ISO/IEC 20000 is an international IT standard that allows companies to demonstrate excellence and prove best practice in IT management. The standard ensures companies can achieve evidence-based benchmarks to continuously improve their delivery of IT services. ISO/IEC 20000 was released in 2005 based on the IT infrastructure library (ITIL®) best practice framework, and updated in 2011.
The adoption of ISO 20000 has grown quite rapidly in the international arena of IT service providers and it has become a competitive differentiator for delivery of IT services
ISO 20000 consists of two distinct parts:
- The Specification: ISO20000-1 defines the requirements for a service provider to deliver managed services.
- The Code of Practice: ISO20000-2 describes detailed best practices for the processes defined within ISO 20000-1.
Overall, these standards specify five key group service management processes: Service Delivery, Relationship, Resolution, Control and Release
Benefits of ISO 20000 Implementation
- Alignment of information technology services and business strategy.
- Creation of a formal framework for current service improvement projects
- Provides a benchmark type comparison with best practices