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== IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM): | '''<span id="Overview">Objective:</span>''' <html><span id="md-webpage-description" itemprop="description"><i>IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM)</i> aims to manage risks that could seriously impact IT services. This ITIL process ensures that the IT service provider can always provide minimum agreed Service Levels, by reducing the risk from disaster events to an acceptable level and planning for the recovery of IT services. ITSCM should be designed to support Business Continuity Management.</span></p> | ||
<p><b>Part of</b>: <a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/ITIL_Service_Design" title="ITIL Service Design">Service Design</a></html> | |||
'''Process | '''Process Owner''': [[IT Service Continuity Management#IT Service Continuity Manager|IT Service Continuity Manager]] | ||
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==Process Description== | |||
[[Image:It-service-continuity-management.jpg|right|thumb|500px|alt=IT Service Continuity Management ITIL|link=https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/File:It-service-continuity-management.jpg|[https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/images/pdf/process_overview_it_service_continuity_management_itilv3.pdf IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM)]]] | |||
There are no major differences between ITSCM in ITIL V3 (2007) and ITIL 2011. | |||
Following the introduction of Design Coordination in ITIL 2011 the information flows have been adapted. The process overview of [[Media:It-service-continuity-management.jpg|IT Service Continuity Management (.JPG)]] shows the key information flows (see fig. 1). | |||
''Note:'' ITSCM ensures that appropriate continuity mechanisms are in place. The recovery of IT services is managed through the [[Incident Management]] process, especially the "[[Incident Management#Sub-Processes|Handling of Major Incidents]]" sub-process. | |||
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[[ITIL 4]] refers to IT Service Continuity Management as a [[ITIL_4#Service_management_practices|service management practice]], and has renamed the practice to "Service continuity management". | |||
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==Sub-Processes== | |||
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<p><span itemprop="name" content="IT Service Continuity Management sub-processes:">These are the <strong class="selflink">IT Service Continuity Management</strong> sub-processes and their process objectives:</span> | |||
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<p><b><span id="IT_Service_Continuity_Support" itemprop="itemListElement">ITSCM Support</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">Process Objective: To make sure that all members of IT staff with responsibilities for fighting disasters are aware of their exact duties, and to make sure that all <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Index_of_Disaster-Relevant_Information" title="IT Service Continuity Management">relevant information</a> is readily available when a disaster occurs. | |||
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<p><b><span id="Service_Continuity" itemprop="itemListElement">Design Services for Continuity</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">Process Objective: To design appropriate and cost-justifiable continuity mechanisms and procedures to meet the agreed <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Business_Continuity_Strategy" title="IT Service Continuity Management">business continuity targets</a>. This includes the design of risk reduction measures and <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Recovery_Plan" title="IT Service Continuity Management">recovery plans</a>. | |||
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<p><b><span id="ITIL_ITSCM_Testing" itemprop="itemListElement">ITSCM Training and Testing</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">Process Objective: To make sure that all preventive measures and recovery mechanisms for the case of <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Disaster_Recovery_Invocation_Guideline" title="IT Service Continuity Management">disaster events</a> are subject to regular testing. | |||
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<p><b><span id="IT_Service_Continuity_Review" itemprop="itemListElement">ITSCM Review</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">Process Objective: To review if disaster prevention measures are still in line with risk perceptions from the business side, and to verify if continuity measures and procedures are regularly maintained and tested. | |||
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==Definitions== | |||
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<p><span itemprop="name">The following <a href="/index.php/ITIL_Glossary#ITIL_Glossary_A-Z" title="ITIL Glossary">ITIL terms and acronyms</a> (<i>information objects</i>) are used inthe IT Service Continuity Management process to represent process outputs and inputs:</span> | |||
