ADVANCED SLA WORKSHOP

A hands-on, intensive one-day workshop to help delegates design, write, implement and manage Service level Agreements. The workshop assumes a good knowledge of the principles of SLAs

Objectives

Participants will:

Why you should attend

This course is intended for participants who have some prior knowledge of SLAs. It is an intensive, practical workshop studded with real life case studies and examples and contains models and templates to take away and use.

Who should attend

IT and IS Managers, Computer Services Managers, Computing Centre Managers, PC and User Support Managers, Data Centre Managers, Operations Managers, MIS Managers, Information Centre Managers, IT Contract Managers, Business Consultants, User Support Staff, Technical Support Staff and all Customers and Users wishing to optimise the value of the services they receive from their computing organisation.

How you and your organisation will benefit

Participants will:

  • Appreciate the benefits and constraints of SLAs
  • Learn how SLAs can reduce the risk of supply chain failure and support
  • Discover how to develop and implement a SLA project
  • Know what to include in a SLA
  • Understand how to create manageable and effective SLAs.

Programme

  • Introduction, Workshop Objectives and Focus Session on delegates' issues.

    Delegates' interest areas will be explored so they can be fully addressed during the workshop.

  • Making SLAs Easier: Shortcuts, Traps and Escapes

    The session will focus on preparation for SLAs

    Strtegic SLAs: Balanced Scorecard, ITIL and CobIT
    Gaining commitment
    Resource for SLAs
    Service measurements.
    Model and Template SLAs; SLA Examples
    Service Specifications, Invitations to Tender & SLAs
    SLAs and Contracts: the role and content of each
    Walk through and review of 3 different SLA templates*
    SLAs for Outsourcing/FM: Protecting Customers and Vendors
    SLAs for IT Services
    SLAs for PCS and LANs
    SLAs for Telecommunications
    SLAs for Development Services
    SLAs for Help Desk, End User Support and Training
    SLAs for Maintenance

  • Workshop Session: Delegates write their own SLAs

    SLA Models, templates and checklists* will be provided for delegates to select and use, developing their own draft SLA for discussion and review

  • Delegates’ Presentation and Review:

    Lessons, Issues and Solutions arising from the previous Workshop Session

  • Managing SLAs

    Who monitors the service?
    Examples of Service Organisation
    Terms of Reference and Job Descriptions
    SLA reports - discussion and examples

  • Workshop round-up and Delegates’ Action Plan

 

Workshop Leader

Andrew Hiles

 

 

Books by Kingswell Consultants

Books on Service Management

Hiles, A. N. The Complete Guide to IT Service Level Agreements, Matching Service Quality to Business Needs.. ISBN 0-9641648-2-5 published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The standard work on IT Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. E-Business Service Level Agreements: Strategies for ISPs, ASPs, *SPs and CLECS.  Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The first book to deal specifically with e-commerce Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. Service Level Agreements, Winning a Competitive Edge for Supply and Support Services.  ISBN 0-9641648-4-1published by Rothstein Associates Inc. This book applies Service Level Agreements to services other than IT. Real case studies and example SLAs are provided ranging from Human Resources, Logistics, through Training, Livestock Handling, Logistics and Field Service Engineering.

Hiles A.N. and Gunn, Dr. Y. Creating a Customer-Focused Help Desk: How to Win and Keep Your Customers. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-6-8 This book has the support of the Help Desk Institute www.helpdeskinst.com

Books on Business Continuity

Hiles A.N. Business Continuity Management: Best Practice. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-3-3.  This book explicitly covers all the ten areas of business continuity competence required for membership of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Hiles A.N. Enterprise Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis – Best Practices ISBN 1-931332-12-6 Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. Covers many techniques and methods of risk and impact assessment with detailed examples and checklists.

e-Publication. Kingswell books on Business Continuity, Service Level Agreements and  Help Desk Management will shortly be available by page download in conjunction with Rothstein Associates Inc and Books24x7.com.

New and updated books. Existing  books Business Continuity Management – Best Practice and IT Service Level Agreements have been extensively updated. See our products page or visit www.rothstein.com .

All the above books can be obtained from:

Rothstein Associates Inc.
4 Arapaho Road
Brookfield
Connecticut
0608-3104 USA

www.rothstein.com

e-mail pjr@rothstein.com

Telephone: USA: 1-888-ROTHSTEIN
Worldwide: +1 203 740 7400

Hiles A.N. Guide to Risk Management. Published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Hiles A.N. and Barnes, P. (Editor and main contributor) The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0 471 98622 4.

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Croner’s Purchasing and Supply Guide to I.T., 1994, ISBN 1 85524 271 0

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Guide to Business Continuity Management, 1999, for the Confederation of British Industry by Caspian Publishing

Hiles A.N. (contributor) Business Continuity Management, 2000, Institute of Directors / Department of Trade & Industry.

 

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