Blog
Published 25 Sep 2018
IT Infrastructure management and support domain are experiencing a new makeover when it comes to tools, technologies, and methods that are being introduced on top of the service layer. Support and service are an integral part of every business. Every organization is an IT org...
Capabilities|Dashboards|IT service management (ITSM)|IT services|Processes|Service management
Blog
Published 02 Jun 2015
Over the past 30 years numerous methods, practices, and certifications gained prominence across the global IT community. As the numbers grew, so too did the tendency to promote specific practices and methodologies at the expense of other legitimate and relevant ones as all of...
Agile|Capabilities|Methodologies|PRINCE2|PRINCE2 Agile|Processes|Project Management
Blog
Published 07 Oct 2016
If you’ve recently completed your ITIL Foundation certification, first of all, congratulations! Anytime you achieve something it’s important to take a moment to reflect on your accomplishment. You’re now part of an elite group of ITIL certification holders so welcome to the...
Capabilities|Certification|IT Service Management (ITSM)|ITIL
Blog
Published 04 Dec 2017
Everyone’s favourite IT service management (ITSM) puppet blogger, Joe The IT Guy, published an article a couple of months ago on the alignment of ITIL ® and DevOps. It had some great insights, and Joe suggested that I pen a follow-up … so, here it is. Before I start, I’d...
Capabilities|Continual Service Improvement (CSI)|DevOps|IT Service Management (ITSM)|Service Management
Blog
Published 21 Jun 2017
According to AXELOS’ Future Project Management Professional research, the project managers of tomorrow will need to embrace a wider range of skills and become even more multi-faceted. Project manager, Ana Bertacchini considers the implications for the profession. How wil...
Agile|Capabilities|Change management|PRINCE2|Project management|Risk management
Blog
Published 07 Nov 2017
What are the myths and realities about digital disruption? AXELOS attended the recent British Quality Foundation event, Digital Disruption – is it business as usual , and this is a summary of London Business School professor, Julian Birkinshaw’s analysis of current digi...
Agile|Collaboration|IT transformation|Leadership|Processes|Value
Blog
Published 04 Jan 2018
Three trends in 2018 will combine to challenge the most expert and experienced of the UK’s transformational change leaders . 1. Being clinical about the core We have heard plenty about “doing more with the same” or “doing the same with less”. Given global economic uncertai...
Behaviour|Big data|Capabilities|Change management|Leadership|Portfolio management
Blog
Published 05 May 2015
IT Service Management (ITSM) practitioners often forget that service management was not something they invented but rather a concept taken and adapted to create their own view of the world. They borrowed the principles of good customer service used by businesses, put “IT” in...
Business Solutions|IT Service Management (ITSM)|IT Services|ITIL|Requirements|Service Management
Blog
Published 16 Oct 2015
Continual service improvement (CSI) is integral to the ITIL® framework and should be fundamental for any IT Service management (ITSM) strategy. After all many of us are constantly looking to innovate, improve our business model, reduce costs, risks and improve the overall v...
Best Practice|Continual Service Improvement (CSI)|IT Service Management (ITSM)|ITIL|Processes|Service Desk|Service Management
Blog
Published 06 Jan 2016
What's the point of ongoing professional development? In "My CPD Life", a short series of blog posts to coincide with the launch of the AXELOS Professional Development Programme , experienced practitioners share their views on the value of keeping your skills and kno...
Adopt and adapt|Capabilities|Career planning|CPD|IT Service Management (ITSM)|Skills|Training