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<p><b><span id="Availability_ITSCM_Security_Testing_Schedule" itemprop="itemListElement">Availability/ ITSCM/ Security Testing Schedule</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">A schedule for the regular testing of all availability, continuity and security mechanisms, jointly maintained by <a href="/index.php/Availability_Management" title="Availability Management">Availability</a>, <strong class="selflink">IT Service Continuity</strong> and <a href="/index.php/IT_Security_Management" title="IT Security Management">Information Security Management</a>. | |||
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<p><b><span id="Business_Continuity_Strategy" itemprop="itemListElement">Business Continuity Strategy</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">An outline of the approach to ensure the continuity of Vital Business Functions in the case of disaster events. The Business Continuity Strategy is prepared by the business and serves as a starting point for producing the <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#IT_Service_Continuity_Strategy" title="IT Service Continuity Management">IT Service Continuity Strategy</a>. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b><span id="Disaster_Recovery_Invocation_Guideline" itemprop="itemListElement">Disaster Recovery Invocation Guideline</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">A document produced by IT Service Continuity Management with detailed instructions on when and how to invoke the procedure for fighting a disaster. Most importantly, the guideline defines the first steps to be taken by <a href="/index.php/ITIL_Roles#1st_Level_Support" title="ITIL Roles">1st Level Support</a> after learning that a (suspected) disaster has occurred. | |||
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<p><b><span id="Index_of_Disaster-Relevant_Information" itemprop="itemListElement">Index of Disaster-Relevant Information</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">A catalogue of all information that is relevant in the event of disasters. This document is maintained and circulated by IT Service Continuity Management to all members of IT staff with responsibilities for fighting disasters. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b><span id="IT_Service_Continuity_Report" itemprop="itemListElement">IT Service Continuity Report</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">The IT Service Continuity Report is created at regular intervals and provides other Service Management processes and IT Management with information related to disaster prevention. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b><span id="IT_Service_Continuity_Plan" itemprop="itemListElement">IT Service Continuity Plan</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">IT Service Continuity Plans underpin the <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#IT_Service_Continuity_Strategy" title="IT Service Continuity Management">ITSCM Strategy</a>, describing how continuity is ensured for specific disaster events and services. It specifies the measures to enhance the resilience of services and describes how to effectively respond to a disaster event. ITSCM Plans usually include references to more detailed <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Recovery_Plan" title="IT Service Continuity Management">Recovery Plans</a> with specific instructions for returning systems to a working state. | |||
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<p><b><span id="IT_Service_Continuity_Strategy" itemprop="itemListElement">IT Service Continuity Strategy</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">The IT Service Continuity Strategy contains an outline of the approach to ensure the <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Service_Continuity" title="IT Service Continuity Management">continuity of vital services</a> in the case of disaster events. It includes a list of Vital Business Functions and applied risk reduction or recovery options. The IT Service Continuity Strategy should be based on a <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#Business_Continuity_Strategy" title="IT Service Continuity Management">Business Continuity Strategy</a>. The ITSCM Strategy is underpinned by more detailed <a href="/index.php/IT_Service_Continuity_Management#IT_Service_Continuity_Plan" title="IT Service Continuity Management">ITSCM Plans</a>, describing how continuity is ensured for specific disaster events and services. | |||
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<p><b><span id="Recovery_Plan" itemprop="itemListElement">Recovery Plan</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">Recovery Plans are created mainly by <a href="/index.php/Availability_Management" title="Availability Management">Availability</a> and IT Service Continuity Management. The plans contain detailed instructions for returning specific services and/or systems to a working state, which often includes recovering data to a known consistent state. | |||
</li></ul> | |||
<p><b><span id="Test_Report" itemprop="itemListElement">Test Report</span></b> | |||
