⚙️ Process & Workflows — ITIL 4 & 5 Practices
The ITIL 4 Service Value Chain
The Service Value Chain (SVC) is the operating model for ITIL 4. Six activities transform demand into value:
| Activity | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Plan | Ensure shared understanding of vision, status, and direction |
| Improve | Continual improvement of all products, services, and practices |
| Engage | Provide understanding of stakeholder needs and transparency |
| Design & Transition | Ensure services meet quality, cost, and time expectations |
| Obtain/Build | Ensure service components are available as needed |
| Deliver & Support | Ensure services are delivered and supported per agreed specs |
Continual Improvement Process
Continual Improvement Model (ITIL 4)
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🎯What is the vision?
2
📍Where are we now?
3
🏁Where do we want to be?
4
🗺️How do we get there?
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🚀Take action
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✅Did we get there?
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🔄How do we keep the momentum?
ITIL 5 Autonomous Practice Patterns
ITIL 5 introduces autonomous and AI-assisted patterns for key practices:
Predictive Incident Management
Event detected (monitoring)
→ AI anomaly scoring (> 0.85 threshold)
→ Auto-create P2 incident + notify on-call
→ AI suggests top 3 resolution articles
→ Auto-remediation runbook executes (if approved)
→ Incident closed with ML-labeled cause codeAutonomous Change Validation
Developer merges to main
→ CI pipeline runs automated tests
→ Risk score calculated (CMDB impact + change velocity)
→ If score < LOW → auto-approve and deploy
→ If score ≥ MEDIUM → CAB review in Slack workflow
→ Post-deploy: automated smoke tests + rollback triggerAI Knowledge Capture
Incident resolved
→ NLP extracts resolution steps from work notes
→ AI drafts knowledge article (draft status)
→ Knowledge Manager reviews + approves
→ Article linked to incident type for future deflection
→ Search performance monitored monthlyPractice Maturity Levels
| Level | Description | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Initial | Ad hoc, reactive | No defined process, heroes and heroics |
| 2 — Managed | Defined and followed | Basic process exists, manual tracking |
| 3 — Defined | Standardised | Documented, trained, tooling enforced |
| 4 — Quantitatively Managed | Measured | KPIs tracked, data-driven decisions |
| 5 — Optimising | Continually improving | Predictive analytics, AI-assisted, automated |
Downloadable Resources
| Resource | Format | Download |
|---|---|---|
| ITIL Implementation Tracker | Excel | ⬇ Download |
| Knowledge Management Process | Word | ⬇ Download |
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