Sets – Left box below
• Process Reference Model – Right box below
38
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
39. Why this topic?
• ITIL® describes twenty-six processes.
• There are seventeen process diagrams.
– Some have more than one.
– Twelve have none.
– So only fourteen processes have diagrams.
• Are processes without diagrams real processes?
Kip: “Yesss” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS0RA9eCsQk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
39
41. Some processes have multiple diagrams.
• For example:
– The Incident Matching to Problems diagram details an activity in the Incident
Management Process
– There are several use cases of Request Fulfillment including Standard Delployment.
• Are processes without diagrams “real processes”?
• With multiple – super processes?
The plot thickens
41
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
43. The Four Sets
• Collaboration – Coordinating across Projects, Products and other Lifecycles
• Decisions – Decision-Making, Notifications and Governance
• Fulfillment – Processing Requests
• Resolutions – Responding to Issues Operationally
43
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregrowe1
52. Governance of
Changes
Managing Decisions,
Governance and
Deployments
Coordination of Transitions and Gates
Facilitating Collaboration for Projects,
Processes and Lifecycles
Resolution of Issues
Processing Requests and Managing Order
Fulfillment
Fulfillment of
Requests
Responding Quickly
and Appropriately
to Issues
Planned and
organized
while
Anticipated but
unplanned so
dynamic
responses
defending the
integrity of
static data.
while
faithfully
following
workflow.
Plans for
Structured
Delivery of
Projects
Less
Predictable
Support
Operations
Two Sides of the Coin in the Four Sets
52
54. Sales/Business
Relationship
Management
Finance &
Accounting
Design for Value
Innovation,
Integration &
Transition
greg.rowe@usda.gov
Procurement
& Supplier
Management
Configuration
Management
Chief of
Staff
Business
Units
(w/ Sales-Svc)
Shared
Regional
Functions
Asset
Management
HR, Legal, IT,
etc.
Operations,
IT &
Infrastructure
Strategy &
Business
Management
Operations
Management
& Tech Mgmt
Head
Transition
Management
(BA & Projects)
Engineering,
Research &
Development
Product
Management
QA &
Performance
Improvement
Security
Management
& Ethics
Customer
Service
and Support
Example Organizational Components
Change &
Knowledge
Management
by region, line of
business, market,
customers, etc.
54
55. Example of Best Practices
Operations
Infrastructure
Management
Operation
Centers
Application
Management
Server
Network
Storage
Database
Desktop
Connectivity
DevelopmentStrategy Projects
Business
Relations
Problem
Change
Config.
Release
Performance
Financial
Management
Continuity
QA
Risk
Service
Desk
I II III
Incident Management Functional Escalation
Detect
Diagnose
Repair
Recover (Resolved)
Close Incident (Restored)
Hierarchical Escalation
Find cause/workaround
Request a change
Follow to resolution
Close Problem with Change
Categorize (Consequence)
Assess
Authorize, Schedule
Monitor
Review, Close Chg
Catalog Services
Negotiate
Agree (SLA)
Provision
of Service
Strategy
Portfolio
Design
Platform
CABTm
Ownership
of
incidents &
closure
Processes
People
Unknown
cause (or
violating
an SLA)
Primary Point of Contact
Request Fulfillment &
Level I Incident Mgt.
Right attributes
& tools.
Processes Involved
Incident Management
Problem Management
Change Management
Release Management
Configuration Management
ABCDEFG
1
1
KEDB
Problem MgtRACI
(Resolutio
n
–II or II
Closure -
I)
Change Mgt
Not bureaucratic
56. Continual Service Improvement
An Example of the Service Life
Cycle in an Organizational Context
Service
Transition
Service
Operation
Access
Mgt
Event
Mgt
Incident
Management
Problem Management
Request
Fulfillment
Application
Management
Technical
(Infrastructure)
Management
IT Operations
Management
Service
Desk
Financial
Management
Business
Strategy
Business
Analysts
Service
Strategy
IT Service
Management
Supplier
Management
Catalogue
Management
Service
Managers
Warranty
Availability
Continuity
Capacity
Security
Account Reps
Service Level
Management
Service Design
Service Owners
Assurance
Portfolio
Management
Demand
Management
Business
Relationship
Management
Product
Management
Project
Management
Software
Application
Developers
Knowledge
Management
Change &
Configuration
Management
Release
Management
Deployment
Systems
Lifecycle Structure
56
57. Conclusion
• Every organization is different - but process activities aren’t.