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<ul><li itemprop="description">A Test Report provides a summary of testing and assessment activities. A Test Report is created for example during Release tests in the Service Transition stage or during tests carried out by <a href="/index.php/Availability_Management" title="Availability Management">Availability</a>, <strong class="selflink">IT Service Continuity</strong> or <a href="/index.php/IT_Security_Management" title="IT Security Management">Information Security Management</a>. | |||
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==<span id="Checklists_.7C_KPIs">Templates | KPIs</span>== | |||
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<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/ITIL_KPIs_Service_Design#ITIL_KPIs_IT_Service_Continuity_Management" title="ITIL KPIs IT Service Continuity Management">Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) IT Service Continuity Management</a></li> | |||
<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/ITIL-Checklists#IT_Service_Continuity_Management">IT Service Continuity Management templates and checklists</a>: | |||
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<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Checklist_ITSCM_Risk_Analysis">ITSCM Risk Analysis</a></li> | |||
<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Checklist_IT_Service_Continuity_Plan">IT Service Continuity Plan</a></li> | |||
<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Checklist_ITSCM_Report">ITSCM Report</a></li> | |||
<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Checklist_Emergency_Plan">Emergency Plan template</a></li> | |||
<li><a href="https://wiki.en.it-processmaps.com/index.php/Checklist_Protocol_Disaster_Practice">Protocol Disaster Practice</a></li> | |||
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==Roles | Responsibilities== | |||
'''<span id="IT Service Continuity Manager">IT Service Continuity Manager - Process Owner</span>''' | |||
*The IT Service Continuity Manager is responsible for managing risks that could seriously impact IT services. | |||
*He ensures that the IT service provider can provide minimum agreed service levels in cases of disaster, by reducing the risk to an acceptable level and planning for the recovery of IT services. | |||
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! style="background:#eeeeee;" | [[IT Service Continuity Management#IT Service Continuity Manager|IT Service Continuity Manager]] | |||
! style="background:#eeeeee;" | Service Owner[[IT Service Continuity Management#ITIL-Rollen|<small>[3]</small>]] | |||
! style="background:#eeeeee;" | Applications Analys[[IT Service Continuity Management#ITIL Roles|<small>[3]</small>]] | |||
! style="background:#eeeeee;" | Technical Analyst[[IT Service Continuity Management#ITIL Roles|<small>[3]</small>]] | |||
! style="background:#eeeeee;" | IT Operator[[IT Service Continuity Management#ITIL Roles|<small>[3]</small>]] | |||
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[#IT Service Continuity Support|ITSCM Support]] | |||
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= | <span id="Accountable">[1] ''A: Accountable'' Accountable according to the RACI Model: Those who are ultimately accountable for the correct and thorough completion of the IT Service Continuity Management process.</span> | ||
= | <span id="Responsible">[2] ''R: Responsible'' according to the RACI Model: Those who do the work to achieve a task within ITIL Continuity Management.</span> | ||
<span id="ITIL Roles">[3] siehe [[ITIL Roles|→ Role descriptions ...]]</span> | |||
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Objective: IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM) aims to manage risks that could seriously impact IT services. This ITIL process ensures that the IT service provider can always provide minimum agreed Service Levels, by reducing the risk from disaster events to an acceptable level and planning for the recovery of IT services. ITSCM should be designed to support Business Continuity Management.
Part of: Service Design
Process Owner: IT Service Continuity Manager
Process Description
![IT Service Continuity Management ITIL](/images/thumb/8/80/It-service-continuity-management.jpg/500px-It-service-continuity-management.jpg)
There are no major differences between ITSCM in ITIL V3 (2007) and ITIL 2011.
Following the introduction of Design Coordination in ITIL 2011 the information flows have been adapted. The process overview of IT Service Continuity Management (.JPG) shows the key information flows (see fig. 1).
Note: ITSCM ensures that appropriate continuity mechanisms are in place. The recovery of IT services is managed through the Incident Management process, especially the "Handling of Major Incidents" sub-process.
ITIL 4 refers to IT Service Continuity Management as a service management practice, and has renamed the practice to "Service continuity management".
Sub-Processes
These are the IT Service Continuity Management sub-processes and their process objectives:
ITSCM Support
- Process Objective: To make sure that all members of IT staff with responsibilities for fighting disasters are aware of their exact duties, and to make sure that all relevant information is readily available when a disaster occurs.
