Stuart Rance blogs
I've written about 200 blogs and white papers since I started Optimal Service Management at the end of 2013. Some of these are published on this web site, but many of them are on other sites, so here is a list to help you find any that you might be searching for.
They are listed in date order, with the most recent at the top. Most of these are freely available but there are a few where you need to register to download some or all of the article, these are indicated with an R in the right hand column.
I'll update this article when I post new blogs, so you can come back to see what I've been writing any time you get the urge.
All blogs published on this site are licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0
(Blogs listed here but published on other sites are subject to the copyright restrictions specified on those sites).
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26-Jan-2023 |
ITSM Strategies for the next three years (contribution to eBook) |
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15-Feb-2022 |
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25-Nov-2021 |
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19-Nov-2021 |
Service Management Mentoring (YouTube video with Suresh GP and Stuart Rance) |
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9-Sep-2021 |
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7-May-2020 |
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14-Apr-2020 |
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24-Mar-2020 |
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11-Feb-2020 |
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7-Jan-2020 |
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26-Nov-2019 |
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18-Nov-2019 |
Transitioning to ITIL 4 (article in UK itSMF ServiceTalk Express issue 4 - PDF magazine) |
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22-Oct-2019 |
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24-Sep-2019 |
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18-Sep-2019 |
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27-Aug-2019 |
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30-Jul-2019 |
Problem Management: Most Problems Don’t Have a Single Root Cause |
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9-Jul-2019 |
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2-Jul-20129 |
If You Ignore These 7 IT Operations Activities, You’re Heading for Failure |
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10 Jun 2019 |
ITSM TIP #13 Which ITIL Processes Should You Start With (Video) |
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10-Jun-2019 |
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10-Jun-2019 |
ITSM Tip #11 Why Should You Practice Availability Management (Video) |
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10-Jun-2019 |
ITSM Tip #2 Define Metrics that Drive the Right Behavior (Video) |
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10-Jun-2019 |
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4-Jun-2019 |
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28-May-2019 |
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25-Apr-2019 |
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23-Apr-2019 |
ITIL 4 Value System, Value Chain, Value Stream: What’s the Difference? |
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26-Mar-2019 |
The 7 Guiding Principles of ITIL 4: Practical Advice to Help You Make Decisions |
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12-Mar-2019 |
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6-Mar-2019 |
How ITIL 4 can help you get closer to your customers |
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18-Feb-2019 |
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11-Feb-2019 |
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15-Jan-2019 |
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14-Jan-2019 |
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9-Dec-2018 |
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8 Tips to Help You Improve Your Service Level Management (PDF) |
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4-Dec-2018 |
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13-Nov-2018 |
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23-Oct-2018 |
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ITSM: Are You Managing Services, or Just Incidents & Changes? |
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10-Oct-2018 |
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03-Oct-2018 |
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27-Sep-2018 |
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25-Sep-2018 |
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6 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started in IT Service Management |
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1-Sep-2018 |
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14-Aug-2018 |
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8-Aug-2018 |
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23-Jul-2018 |
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10-Jul-2018 |
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12-Jun-2018 |
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11-Jun-2018 |
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15-May-2018 |
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8-May-2018 |
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Change Models: For When a Standard Change Is Not Flexible Enough |
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10-Apr-2018 |
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19-Mar-2018 |
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6-Mar-2018 |
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5 Steps to Start Improving Your IT Organization, for the Non-Unicorns Amongst Us |
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27-Feb-2018 |
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21-Feb-2018 |
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6-Feb-2018 |
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9 Guiding Principles That Can Help Improve Your Service Desk |
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25-Jan-2018 |
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23-Jan-2018 |
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18-Jan-2018 |
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GDPR: Beyond Compliance - How RESILIA can help you build trust and add value |
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15-Jan-2018 |
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10-Jan-2018 |
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09-Jan-2018 |
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18-Dec-2017 |
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14-Dec-2017 |
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20-Nov-2017 |
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14-Nov-2017 |
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31-Oct-2017 |
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19 Oct-2017 |
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10-Oct-2017 |
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12-Sep-2017 |
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12-Sep-2017 |
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05-Sep-2017 |
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How to Continually Improve Your Service Portfolio – Even If You Don’t Have One! |
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14-Aug-2017 |
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08-Aug-2017 |
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10-Jul-2017 |
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06-Jul-2017 |
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Back to ITSM Basics: Do You Deliver Valuable Services, or Just Technology? |
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22-Jun-2017 |
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22-Jun-2017 |
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13-Jun-2017 |
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11-May-2017 |
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02-May-2017 |
