For trainers free additional material of this book is available. This can be found under the "Training Material" tab. Log in with your trainer account to access the material. Note: This pocket book is available in several languages: English, German, Dutch. Since 2001 the Van Haren Publishing ITIL Pocket Guides have helped readers all over the world to understand the essentials of ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), the leading framework for IT service management. This pocket guide does exactly the same as previous editions: offering a concise summary of ITIL, based on ITIL(R) 2011 Edition. We have condensed the full ITIL framework, found in 2000 pages, into just 200 pocket-sized pages! It means that this book is an essential time-saving and cost-effective guide to ITIL 2011 Edition -- for both industry experts and students alike. Primarily it is a quick, portable reference tool to ITIL for all professionals in the service management community. What is the 'lifecycle' approach? What are the key service management processes and functions? Secondly the ITIL pocket guide can be used as part of the training material for everyone who wants to certify for the ITIL Foundation exam. The guide contents cover all of the specifications of APMG's ITIL Foundation Certificate syllabus.

Note: This pocket book is available in several languages: English, German, French, Dutch. This Pocket Guide is a concise summary of ITIL(R) V 3. A quick, portable reference tool to this leading standard within the Service Management community. What are the key service management processes? What is the 'lifecycle' approach?

CONTAINS THE TEXT FOR THE FULL ISO/IEC STANDARD This groundbreaking new title looks at the ISO/IEC 20000 Standard: the scope and the its basis on the concept of a quality management system. By explain the basic processes and functions within IT Service Management it describes for the reader some of the common concepts and definitions that are understood across the globe. It builds on this by describing the basic building blocks of the standard that can be applied to ANY service management framework: whether it is ITIL or any other. ISO/IEC 20000 An Introduction describes Service Management standards that must be attained for corporate accreditation

The ability to organise and measure performance is a key part of the implementation of IT Service Management processes. This publication contains practical information on the provision of useful and meaningful metrics, as well as how best to use them within an organisation, including generic principles (such as SMART and KISS), specific examples and templates for the use of each metricAll metrics discussed are directly related to process objectives, in order to help create a service-focused management system. This publication complements the ITIL, CobiT and ISO20000 service management principles. "If you need to develop metrics for an IT environment, buy this book or hire a consultant who has read it" G. Kieliszek, Healthcare CIO (Amazon) "This is more than a book, it's a practical, useable "A to Z" of IT Service Management Metrics! Peter Brooks (Author) has given us all a crystal clear view of a neglected, blurred piece of the IT Service Management puzzle. As a Principal ITSM Consultant working for Foster-Melliar in South Africa I am continuously disappointed by the many ITSM books produced that generally regurgitate what is already known by many in the industry. Metrics for IT Service Organisations provides a vast array of possible audiences something that many ITSM volumes do not, and this is a Practical, useable view of "How" to plan for, design, manage and improve the critical measures IT Service organisations require from both a strategic, tactical and operational perspective. I don't carry many books around with me, this one, I most certainly will!!" Ian Clark Principal ITSM Consultant Foster-Melliar "With all the focus on IT Governance and IT Business process management. It is easy to see why metric are becoming hugely important for the management of organisations. In reality however, getting the right set of metrics in place is by no means a simple exercise. Metrics for IT service organisations can be a great help. Using ITIL as the basis the book lists many useful examples of metrics. But what is more important, is that it gives us insight into to creation of "good" metrics and the dangers of "bad" metrics. " Emma Speakman IT BPM consultant SA/NL/UK "Looking for a comprehensive, in-depth exploration and explanation of what metrics to use in your ITSM journey? Then 'Metrics for IT Service Organizations' by Peter Brooks may be exactly what you're looking for. This (new) book not only covers what metrics need to be seriously considered, but explains the 'why' and 'how' behind selecting and defining them, pointing out along the way many of the dangers and pitfalls of selecting the wrong ones; or too many. If you tend to agree that 'what gets measured gets done', then applying the ideas in Peter's book will assist you in getting the right things done." Ken Wendle (FISM) previous President of the itSMF USA, works as a Senior Solution Architect for Hewlett Packard's OpenView Software division Given that itSMF is the source, readers of this book will naturally expect a 'best practices' view on metrics, and a highly practical reference text. More particularly, though, the special merit of the text is its carefulness in stressing that metrics must be both useful and meaningful, and that the meaning comes from the business perspective on IT management processes - a perspective always represented by a stated business objective. By encouraging readers to seriously commit to defining clear business objectives, the text aims the reader at measurement that avoids excess or irrelevance. Malcolm Ryder (CA Architect)

Note: This pocket book is available in several languages: English, German, Dutch. Die ITIL(R) Taschenbucher von Van Haren Publishing besitzen einen Qualitatsstandard, dienen als klassischer Leitfaden zum Thema ITIL(R) und sind in vielen Sprachen erhaltlich. Im Laufe der Jahre haben sich die Van Haren Handbucher ihren Platz in den Regalen und in den Aktenkoffer von Branchenexperten, wie sie bei der Implementierung von Best Practices innerhalb ihrer Organisationen benotigt werden, verdient. Dieses Taschenbuch bietet eine kurze Zusammenfassung der aktuellen ITIL(R) Version 2011. Der vollstandige Inhalt - ca. 2.000 Seiten - des ITIL(R)-Framework konzentriert sich auf 200 Seiten im Taschenbuchformat! Das bedeutet, dass der Einsatz dieses kostengunstigen Taschenbuchs eine wesentliche Zeitersparnis fur unsere tagliche Arbeit im Bereich Service Management nach ITIL(R) leistet. In erster Linie ist das Taschenbuch ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, bezogen auf das Thema ITIL(R) im praktischen Format fur alle Profis in der Service Management-Community. Es gibt schnell Antwort, beispielsweise auf die Fragen: Was ist der "Lebenszyklus"-Ansatz? Was sind die Schlussel-Service Management-Prozesse und -Funktionen? Zweitens kann das ITIL(R) Taschenbuch als Teil der verwendeten Schulungsmaterialien, fur alle die eine ITIL(R) Foundation Zertifizierung anstreben, eingesetzt werden. Die Inhalte des Taschenbuchs decken die APMG Spezifikationen des ITIL(R) Foundation Lehrplans / Syllabus ab.

Note: This pocket book is available in several languages: English, German, French, Dutch. This Pocket Guide is a concise summary of ITIL(R) V 3. A quick, portable reference tool to this leading standard within the Service Management community. Additionally for readers the processes are covered in a separate section.