The IT as a Service (ITaaS) Framework: Transform to an End-to-End Services Organization and Operate IT like a Competitive Business

Today, enterprise IT organizations must operate as relevant, transparent, and competitive "businesses within a business" to build trusted partnerships with their enterprise customers. Cisco's IT as a Service (ITaaS) Solution offers a proven Service Delivery model for addressing this challenge, responding rapidly to change, and managing all suppliers, including public cloud providers. Cisco's IT as a Service (ITaaS) Solution provides an in-depth understanding of every component of today's ITaaS Service Delivery Model, and helps you transform theory into practice to start driving value from ITaaS. Leading enterprise IT consultant Justin Mann shows how to: Design an end-to-end ITaaS Service Delivery model around your business strategy Establish an effective Services Taxonomy, Service Portfolio, and Service Roles & Responsibilities Implement TCO and cost modeling strategies that enable informed high-level decision making Establish metrics that correlate service performance to business outcomes Proactively prepare services for -- and respond quickly to -- changing business requirements Strengthen partnerships between the CIO, service owners, and business leaders Link to and complement existing IT O&M and Enterprise Architecture practices Throughout, sidebars help you follow the IT Service Transformation Journey from beginning to end, and sample templates, dashboards, and project plans help you plan and pursue your own transformation.