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        Service Life Cycle Stages
            
                Service Strategy
             
                Service Design
             
                Service Transition
             
                Service Operation
             
                Continual Service Improvement
             
    The Continual Service Improvement book describes how to enhance the quality of services over time.  Topics
    include:
 
    
        The business case for improvement
    
        Acting, not just talking about it
    
        Analysis  approaches
    
        Monitoring and measurement of ITSM
    
        Service improvement
     
    The following processes are involved in Continual Service Improvement:
 
 
    
        
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                    ITIL® practice
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                    Equivalent ITUP Process
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            | 7-Step Service Improvement | 
                    Service Level Management activities:  
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            | Service Reporting | Monitor and Report Service Level Achievements |  
            | Service Measurement | 
                    This is a part of every process. 
                 
                    
                        In the Establish <process> Framework activity in every process, see the Define Measurements
                        and Controls task. 
                    
                        In the Evaluate <process> Performance activity in every process, see the Produce Process
                        Measurements task.
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            | Return on Investment for CSI | 
                    In Service Level Management, see the task entitled "Analyze Service Improvement Feasibility"
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            | Business Questions for CSI | IT Strategy |  
            | Service Level Management | Service Level Management |  
 
 
 
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