When your project is people-dependent, how do you get their buy in? Attitudes and behavior are the biggest barriers to making changes within organizations. IT process implementation is no different. How do you do it? What is the key? What are the pitfalls? Meet Chris. Chris is assigned a seemingly impossible task - a problem that many previous project managers couldn't fix. Will Chris go their way and be 'given the opportunity to be more successful elsewhere' - or achieve the objectives and impress the company leadership? For this project to be successful, Chris needs to change the way colleagues and superiors approach the problem. Learn from the successes - and mistakes - as you join in the search for workable solutions and attempts to bring colleagues and superiors on board. This innovative work of fiction demonstrates how ITIL best practice can ensure the success of your IT process implementation projects. Based on real-life up-to-date situations, it offers vital strategies to implement the most important aspects of ITIL into your business and to tailor them to your organization's particular needs. About the author Daniel McLean has worked in IT for more than 20 years, and for more than ten years has been designing, implementing and operating processes to support ITSM. His work focuses on bringing the best practices from the ITSM Standards into practical operational processes that are tailored to the needs of the particular organization. Daniel has developed and delivered customized ITIL courseware to a number of organizations and was a peer reviewer during the development of the OGC ITIL v3 Service Strategy element of the ITIL framework. He holds many honors in IT and related areas. This book will transform your ITIL management processes!

Previously published as No One of Us is as Strong as all of Us. ..". the use of a story to illustrate both ITIL(r) process basics and the inherent implementation challenges makes this a powerful but quick, easy read." Susan Schellhase, itSMF USA member Based on the real-life experiences of the author and other ITSM professionals, Catalogs, Services and Portfolios - An ITSM success story is a fictional account of change management surrounding ITSM projects. It tells the story of ITSM practitioner Chris as he learns how to deal with resistance to change and overcome inertia in staff behavior. Through his experiences, readers encounter the common challenges faced when implementing change in an IT service management context. The 'tips that would have helped Chris' sections are packed with helpful advice for anyone facing similar challenges. The narrative style of the book helps readers understand how to manage resistance to change and the lack of empathy that often exists between IT and the business it supports. Presenting a realistic overview of an ITSM implementation, the book is equally suitable for newly qualified ITIL professionals and as an inspiration for team discussions. Read this book to learn from Chris's experiences and transform your ITSM project About the author Daniel McLean is an ITIL consultant with over 20 years' experience in IT. He has spent the last 10 years designing, implementing and operating processes supporting ITSM. He was also a peer reviewer during development of the OGC ITIL v3 Service Strategy Best Practic