“Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free, but it can’t go anywhere.”
Zig Ziglar
Organizations require structure to operate, but most often end up creating silo towers with no connecting switch-track to communicate or change direction. Following a framework in exactness is limiting — but adapting a framework is not. There is no one-size-fits-all; that it’s a framework means you have the ability to lay the tracks any way you like. If, in the future, you decide to make an offshoot to a new destination, then you have the ability to do so with the guidance the framework provides.
ITSM is a continuous journey, not a project that ends on the ‘go live’ date. And if truth be known, there is no end to a project until all the chickens come home to roost (but that’s another blog). Count on this: There will always be other destinations to visit that will require you to lay tracks to get there.
From: http://www.bmc.com/blogs/itsm-best-practices-quoting-itsm-isnt-enough/
Re-posting as we shift focus to ITSM. I found this article on BMC’s website and felt it’s right on.
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