Ticket Volume - IT Podcast

[LIVE SESSION] - The Future of IT Service Management

Ticket Volume - IT Podcast

Show Notes

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Same as every year, December arrives with trends, predictions, and the need to try to take a glimpse at the future. For the IT industry in particular, 2023 brought several changes – and a few game-changers. The eruption of AI is clearly a hot topic, and we have also witnessed a more profound shift towards experience, as well as a focus on capabilities and measuring value.

And since we're not fortune-tellers, we brought a panel of experts to reveal what's in store for 2024 in the IT Service Management world. Should we be prepared for another groundbreaking innovation? Is there something else we need to prepare for? Only time will tell – but you can listen for some spoilers and predictions!

Rob England, Claire Agutter, and Mark Smalley join Matt Beran to discuss the future of Service Management, specifically focusing on IT and other shared service functions.

Formerly known as “The IT Skeptic”, Rob England is an active contributor to ITIL Service Strategy, The Unicorn Project, The Agile Manager, Open Management, The DevOps Handbook, a lead author of the VeriSM digital framework.

Claire Agutter is currently the Director at ITSM Zone and Scopism. She's a Service Management trainer, consultant, author, and Chief Architect for VeriSM. She was recognized as an HDI Top 25 Thought Leader in 2018 and 2019 and was nominated as one of Computer Weekly's 50 Women in Tech.

Self-defined as The IT Paradigmologist, Mark Smalley is an ITIL author and co-author, IT Management consultant and trainer, advisor, and former ambassador of organizations such as DevOps Agile Skills Association and ASL BiSL Foundation.

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