• ISO 20000 has 13 process areas instead of 26 (ITIL V2 had 12),
yet even that can seem like too much, especially in smaller
organizations.
– Groups of processes apply.
– Personality and skillsets of leaders also apply.
• Organizations have unique constellations of responsibility.
• The minimum is two central constellations (see next slide).
– Change Management
– Incident Management
57
59. Set 2: Operations
• Service Desk
• Op Center
• App Management
• Technical Management
59
Service
Operation
Access
Mgt
Event
Mgt
Incident
Management
Problem Management
Request
Fulfillment
Application
Management
Technical
(Infrastructure)
Management
IT Operations
Management
Service
Desk
This is a presentation of a simple solution to ailing adoption. What it’s referring to, of course, is adoption of management best practices as captured in the IT Infrastructure Library. As many of you know, the fascination seems to be fading. So the purpose of this presentation is to give it new life for a new generation.
First, though, special thanks to our host today, EPR Properties, and for Cask Technologies for sponsoring the time.
I’m Greg Rowe, President of the IT Service Management Forum Kansas City Group. Since most of you know me I’ll skip the introduction other than to say you can find me on linked in at gregrowe1.
I’m glad to be able to address what some might call an exis-ten-tial threat for our community and management best practices general. And I think you’ll be amazed at the simplicity of the creative solution offered for getting us back on track.
The classic stereotype of ITIL simply being for IT operations, and then IT operations deciding that incident management and change management is enough. After all, we’re about technology. Who needs process?
The classic stereotype of ITIL’s IT best practices as simply being for IT operations, and then – sadly – IT operations deciding that incident management and change management is enough. After all, we’re about technology. Who needs process?
The classic stereotype of ITIL simply being for IT operations, and then IT operations deciding that incident management and change management is enough. After all, we’re about technology. Who needs process?
The classic stereotype of ITIL simply being for IT operations, and then IT operations deciding that incident management and change management is enough. After all, we’re about technology. Who needs process?
The classic stereotype of ITIL simply being for IT operations, and then IT operations deciding that incident management and change management is enough. After all, we’re about technology. Who needs process?
And that just plays into the view of the business, which just wants to know when they’ll get their iPhoneX.
Not only do business managers want to push-back from studying esoteric concepts in 26 processes in ITIL, but also IT itself often has had enough. And honestly that’s tragic because there is so much more available. Sure, COBIT, PMBOK, Lean, Agile, and other references are impeding on the edges of the service lifecycle, as we’d expect, yet there is so much good material being ignored.
Plus the business now thinks they know more than IT. IT is relegated to hardware and infrastructure.
Many business units own their own apps and platforms. The problem is, they don’t read or follow best practice, either – and also expect us to support tools that they bought without consulting us. Are they concerned we’ll try to take over if they involve us? Come on, as ITIL teaches we can be consulted without owning the product.
The classic stereotype of ITIL simply being for IT operations, and then IT operations deciding that incident management and change management is enough. After all, we’re about technology. Who needs process?
Okay. So here’s a new avenue for addressing an old problem. Businesses want to be successful – obviously – most of them, anyway – maybe not a shell company. Anyway, what this tells you is it’s not that hard.
All they need to do is find a way so that only 70% of your people hate their jobs. The average is 80%. Being a little better than that competition goes a long way to make you successful.
But, seriously, folks, think of all the wasted potential when your workers are NOT doing their best – ON PURPOSE – or by accident – because they don’t want to be there.
As you and I know, I think, then, the way to change the world is through an effective management system that addresses employees’ concerns and lets them work instead of getting in their way.
Deloitte has done a couple of studies that shed light on why employees are high-performing due to applying themselves at their best at work. One is the annual Shift Index. The other is a recent study of Millennials.
The Shift Index revealed attributes of employees who have the highest engagement, show discretionary effort (meaning they’ll stay late when they have to) and demonstrate passion for what they do so they well. The attributes include making a lasting impact, being able to rapidly improve themselves and their work, and connecting in significant ways in an atmosphere of trust.
For me, it’s like this past weekend. There we were, me and my West Point classmates at the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia. Jumpin’ around, lost in the moment, surrouned by people you respect, H.R. McMaster yelling in my ear. Good times. Being a part of something big.
So what’s that have to do with process? Next we’ll see how leadership and the management system make that possible through high process and organizational maturity.
