ITSM Podcasts and Webinars

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ITSM Podcasts

Visit The Portal: our monthly ITSM podcast series

5th Annual ITSM Survey Results Webinar

The State of ITSM Implementations in North America

Join David Mainville's webinar for a review of Consulting-Portal's 5th annual ITSM Industry Survey.  For the last 5 years Consulting-Portal has been conducting an annual survey on the state of ITSM organizations across North America.  David Also discusses the top 5 ITSM trends for 2010.  Read the Survey Whitepaper 
 

ITOptimizer On-Demand Webinar Series

Putting the Service Back into Service Management

Join David Mainville, Consulting-Portal’s CEO and a 30 year customer service veteran, for a lively discussion on how to make service a cornerstone of your ITSM program.

An Introduction to ITSM Process Assessments

Join David Mainville, CEO of Consulting-Portal, as he covers the basics on how to conduct an IT Service Management process assessment using ITOptimizer.

ITSM in the Cloud: A Change in the Weather

David takes a look at how Software as a Service and Cloud Computing are impacting organizations from an IT Service Management perspective.

Driving Value From Your ITSM Program Through Effective Governance

Join David Mainville for a discussion on practical techniques for designing and implementing an ITSM governance program.

The Commercialization of ITIL: Lessons Learned

Join us for an interactive Webinar to hear David Mainville, CEO and co-founder of Consulting-Portal, elaborate on his just-published article “Killing the Golden Goose: The Commercialization of ITIL.” (Link to ITSMWatch Article)

Process Design Simplified: Using ITOptimizer to Support ISO and CobiT Initiatives

David Mainville, CEO of Consulting-Portal, will demonstrate how ITOptimizer can be used to support ISO or CobiT initiatives, including audits.

Process Design Simplified: The Importance of Defining Data and Tool Requirements

David Mainville, CEO of Consulting-Portal, will demonstrate, the importance of defining data and tool requirements before implementing a service management tool. He will then take you through an in-depth approach for simplifying and accelerating process design, using ITOptimizer.

Process Design Simplified: Accelerate Your Process Design

Join David Mainville, CEO of Consulting-Portal where he will take you through an in-depth approach for simplifying and accelerating process design, using ITOptimizer.

Process Design Simplified: Launching Your Own Process Design Project

In this installment of Process Design Simplified David Mainville will discuss how to leverage ITOptimizer to launch and run an ITSM Process Design Project.

Process Design Simplified - Identifying Process Gaps

In this installment of Process Design Simplified David will discuss and demonstrate techniques for identifying deficiencies in your processes and will discuss strategies for closing the gaps.

Process Design Simplified: Elements of Effective Process Design

David Mainville, CEO of Consulting-Portal, will demonstrate the elements of effective IT Service Management process design using ITOptimizer.

Popular ITSM Webinars

December 17, 2009

Join Citrix and Consulting-Portal as David Mainville, CEO and co-founder of Consulting-Portal, elaborates on his just-published article “Killing the Golden Goose: The Commercialization of ITIL.”

The Commercialization of ITIL: Lessons Learned

September 3, 2009

Consulting-Portal and Service-now.com present the third in a series of webinars that illustrate how to rapidly define and translate technical requirements. We demonstrate how easy it is to model and configure processes within Service-now.com.

Translating Service Catalog and Service Request Processes into Technical Requirements

June 18, 2009

Consulting-Portal and Service-now.com present the second in a series of webinars that illustrate how to rapidly define and translate technical requirements. We demonstrate how easy it is to model and configure processes within Service-now.com.

Translating Change Management Processes into Technical Requirements

April 16, 2009

Consulting-Portal and Service-now.com illustrate how to rapidly define and translate technical requirements. We also demonstrate how easy it is to model and change processes within Service-now.com.

Translating ITIL Processes into Technical Requirements

March 12, 2009

Fourth Annual ITSM Survey Finds 71% of Organizations Do Not Have Defined, Implemented and Enforced ITSM Governance

2008 ITSM Survey Results

Assess, Design & Measure: Establishing a Framework for Continual Service Improvement

ITIL V3 Awareness

2007 ITSM Survey Results

2006 ITSM Survey Results 

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