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
The strategy and tactics of defining, achieving, and maintaining required levels of IT service to the business user population within the organization. It is designed to optimize and provide cost-effective delivery of IT services that are aligned to business requirements. #SupportOperations...
The active process of forecasting, budgeting, cost capture, and allocation to provide transparency into the nature and costs of IT services in order to justify IT spending and demonstrate competitive value. #FinancialManagement #ITSM #SupportOperations #KPI #CSF #ITIL
A statistical criterion for measuring a successful service. The expression of an aspect of a service in definitive and quantifiable terms, it specifies a term in an SLA and quantifies its associated measure (e.g., the percentage of total calls answered within a specific time, such as “80...
A measure of performance, efficiency, effectiveness or quality, usually based on statistical, historical, or operational data. Metrics are used as a basis for rewards and/or recognition, improving performance, communicating value (alignment to business goals), and measuring continuous...
A type of metric that measures of progress toward achieving one’s goals and objectives. KPI’s quantify measures of management objectives (thresholds or specific targets), are linked to the goals of the organization, and can be either leading or lagging, qualitative or quantitative measurements...