ITIL Fundamentals

Service Catalog Management

Stage
2
Process
2

Service catalog management ensures that an accurate and up-to-date service catalog is available to all parties authorized to see it. All parts of IT Service Management, as well as customers and users, use the service catalog.

Accuracy and availability are essential.

2 Views for Service Catalog

  1. Customer facing services which are visible for the business.
  2. Supporting services which are required by the service provider to deliver customer-facing services.

A Service Catalog should include the following elements:

  • Service Description
  • Categorization and Identification Label
  • Costs
  • Supporting Services
  • Related Service Request Types
  • Ownership and Accountability
  • Escalation Points
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Data

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