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12-Apr-2017 |
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04-Apr-2017 |
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23-Mar-2017 |
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07-Mar-2017 |
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07-Mar-2017 |
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20-Feb-2017 |
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07-Feb-2017 |
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Enterprise Service Management Is Not Just for Service Requests |
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31-Jan-2017 |
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Back to ITSM Basics: The 9 Guiding Principles of ITIL Practitioner |
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24-Jan-2017 |
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17-Jan-2017 |
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10-Jan-2017 |
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09-Jan-2017 |
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06-Jan-2017 |
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03-Jan-2017 |
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14-Dec-2016 |
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13-Dec-2016 |
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01-Dec-2016 |
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24-Nov-2016 |
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16-Nov-2016 |
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01-Nov-2016 |
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17-Oct-2016 |
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22-Sep-2016 |
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13-Sep-2016 |
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6-Sep-2016 |
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24-Aug-2016 |
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2-Aug-2016 |
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1-Aug-2016 |
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How does 'Focus on Value' relate to the rest of the ITIL Practitioner Guidance? |
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29-Jul-2016 |
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26-Jul-2016 |
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29-Jun-2016 |
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28-Jun-2016 |
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31-May-2016 |
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25-May-2016 |
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27-Apr-2016 |
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26-Apr-2016 |
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22-Mar-2016 |
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What’s Wrong with IT Service Management Maturity Assessments? |
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17-Mar-2016 |
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24-Feb-2016 |
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22-Feb-2016 |
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09-Feb-2016 |
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26-Jan-2016 |
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11-Jan-2016 |
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29-Dec-2015 |
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18-Dec-2015 |
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16-Dec-2015 |
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24-Nov-2015 |
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Work on a Service Desk? Say What You’ll Do, then Do What You Said |
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12-Nov-2015 |
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21-Oct-2015 |
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20-Oct-2015 |
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08-Oct-2015 |
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5 Reasons the Service Desk Should Care About Information Security |
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22-Sep-2015 |
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2-Sep-2015 |
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27-Aug-2015 |
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24-Aug-2015 |
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19-Aug-2015 |
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4-Aug-2015 |
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24-Jul-2015 |
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20-Jul-2015 |
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9-Jul-2015 |
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2-Jul-2015 |
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1-Jul-2015 |
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Cyber resilience and ITSM - working together to secure information |
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16-Jun-2015 |
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Using Theory of Constraints to Help Continual Service Improvement |
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5-May-2015 |
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17-Apr-2015 |
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13-Apr-2015 |
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31-Mar-2015 |
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29-Mar-2015 |
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24-Mar-2015 |
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18-Mar-2015 |
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18-Mar-2015 |
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15-Feb-2015 |
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3-Feb-2015 |
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2-Feb-2015 |
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13-Jan-2015 |
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6 Jan 2015 |
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28-Dec-2014 |
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2014 - a year of consulting, training, writing and presenting |
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3-Dec-2014 |
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25-Nov-2014 |
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ITIL or COBIT or something else? Which should organizations choose? |
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25-Nov-2014 |
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10-Nov-2014 |
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Cyber Resilience: Bridging the Business and Technology Divide |
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10-Nov-2014 |
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07-Nov-2014 |
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21-Oct-2014 |
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07-Oct-2014 |
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24-Sep-2014 |
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23-Sep-2014 |
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29-Aug-2014 |
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25-Aug-2014 |
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19-Aug-2014 |
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24-Jul-2014 |
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23-Jul-2014 |
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Knowledge Management Is Not Just About Document Repositories |
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02-Jul-2014 |
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20-May-2014 |
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09-May-2014 |
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21-Apr-2014 |
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10-Apr-2014 |
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26-Mar-2014 |
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10-Mar-2014 |
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25-Feb-2014 |
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Continual Service Improvement (CSI) - The Most Important Service Management Process |
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30-Jan-2014 |
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Picture credit Christian Schnettelker
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