Monday, April 12, 2010

Setup Costs and Ongoing Costs


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  1. http://www.itil.org.uk/sm-cost.htm
    ITIL Cost vs Benefits

    COST:

    ■Personnel – to man Service Desk (Set-up and ongoing)
    ■Accommodation – Physical location (Set-up and ongoing)
    ■Software – Tools (Set-up and ongoing)
    ■Hardware – Infrastructure (Set-up)
    ■Education – Training (Set-up and ongoing)
    ■Procedures – external consultants etc (Set-up)
    BENEFITS:

    ■Improved Customer Service perception and satisfaction
    ■Increased accessibility through a single point of contact, communication, and information
    ■Better-quality and quicker turnaround of customer requests
    ■Improved teamwork and communication
    ■Enhanced focus and a proactive approach to Service provision
    ■A reduced negative business impact
    ■Better managed infrastructure and control
    ■Improved usage of IT support resources and increased productivity of business personnel
    ■More meaningful management information to support decisions.
    One key benefit of a Service Desk is the provision of management information;

    ■Staff resource usage
    ■Service deficiencies
    ■Service performance and target achievement
    ■Customer training needs
    ■Associated costs

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