ISO 20000 - Information technology - Service management
IT is essential to delivering today's business. However, concerns are increasingly being raised about IT services, internal and outsourced, not aligning with the needs of businesses and customers.
A recognized solution to this problem is to use an IT Service Management System (ITSMS) based on ISO/IEC 20000, the international standard for IT service management. Certification to this standard enables you to independently demonstrate to your customers that you meet best practice. ISO/IEC 20000 is based on and replaces BS 15000, the internationally recognized British Standard.
Benefits
Primarily, ISO/IEC 20000 certification demonstrates that an organization has adequate controls and procedures in place to consistently deliver a cost effective, quality IT service. Some of the key benefits are listed below:
IT service providers become more responsive to services which are business led rather than technology driven
External service providers can use certification as a differentiator and win new business as this increasingly becomes a contractual requirement
Gives you the ability to select and manage external service providers more effectively
More opportunities to improve the efficiency, reliability and consistency of IT services impacting costs and service
Certification audits enable the regular evaluation of the service management processes, which helps to maintain and improve effectiveness
The certification process can reduce the amount of supplier audits, thereby reducing costs
ISO/IEC 20000 is fully compatible with the ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) framework of best practice guidance for ITSM processes