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ITIL® 4 Essentials: Your essential guide for the ITIL 4 Foundation exam and beyond, second edition
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ITIL® 4 Essentials: Your essential guide for the ITIL 4 Foundation exam and beyond, second edition

by Claire Agutter
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
211 pages
3h 8m
English
IT Governance Publishing
Content preview from ITIL® 4 Essentials: Your essential guide for the ITIL 4 Foundation exam and beyond, second edition

CHAPTER 5: THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT

image The four dimensions are:

•Organisations and people

•Information and technology

•Partners and suppliers

•Value streams and processes

The four dimensions of service management are relevant to all elements of the Service Value System (see chapter 6). Failing to consider all four dimensions can lead to services that offer poor quality or efficiency, or may even mean services aren’t delivered at all. The four dimensions can overlap and interact in unpredictable ways and must be considered for every service. Figure 4 shows the four dimensions4:

Figure 4: The four dimensions of service management ...

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