Stuart Rance writes many blogs and white papers that are published on a variety of sites, you can find a regularly updated list of all of these in Stuart Rance blogs

Blogs that appear below are published on the Optimal Service Management web site.

All blogs published on this site are licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0 

2016 07 19 Using Kanban boards to support IT operations IMAGE2

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July

Using Kanban boards to support IT operations

Kanban boards are traditionally used in IT development teams, but they can be just as useful for IT operations. You should consider using them to help you manage flow, limit work in progress, and prioritise your work.

2016 06 28 The 3 ways arent just for DevOps IMAGE

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June

The 3 ways aren’t just for DevOps

If you’re familiar with DevOps, you will probably have heard people talking about “the three ways”. The ideas described in the three ways can be adopted by everyone, not just those who follow DevOps.

Fortress Dandelion

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May

Antifragile: Fail often, detect quickly, recover fast

If you’ve built IT services that are rigid and should never fail, then maybe it’s time to think about failing a bit more often!

2016 04 26 How to create a team of real IT heroes

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April

How to create a team of real IT heroes

I have spoken to lots of people about the issues we have with IT heroes, who save the day at the last possible moment, leaving a trail of devastation for others to clear up. This blog discusses what a true, modern IT hero would look like?

2016 02 22 Good cyber resilience needs collaboration

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February

Good cyber resilience needs collaboration

I attended the inaugural meeting of the Global Forum to Advance Cyber Resilience last week. It was interesting to see that people from public and private sectors, and people from large and small organizations, all face the same cyber resilience challenges - and all need to collaborate...

2016 01 26 The importance of good communication IMAGE

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February

The importance of good communication

I learned about the importance of good communication a long time before I became an ITSM consultant, but the lessons have stayed with me ever since...

2015 12 15 Applications are not IT services IMAGE

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December

Applications are not IT services

If you think that applications are IT services, then it is likely that your customers won’t see the value that IT brings to the business. If on the other hand you think of IT services in terms of the business processes that you are supporting, you will find it much easier to focus on creating value for your customers...

2015 10 19 What do we mean by adopt and adapt IMAGE2

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November

What do we mean by adopt and adapt? Part Two

After you decide to adopt a process from ITIL® you can't just copy what the book says. You need to adapt the process to make it work in the context of your organization...

Small Kitten

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October

What do we mean by adopt and adapt? Part One

I suspect that every ITIL® training course uses the phrase “adopt and adapt” at some stage, but sadly I see very little understanding of what this phrase means. This lack of understanding often results in people trying to use the ideas from ITIL publications in a very bureaucratic way, imposing them indiscriminately and without due regard to the business context.

2015 08 24 IT change management doesnt always need a CAB IMAGE

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August

IT change management doesn’t always need a CAB

When did you last review how you allocate change authorities? If you have regular CAB meetings that discuss large numbers of changes then you're almost certainly doing something wrong.

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