This document provides a roadmap for digitizing business services using a service design canvas approach. The summary outlines how to 1) build the value proposition by analyzing customer needs and testing initial solutions, 2) assure value generation by planning resources and capabilities, and 3) build the business case by identifying costs, risks, and revenue streams. The canvas approach provides a structured workflow for service design that incorporates elements of ITIL and helps define new service models.
Not knowing your costs is an expense you can’t afford.
Your Challenge
While IT departments provide valuable services to their organizations, it is frequently unclear how much these services cost. CIOs often find themselves in a position where they cannot articulate exactly how much it costs to deliver a given service in order to justify the service’s value.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
IT capital and operational costs are captured in accounting ledgers using financial constructs that lend themselves well to financial reporting, but obscure the true cost to deliver each IT service.
Translating accounting ledgers to IT service costs is a difficult process that may sometimes appear arbitrary.
The data required for detailed service-based costing is often unavailable.
Service-based costing is not for everyone. It requires clearly defined goals and commitment to be successful.
You don’t have to be perfect to gain value from service-based costing. Imperfect analysis can still point you in the right direction for improvement.
Nobody trusts a “black box.” Be transparent with results.
Impact and Result
Use a method of determining the full cost of services that provides a reasonable level of accuracy without overburdening staff with excessive analysis and investigation.
Optimize the balance between analytical effort and accuracy of service costing by understanding your service cost accuracy needs and matching them to an appropriate level of service-based costing capability.
Develop the right level of service-based costing capability by applying the methods in this blueprint.
Not knowing your costs is an expense you can’t afford.
Your Challenge
While IT departments provide valuable services to their organizations, it is frequently unclear how much these services cost. CIOs often find themselves in a position where they cannot articulate exactly how much it costs to deliver a given service in order to justify the service’s value.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
IT capital and operational costs are captured in accounting ledgers using financial constructs that lend themselves well to financial reporting, but obscure the true cost to deliver each IT service.
Translating accounting ledgers to IT service costs is a difficult process that may sometimes appear arbitrary.
The data required for detailed service-based costing is often unavailable.
Service-based costing is not for everyone. It requires clearly defined goals and commitment to be successful.
You don’t have to be perfect to gain value from service-based costing. Imperfect analysis can still point you in the right direction for improvement.
Nobody trusts a “black box.” Be transparent with results.
Impact and Result
Use a method of determining the full cost of services that provides a reasonable level of accuracy without overburdening staff with excessive analysis and investigation.
Optimize the balance between analytical effort and accuracy of service costing by understanding your service cost accuracy needs and matching them to an appropriate level of service-based costing capability.
Develop the right level of service-based costing capability by applying the methods in this blueprint.
The Best of Both Worlds: Creating a Business Service Catalog and Technical Service Catalog
If you are having a difficult time determining the scope of services to include in your service catalog, consider developing two service catalogs: a business service catalog that is visible to customers, and a technical support catalog that is used internally by IT. This session will provide a unique perspective on IT services, as well as on creating, maintaining, and utilizing service catalogs and service portfolios. The session will focus on practical guidance, critical process relationships, real-life examples, and interactive learning.
I'm presenting the IBM CIO 2010 Outlook at IBM iForum, Zurich (26th November 2007). I can't take the credit for writing it; Dave Newbold did the hard work on this one.
Defining Services for a Service CatalogAxios Systems
To view this complimentary webcast in full, visit: http://forms.axiossystems.com/LP=289
Faced with continued cost pressures, as well as growing business unit demand for new services and higher service levels, IT is about to make transformation. IT is having to align their services with the needs of the business, develop standardized process and improve overall internal customer satisfaction. Arguably the most important tool to deliver these demands is the Service Catalog.
The Best of Both Worlds: Creating a Business Service Catalog and Technical Service Catalog
If you are having a difficult time determining the scope of services to include in your service catalog, consider developing two service catalogs: a business service catalog that is visible to customers, and a technical support catalog that is used internally by IT. This session will provide a unique perspective on IT services, as well as on creating, maintaining, and utilizing service catalogs and service portfolios. The session will focus on practical guidance, critical process relationships, real-life examples, and interactive learning.
I'm presenting the IBM CIO 2010 Outlook at IBM iForum, Zurich (26th November 2007). I can't take the credit for writing it; Dave Newbold did the hard work on this one.
Defining Services for a Service CatalogAxios Systems
To view this complimentary webcast in full, visit: http://forms.axiossystems.com/LP=289
Faced with continued cost pressures, as well as growing business unit demand for new services and higher service levels, IT is about to make transformation. IT is having to align their services with the needs of the business, develop standardized process and improve overall internal customer satisfaction. Arguably the most important tool to deliver these demands is the Service Catalog.
Want to learn more about Activity Based Costing or IT Delivery Services Transparency? Would you like to better communicate your Technology Services Catalog or articulate proper chargebacks to the Business Stakeholders?
The business demands Best-in-Class Solutions with a secure and reliable infrastructures with no downtime, and now the CIO can provide a portal view with comprehensive Business Unit Dashboards and custom Data Analytics reporting.
How to build the business case for Service CatalogAxios Systems
To view this complimentary webcast in full, visit: http://forms.axiossystems.com/LP=321
Faced with continued cost pressures, as well as growing business unit demand for new services and higher service levels, IT is about to make transformation. IT is having to align their services with the needs of the business, develop standardized process and improve overall internal customer satisfaction. Arguably the most important tool to deliver these demands is the Service Catalog.
Designing a Digital Service Concept for a Professional Business ServiceSofia Nyyssönen
Professional and knowledge-intensive service organizations are concepts that are sometimes used interchangeably. Both concepts refer to expert services that rely on a substantial body of complex knowledge, which is often seen to be characteristics of highly skilled employees. The project investigates the potential of service design to design a digital service concept for professional services that retains knowledge and applies insights that could noticeably improve the effectiveness of or-ganizations. The focus is on the customer’s value creating processes, where value emerges for customers and is perceived by them. Service design is a process that implies work on projects to integrate new service systems into organisations.
Service Catalog Essentials: 5 Keys to Good Service Design in IT Service CatalogsEvergreen Systems
Fresh thinking on IT Self-Service!
It’s easy to create hundreds of services, fast – with little oversight – and it will kill your Service Catalog initiative. Your customer will see it as inconsistent, complex and confusing – and stop coming.
Do you make lots of small services, or a few big, complex ones?...How do you decide?...Which do your customers prefer?
Please join us as we share best practices on creating and using a consistent Service Design Process – that addresses these issues and actually saves time, simplifies your work, and gives you consistent quality. And it will make your customers happy!
Full webinar recording with ServiceNow demo available at: http://content.evergreensys.com/webinar-it-service-catalog-good-service-design