Here’s how processes meet the attributes of worker passion and discretionary effort.
Now this is how that happens. Remember earlier we talked about why management might not care about 26 processes and organizational maturity – until they see how it directly connects to
The productivity of their people, as just addressed, and,
The daily grind of general management responsibilities.
A mature management system does both, as we’ll see in the reminder of this presentation.
It also helps overcome the most deep-seated issues in any organization.
People form into cliques and silos.
It’s natural tribalism – and
It’s alive and well where you work because there are people were you work.
You can just look down this list and pick out your favorite daily struggle between the left and the right.
As an aside, in the next version of ITIL you see more on DevOps and other approaches for overcoming it. Watch for it. ITIL 2018.
So what’s the solution? Again, it’s people. Let’s start with where companies start.
What’s the typical dynamic between partners at the top of a new organization?
The classic partners starting a business are the money guy, pictured on the left, and the operations professional on the right. It’s a dynamic duo of complementary traits.
When we add another layer of employees you have these four.
Starting with these personality factors and organizational structure.
I could tell you about my partner early in my career were I was the ‘how’ and he was the ‘what.’ He’d make a big speech at a Fortune 500 client, get huge applause, and then afterward turn to me and say, “So, Greg, how are we going to do this?” He had no idea. But I did. And that’s all that mattered. It was great.
This, then, forms the basis for our functions. People don’t get process. They do get functions, teams, and people.
At this point we now have four foundational functions, or functional areas, with types of people.
Also – each has culture that leaders should encourage. Operations has a bias for action. No time to stop and think. At the other end of the spectrum is a design culture – brainstorming and coming up with amazing, new ideas. Between and around them is the political culture of upper management – Finance is Power -
[That reminds me - Abu Dhabi Investment Authority]
These are the four functions, or, more correctly, functional areas. Each has four to ten processes in it.
As I mention in the article upon which this presentation is based, you can even go further and make it two sets of processes. Technical Operations on top. General Management on the bottom.
(BTW, you can find the article in the April edition of The Source.)
Requests include access requests. Suppliers fill requests – although they are actually in other functional areas also. Service levels are most easily agreed for high-volume, well-developed requests, so it is here as a home.
Events, incidents, and problems are a sequential flow. Knowledge is the articles from which sys admins tell knowledge management what to write.
This is my personal favorite. It’s the biggest missing piece in any organization that I’ve seen.
The processes in blue are the coordination layer, including the 10 collaboration processes in the previous slide.
The set on the left makes sense if you’ve worked in change management before. Plus the classic CCR – Change, Configuration, Release.
On the right – includes factors for decision making during the processes on the left.
All of those processes and bullets are a lot, for sure. Now tie it all together. In the circles you have the keys to success. Most places have a CAB and Reactive Problem Teams (root cause analysis) The others are just as important. Charter them and mature the organization to a Level 5 collaborative matrix.
[other
Boeing – Authors
Space vehicles – Grow Left
Portland – Security
Cupertino – HP]
Ok, now a word from Occupational Therapy. We started the presentation say that to make it real for management we need to provide a management system that directly impacts people and day-to-day work. Here’s the heart of it.
[Underlined portions…]
In the end we have a whole new world in how we work together – [above]
If you want to check credentials, the best source is my LinkedIn profile as shown at the upper right. You can also access background information for this presentation in articles I’ve published there.
Finally we have arrived at the complexity of it all. From here you can click on an underlined word to see the activities underlying it.
Has anyone seen this? I don’t want to go into more detail than necessary in the initial description.
It may seem at first to be an academic side trip, but stick with me, please.
According to ITIL Service Strategy section 6.6.1, there are five stages of organizational development.
In a simplest example, a couple of people form a company. They don’t have written job descriptions. It’s in informal network structure.
Then they hire others and it starts getting out of control. So they hire a manager, maybe a former military leader, who sets up hierarchy in a directive structure.
Then morale drops and the owners realize that they don’t have access to their greatest corporate asset, which is the technical expertise along the base. Those at the base are the ones providing value and they need more flexibility.
So they delegate. Then that gets out of control too.
So they set up coordinating structure, such as a project manager to work across and prioritize efforts. And then everyone ignores project meetings.,,
Finally we move to formal collaboration, as we’ll address in a minute.
