ITIL v3 is all about providing IT Service Value.
However, the business customers do not receive and therefore cannot measure the value of IT services until the service is live in production.

Of the 5 Lifecycle Phases, Service Operations is the one chartered to deliver and manage the IT service to the customer.

How transparent are your Service Operations processes? How well can they be measured and therefore proven to deliver value to the business customers?

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