The purpose of this thesis is to examine the impact of best practices framework like In- formation Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) on IT outsourcing implementation. This thesis will examine the research question: “What are ITIL’s effects on IT Outsourcing implementation?” The goal is to find out whether ITIL is applicable in IT outsourcing project, and if it has a positive or negative impact on it. The study of the impact of ITIL in IT outsourcing pro- jects, will start by giving the reader an overview about ITIL and IT outsourcing critical suc- cess factors. This thesis is conducted through a cross-sectional study, and information has been obtained through secondary literature. The authors have also conducted a series of in- terviews with IT practitioners and an IT expert. The interviews has been done in a semi- structured way. The outcome of this research show that ITIL definitely can have a positive impact on IT outsourcing implementation. A positive effect that has been discovered from this research is that ITIL improved the communication between service providers and customers. These studies also shows that ITIL can serve as a growth enabler by giving structure to compa- nies work activities. On the other hand, organizations should consider ITIL more as guide- lines than a framework. This research also discovered that using ITIL frameworks can make work procedures more complex and time demanding, and due to this, small- to me- dium-sized companies could face more struggle in the implementation phase of ITIL.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-12500 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Nehme, Jalal, Persson, Marcus, Lahiji, Shahrouz |
| Publisher | Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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