Design Services for Continuity
- Process Objective: To design appropriate and cost-justifiable continuity mechanisms and procedures to meet the agreed business continuity targets. This includes the design of risk reduction measures and recovery plans.
ITSCM Training and Testing
- Process Objective: To make sure that all preventive measures and recovery mechanisms for the case of disaster events are subject to regular testing.
ITSCM Review
- Process Objective: To review if disaster prevention measures are still in line with risk perceptions from the business side, and to verify if continuity measures and procedures are regularly maintained and tested.
Definitions
The following ITIL terms and acronyms (information objects) are used inthe IT Service Continuity Management process to represent process outputs and inputs:
Availability/ ITSCM/ Security Testing Schedule
- A schedule for the regular testing of all availability, continuity and security mechanisms, jointly maintained by Availability, IT Service Continuity and Information Security Management.
Business Continuity Strategy
- An outline of the approach to ensure the continuity of Vital Business Functions in the case of disaster events. The Business Continuity Strategy is prepared by the business and serves as a starting point for producing the IT Service Continuity Strategy.
Disaster Recovery Invocation Guideline
- A document produced by IT Service Continuity Management with detailed instructions on when and how to invoke the procedure for fighting a disaster. Most importantly, the guideline defines the first steps to be taken by 1st Level Support after learning that a (suspected) disaster has occurred.
Index of Disaster-Relevant Information
- A catalogue of all information that is relevant in the event of disasters. This document is maintained and circulated by IT Service Continuity Management to all members of IT staff with responsibilities for fighting disasters.
IT Service Continuity Report
- The IT Service Continuity Report is created at regular intervals and provides other Service Management processes and IT Management with information related to disaster prevention.
IT Service Continuity Plan
- IT Service Continuity Plans underpin the ITSCM Strategy, describing how continuity is ensured for specific disaster events and services. It specifies the measures to enhance the resilience of services and describes how to effectively respond to a disaster event. ITSCM Plans usually include references to more detailed Recovery Plans with specific instructions for returning systems to a working state.
IT Service Continuity Strategy
- The IT Service Continuity Strategy contains an outline of the approach to ensure the continuity of vital services in the case of disaster events. It includes a list of Vital Business Functions and applied risk reduction or recovery options. The IT Service Continuity Strategy should be based on a Business Continuity Strategy. The ITSCM Strategy is underpinned by more detailed ITSCM Plans, describing how continuity is ensured for specific disaster events and services.
Recovery Plan
- Recovery Plans are created mainly by Availability and IT Service Continuity Management. The plans contain detailed instructions for returning specific services and/or systems to a working state, which often includes recovering data to a known consistent state.
Test Report
- A Test Report provides a summary of testing and assessment activities. A Test Report is created for example during Release tests in the Service Transition stage or during tests carried out by Availability, IT Service Continuity or Information Security Management.
Templates | KPIs
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) IT Service Continuity Management
- IT Service Continuity Management templates and checklists:
Roles | Responsibilities
IT Service Continuity Manager - Process Owner
- The IT Service Continuity Manager is responsible for managing risks that could seriously impact IT services.
- He ensures that the IT service provider can provide minimum agreed service levels in cases of disaster, by reducing the risk to an acceptable level and planning for the recovery of IT services.
ITIL Role / Sub-Process | IT Service Continuity Manager | Service Owner[3] | Applications Analys[3] | Technical Analyst[3] | IT Operator[3] |
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ITSCM Support | A[1]R[2] | - | - | - | - |
Design Services for Continuity | AR | R | R | R | - |
ITSCM Training and Testing | AR | - | - | - | R |
ITSCM Review | AR | - | - | - | - |
Remarks
[1] A: Accountable Accountable according to the RACI Model: Those who are ultimately accountable for the correct and thorough completion of the IT Service Continuity Management process.
[2] R: Responsible according to the RACI Model: Those who do the work to achieve a task within ITIL Continuity Management.
[3] siehe → Role descriptions ...
Notes
By: Stefan Kempter , IT Process Maps.
Process Description › Sub-Processes › Definitions › Roles