ASL, the Application Services Library, is a framework for application management within an organization.

The importance of adopting a professional and mature approach to the implementation of application management is widely recognized in the marketplace. This is also the reason for the publication of this Management Guide.

ASL is the only public domain application manage ...

Effective management of business information is critically important for modern organizations. The Business Information Systems Library (BiSL) is a generic framework which provides an effective solution for business information management. BiSL is a public domain standard which is consistent with ITIL, Information Technology Infrastructure Library and ASL, Application Services Library.

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architectural style that has recently come to prominence. The Open Group has a long history of providing support for enterprise architects, notably through development and maintenance of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF™).

The Open Group is naturally concerned to understand the relation of SOA to other styles of enterprise architec ...

ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) provides a framework of Best Practice guidance for IT Service Management and since its creation, ITIL has grown to become the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management in the world. This pocket guide has been designed as an introductory overview for anyone who has an interest in or a need to understand more about the objectives,
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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) brings many business benefits to organizations, especially the ability to respond rapidly to business process change for competitive advantage.

Within one oil company’s Exploration and Production (E&P) segment there is a department called Digital and Communications Technology (DCT). An E&P DCT SOA program operates as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) to ...

We are often too busy to ask for directions. Implementing a measurement framework should help align IT with the business objectives and create value through continual improvements. This helps us create a roadmap and keeps us from getting lost. In this article, David A. Smith presents such a framework.

Do you have a clear picture of the interfaces and relationships between change, release and project management? Even after analyzing what ITIL and PRINCE2 - market-leader frameworks in the process domain - suggest? In this article, Christian Cantù and Maxime Sottini draw a picture of the potential relationships between these processes, and give practical guidance on how to implement them.

Includes the Full text of the ISO / IEC 20000 Standard!

ISO / IEC 20000 is the International Certification standard for organizations within the IT Service Management environment. It reflects the increasing desire to have a certification that moves beyond the individual employee and this title complements the EXIN and TüV SüD syllabus.

The goal of this Introduction is to ...

In februari 2005 is BiSL als public domain standaard voor functioneel beheer en informatiemanagement geïntroduceerd. Dit artikel is een introductie op het BiSL-model en -voor diegenen die wat meer zijn ingewijd op dit terrein - geeft het artikel inzicht in de veranderingen in het denken en de invulling van het model.

Project management brings major changes and innovation. IT service management promises quality and the fulfillment of needs. Their interactions are not always properly addressed - often leading to issues,conflicts and risks affecting the final quality of services. Integrate them to improve it!