TY - BOOK ED - Great Britain Office of Government Commerce TI - The official introduction to the ITIL service lifecycle SN - 9780113310616 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Stationery Office/TSO KW - Computer industry KW - Customer services KW - Management KW - Support services (Management) KW - Information services industry KW - Electronic office machine industry N1 - At head of title: ITIL Published for the Office of Government Commerce under licence from the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office ; Includes index; Introduction Core guidance topics The ITIL service management lifecycle : core of practice Service strategy : governance and decision-making Service design : building structural service integrity Service transition : preparing for change Service operation Continual service improvement Complementary guidance The ITIL service management model N2 - 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 ER -