ITIL ROLES DEFINITION AND MANAGEMENT
There has been an increase in the interest and implementation of IT service management recently. This created a need for organizations to start creating ITIL-related functions and roles using existing IT staff. The challenge is how an organization would get an individual to perform functions in several IT service management roles. Below are some of the roles you will have to have in an IT service management based organization:
1. Business Relationship Manager
2. Service Level Manager
3. Risk Manager
4. Service Continuity Manager
5. Capacity Manager
6. Availability Manager
7. Problem Manager
8. Service Asset and Configuration Manager
9. Knowledge Manager
10. Configuration Manager
11. Incident Manager
12. Service Desk Manager
13. Test Manager
14. Release Manager
15. Service Owner
16. Process Owner
Some ITIL roles do have the opportunity to be performed by a a person. Here some ideas:
1. A staff can perform the roles of a Business Relationship Manager and Service Level Manager in the Service Strategy phase.
2. A staff can perform the roles of an Availability Manager and Capacity Manager in the Service Design phase and be the Problem Manager in the Service Operation.
3. A staff can perform the roles of the Risk Manager and Service Continuity Manager in the Service Design phase.
4. A staff can perform the Service Desk Manager and Incident Manager roles in the Service Operation phase.
5. A staff can perform the roles of a Knowledge Manager and a Configuration Manager in the Service Transition phase.
Why I am writing about ITIL in a project management blog anyway. If you would look at the ITIL lifecycle you have the following:
1. Service Strategy
2. Service Design
3. Service Transition
4. Service Operation
5. Continual Service Improvement
Now let’s take a look at the PMBOK project management lifecycle.
1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring and Controlling
5. Closing
When you are doing an ITIL project you will need to use the project management skills you have and apply the principle of the project lifecycle in an ITIL project. I know it is bit confusing at first but you will eventually see that the project management framework is a compensating framework to the ITIL framework.
For a full article on combining ITIL roles, please click here.