ITIL Version 3 at a Glance
ITIL Version 3 at a Glance

Author: John O. Long

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-07-18

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0387773932

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ITIL® Version 3 At a Glance takes a graphical approach to consolidating the information of ITIL® version 3. ITIL® is an internationally-recognized set of best practices for providing IT service management. IT organizations worldwide are implementing ITIL® as a vehicle for improving IT service quality and improve return on investment for IT services. The desk reference’s unique graphical approach takes otherwise complex textual descriptions and makes the information accessible in a series of consistent, simple diagrams. ITIL® Version 3 At a Glance will be of interest to organizations looking to train their staffs in a consistent and cost-effective way. Further, this book is ideal for anyone involved in planning consulting, implementing, or testing an ITIL® Version 3 implementation.

ITIL® 2011 At a Glance
ITIL® 2011 At a Glance

Author: John O. Long

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1461438977

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"ITIL® 2011 At a Glance" is an important update to the internationally-recognized ITIL® best practices for IT Service Management. "ITIL® 2011 At a Glance" provides graphical and textual memory joggers for the primary concepts of those best practices. IT organizations worldwide are implementing ITIL® as a vehicle for improving IT service quality and improve return on investment for IT services. This book is an update based on the ITIL 2011 Update. The desk reference’s unique graphical approach will take otherwise complex textual descriptions and make the information accessible in a series of consistent, simple diagrams. "ITIL® 2011 At a Glance" will be of interest to organizations looking to train their staffs in a consistent and cost-effective way. Further, this book is ideal for anyone involved in planning consulting, implementing, or testing an ITIL® implementation.

Software and Data Technologies
Software and Data Technologies

Author: José Cordeiro

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-04-09

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 3642201156

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies, ICSOFT 2009, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in July 2009. The 19 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected as best papers from 212 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on enterprise software technology; software engineering; distributed systems; data management; knowledge-based systems.

Organizational, Legal, and Technological Dimensions of Information System Administration
Organizational, Legal, and Technological Dimensions of Information System Administration

Author: Portela, Irene Maria

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 146664527X

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In addition to capital infrastructure and consumers, digital information created by individual and corporate consumers of information technology is quickly being recognized as a key economic resource and an extremely valuable asset to a company. Organizational, Legal, and Technological Dimensions of Information System Administration recognizes the importance of information technology by addressing the most crucial issues, challenges, opportunities, and solutions related to the role and responsibility of an information system. Highlighting various aspects of the organizational and legal implications of system administration, this reference work will be useful to managers, IT professionals, and graduate students who seek to gain an understanding in this discipline.

Coordinating Service Compositions
Coordinating Service Compositions

Author: Nelly Schuster

Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 3731500345

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Electronic documents frequently include contributions from different human and non-human sources. The Web, for instance, offers ever-changing content and services which can perform activities during document creation. This thesis introduces a solution for collaborative document creation which maps contributions of human and non-human participants to software services. The joint flexible composition and coordination of these services leads to a novel understanding of dynamic Web-based documents.

Process Modeling Style
Process Modeling Style

Author: John Long

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0128010401

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Process Modeling Style focuses on other aspects of process modeling beyond notation that are very important to practitioners. Many people who model processes focus on the specific notation used to create their drawings. While that is important, there are many other aspects to modeling, such as naming, creating identifiers, descriptions, interfaces, patterns, and creating useful process documentation. Experience author John Long focuses on those non-notational aspects of modeling, which practitioners will find invaluable. - Gives solid advice for creating roles, work products, and processes - Instucts on how to organize and structure the parts of a process - Gives examples of documents you should use to define a set of processes

Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World
Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World

Author: Selmin Nurcan

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-05-22

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 3031330803

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Sciences, RCIS 2023, which took place in Corfu, Greece, during May 23–26, 2023. It focused on the special theme "Information Science and the Connected World". The scope of RCIS is summarized by the thematic areas of information systems and their engineering; user-oriented approaches; data and information management; business process management; domain-specific information systems engineering; data science; information infrastructures, and reflective research and practice. The 28 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 87 submissions. The book also includes 15 Forum papers and 6 Doctoral Consortium papers. The contributions were organized in topical sections named: Requirements; conceptual modeling and ontologies; machine learning and analytics; conceptual modeling and semantic networks; business process design and computing in the continuum; requirements and evaluation; monitoring and recommending; business process analysis and improvement; user interface and experience; forum papers; doctoral consortium papers. Two-page abstracts of the tutorials can be found in the back matter of the volume.

Applying Business Intelligence Initiatives in Healthcare and Organizational Settings
Applying Business Intelligence Initiatives in Healthcare and Organizational Settings

Author: Miah, Shah J.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-07-13

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1522557199

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Data analysis is an important part of modern business administration, as efficient compilation of information allows managers and business leaders to make the best decisions for the financial solvency of their organizations. Understanding the use of analytics, reporting, and data mining in everyday business environments is imperative to the success of modern businesses. Applying Business Intelligence Initiatives in Healthcare and Organizational Settings incorporates emerging concepts, methods, models, and relevant applications of business intelligence systems within problem contexts of healthcare and other organizational boundaries. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as rise of embedded analytics, competitive advantage, and strategic capability, this book is ideally designed for business analysts, investors, corporate managers, and entrepreneurs seeking to advance their understanding and practice of business intelligence.

The Official Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle
The Official Introduction to the ITIL Service Lifecycle

Author: OGC - Office of Government Commerce

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2007-05-30

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780113310616

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ITIL was created by the UK government in the 1980s as an efficiency-improving initiative. This text gives an essential guide to the overall structure of ITIL and an outline of its principles.