Books by John Sansbury

Whether you're preparing for your service management foundation exam, or simply want to understand service management better, this new edition of our popular book covers the latest thinking and provides you with a comprehensive, practical introduction to IT service management. Building on their collective, extensive service management experience, the authors of this book walk you through essential concepts including the service lifecycle, processes, functions and roles and illustrate these with real-life examples. With this book you'll quickly gain understanding of the basic principles, terminology and benefits of service management.

The role of service level manager is critical in that the agreements negotiated with customers should inform the activities of the service provider. This book aims to help those whose role is to establish, negotiate, manage or update service level agreements and to use these as the basis of continual service improvement.