Taking an Organisation on an ITIL Journey? Key Considerations For Implementers

Taking an organisation on an ITIL journey is alwaysknowledge is at? Where are they at with regards to
something you need to be fully prepared for. Youunderstanding enough detail to support you?
need to think of the implementation on a number ofRemember it is your sponsors you will most likely be
levels, you need to be mentally prepared for anythingselling your solutions too.
and strong enough to take feedback and be able toRemember where you are trying to get to?
work through this feedback to provide a clear pathRemember the big picture, don't get bogged down in
forward. Pondering the Best Practise you may havethe detail, you will certainly need to get down to the
learned in the classroom is one thing; you are now indetail as you journey through however the point I am
the real world, with a real expectation on results.trying to emphasis is to not get stuck down there, I
Be aware of where your primary Client and or Projecthave seen many situations where implementers have
Sponsors ITIL knowledge is at? More importantlybeen pulled down into the detail and unfortunately been
where that knowledge needs to be to effectivelybusy trying to solve everyone's issues at the same
support you on your journey? You maybe carrying outtime and therefore found it extremely difficult to come
formal assessments and working hard to understandback up, and in some cases can't identify the logical
and pull together a realistic current state view ofpath to come back up. Don't get stuck down there,
where the organisations Service Managementcome back up and visualise on the big picture and
capabilities are at? One thing often overlooked is awhere you are trying to get to.
need to understand where your key sponsor's