Queensland Health, a large Australian government agency,
implemented a centralised IT service management model based
on the ITIL framework. This paper presents an in-depth case
study of the implementation. It sheds light on the challenges
and breakthroughs, confirms a set of factors that contributed to
the project’s success and offers a learning opportunity for other
organisations. The study indicates that the commitment of senior
management is crucial to the project’s success as is a project
champion and the recognition of the need for an appropriate change
management strategy to transform the organisational culture
to a service-oriented focus. Maintaining close and forthright
relationships with multiple vendors facilitates technology transfer
Introduction
In past years a confluence of circumstances has driven IT
functions to become more service-oriented so that they can be
better aligned with the business objectives of their organisations.
These trends include the growing pressure for organisations in
the public as well as private sector to operate on a more costeffective
basis, the increasing dependence on IT for near realtime
information to support mission-critical activities, the need
for enhanced reporting integrity so as to meet stricter regulatory
requirements, and more exacting demands from users and senior
management for reduction in the level of tolerance and failures in
the IT infrastructure. The IT service management (ITSM) model
represents a paradigm shift for IT functions as it deemphasizes
the management of IT assets and focuses on the provision of
quality end-to-end IT services. While there are many avenues for
IT functions to achieve the transformation, the growing majority
have chosen the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework to
provide implementation guidance and a common language of
communication.
Queensland Health, a large Australian government agency,implemented a centralised IT service management model basedon the ITIL framework. This paper presents an in-depth casestudy of the implementation. It sheds light on the challengesand breakthroughs, confirms a set of factors that contributed tothe project’s success and offers a learning opportunity for otherorganisations. The study indicates that the commitment of seniormanagement is crucial to the project’s success as is a projectchampion and the recognition of the need for an appropriate changemanagement strategy to transform the organisational cultureto a service-oriented focus. Maintaining close and forthrightrelationships with multiple vendors facilitates technology transferIntroductionIn past years a confluence of circumstances has driven ITfunctions to become more service-oriented so that they can bebetter aligned with the business objectives of their organisations.These trends include the growing pressure for organisations inthe public as well as private sector to operate on a more costeffectivebasis, the increasing dependence on IT for near realtimeinformation to support mission-critical activities, the needfor enhanced reporting integrity so as to meet stricter regulatoryrequirements, and more exacting demands from users and seniormanagement for reduction in the level of tolerance and failures inthe IT infrastructure. The IT service management (ITSM) modelrepresents a paradigm shift for IT functions as it deemphasizesthe management of IT assets and focuses on the provision ofquality end-to-end IT services. While there are many avenues forIT functions to achieve the transformation, the growing majorityhave chosen the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework toprovide implementation guidance and a common language ofcommunication.
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