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Critical Success Factor (CSF)

An element of success that must happen if an IT service, process, plan, project, or activity is to succeed. #Practices #CSF #Metrics #ITSM #BusinessAlignment #ITIL #SupportOperations


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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

A financial calculation used to analyze the direct and indirect costs of owning and using hardware and software. #BusinessAlignment #FinancialManagement #BusinessValue


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Vendor

A third-party, external company that supplies goods or services to the support center or customer. #BusinessValue #FinancialManagement #BusinessAlignment


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Vendor Management

Reviewing vendor performance and responsiveness through statistical problem reports. #BusinessAlignment #ITSM #BusinessValue #FinancialManagement


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Virtual Support Center

An approach to enterprise-wide support center management that treats several geographically dispersed support centers as if they were a single support center. #SupportOperations #BusinessAlignment #SupportCenter #SupportModels


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Vision Statement

A view of the future state of the organization or department. It is an "ideal" picture of what the organization wants to become, as viewed by customers and employees. #BusinessAlignment #OrganizationalChangeManagement #Leadership


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Impact

A measure of the degree to which a service or business process has been effected by an incident or problem (e.g., the impact on the organization in terms of the number of services, users, or potential financial loss). #BusinessAlignment #ITSM #BusinessContinuity #DesktopSupport ...


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Tactical

The middle of three levels of planning and delivery (strategic, tactical, and operational). Tactical activities include the medium-term plans required to achieve specific objectives , typically over a period of weeks to months. #BusinessAlignment #OrganizationalChangeManagement


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Objective

(1) A quantified, specific statement identifying what a service desk or support center will accomplish over a period of time, such as “reduce total cost of support by 15 percent during Q3” or “decrease customer downtime by twenty-five hours per quarter during Q4.” (2) The defined purpose or aim...


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Support Partner

Individuals, groups, or departments that assist the service desk or support center or its customers, but are not part of the service desk or support center budget. #SupportModels #BusinessAlignment #SupportOperations