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ITIL 4 · pillar 4 of 5

The four dimensions

Four perspectives every service needs, and the cost of forgetting one.

  1. 10 The four dimensions Every service must be considered through four dimensions: organisations and people, information and technology…
  2. 11 The dimensions sit inside external factors The four dimensions are constrained by external factors that the organisation does not control, conventionally grouped…
  3. 12 Neglecting a dimension is the usual failure ITIL states that failing to address all four dimensions adequately risks services becoming undeliverable or not meeting…

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