So what does this have to do with you? Quick story. Back when I was with HP I presented this to a group training to become ITIL Experts. That evening I called the falla who wrote it, or at least put it into ITL, Majid Iqbal. I said, “Hey Majid I was presenting your stuff today.” There was a pause and then he replied, “Oh. There’s a problem with that…
We’ll talk about seventeen processes in four sets. Then we’ll go in detail on the seventeen processes in scope for the presentation.
Twenty six is a lot. Is it too many? That is, would you need to hire 26 process managers? If not, how do you make sense of it? Think about that in your experience as we go.
I just showed you the 26 processes and told you that there are 17 process diagrams in ITIL. What I did not tell you was that some of the 17 are for the same process. For example four are related to Request Fulfillment. Ah. More and more intrigue.
Next we’ll talk about the four sets of processes. Now we’re getting closer to the opening question. That is, can you cover all 26 processes with two people? At least now we’re getting it down to four. We’re also now going to see how having a process diagram or not matters less when the processes are grouped together as we’re about to see.
As promised here’s all of the gory details. For my Collaboration group, five have process diagrams and four do not. For the Decision group four have diagrams and six do not. For Fulfillment, two have diagrams, two don’t, plus there are three more for types of request fulfillment. For Resolution, all three have diagrams.
As promised here’s all of the gory details. For my Collaboration group, five have process diagrams and four do not. For the Decision group four have diagrams and six do not. For Fulfillment, two have diagrams, two don’t, plus there are three more for types of request fulfillment. For Resolution, all three have diagrams.
As promised here’s all of the gory details. For my Collaboration group, five have process diagrams and four do not. For the Decision group four have diagrams and six do not. For Fulfillment, two have diagrams, two don’t, plus there are three more for types of request fulfillment. For Resolution, all three have diagrams.
Now we’ll begin to delve into the framework itself to see how the processes fit togehter.
As you how it all applies to your organization, only you know. You know your organization better than anyone. You’re the one who would take the framework and overlay it onto the current structure. No one can effectively do that for you, although some will claim they can. Still, a common framework and set of best practices help with terminology and identify gaps. So, together we overlay the framework onto your organization.
As you look at the framework, you’ll notice it has more than what is currently documented in most organizations. To address that I’ll use both colloquialisms and standard terminology.
It’s important to remember, though, that even if a process has not been formally documented in your organization, the process activities are still happening somewhere somehow. They must. Just because we don’t have a process guide for the Design Coordination Process does not mean that engineering and design meetings aren’t happening. Of course they are, either scheduled by a PM or by a manager somewhere in the organization, as Infrastructure has done in hosting meetings with the data centers and leadership to give guidance on use of services by apps hosted within various controls.
For example, at the top of the framework is a box for Change Proposals. Many different decision makers across the organization receive or initiate change proposals. It could be for a project, a change to process, or a smaller, innovation that requires participation by the entire organization. If done right, no one in CAB has a right to complain that they didn’t know about a new tool being implemented across the organization before implementation had already started.
In ITIL terminology, a project proposal is a form of change proposal. The funding source charters a project. That’s one example of the top center is about. Again, this is process not organization. Yet it overlays on the organization or the organization falls apart.
Are there opportunities to improve in that area?
If an IT center decides to offer end-user VPN and requests client/infrastructure to open firewalls for it, does that suit governance? Or do they point out there is a conflict with their end user VPN solution?
How about an agency that has purchases software that is not security compliant. Do you need to allow that? If not, maybe the agency that proposed it would have wanted there to be an opportunity to jointly consider the change proposal.
Here’s another. As described in a recent Service Strategy meeting, if an agency is tasked by DHS to install security appliances, how does OCIO coordinate the deployment? Is there a technical service catalog from which to select network engineering to decide an VLAN, assign IP addresses, etc.? That’s the point of that process.
Before we look at other examples, any questions so far?
You’ve heard of change management and incident management. The process reference model expands upon that.
Here is the expansion into a system.
Here we have it. Yes, all 26 processes can be covered by two people - One covers the incident side of the coin, which grows into most operational activity - The other covers the change side including project management. That’s at first. Over time, person #2 hands-off change management to person #1’s set of teams to focus more on strategy and design. Think of it as meosis, as expanded on the next set of slides.
Although every organization is different, the sets of functions above provide a generic example for purposes of discussion of how the processes fit into a real organization.
If you place one box per service lifecycle stage, it looks like this. I’ve drawn a line between the two parts.
Focusing on the operations function. “…ruined all we’ve been working for the past thirty years!”