Key-concepts and definitions (5)

Cards (14)

  • service management
    set of specialized organizational capabilities for enabling value to customers in form of services
  • value
    perceived benefits, usefulness and importance of something.
    utility + warranty (+ perception)
  • customer
    defines requirements for services
  • sponsor
    authorizes budgets for services
  • supplier
    external partner who provides services to the organization
  • organization
    group of people that has its own functions, responsibilities and authorities to achieve specific objectives
  • service
    means of enabling value co-creation by facilitating outcomes that customers want to achieve without the customer having to manage specific costs and risks
  • product
    a configuration of resources that will potentially be valuable to customers
  • service offering
    specific mix of services and products sold to a customer.
    goods: ownership is transferred to customer
    access to resources: customer is allowed to use it
    service actions: things the service provider does for the customer
  • output
    a deliverable of an activity
  • outcome
    a result for a stakeholder enabled by one or more outputs
  • cost
    can be removed from customer or can be imposed on customer
  • utility
    fit for purpose, service does what its sposed to
  • warranty
    fit for use. service does this good enough.
    availability, capacity, continuity, security good enough? (customer defines this)