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Improve IT Operations With AI and ML

Deliver your IT services efficiently, go above and beyond, and exceed manual repetitive tasks.

  • Many IT departments experience difficulty with meeting the business' expectations for service delivery on a regular basis.
  • Despite significant investment in improving various areas of IT operations, you still feel like you’re constantly firefighting.
  • To tackle these issues, businesses tend to invest in purchasing multiple solutions. This not only complicates their IT operations, but also, in some cases, deteriorates functionality.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • To leverage AI capabilities, you first need to assess the current state of your IT operations and know what your priorities are.
  • Contemplate use cases that will get the most benefit from automation and start with processes that you are relatively comfortable handling.
  • Analyze your initial plan to identify easy wins, then expand your AIOps.

Impact and Result

  • Perform a current state assessment to spot which areas within your operations management are the least mature and causing you the most grief. Identify which functional areas within operations management need to be prioritized for improvement.
  • Make a shortlist of use cases that will get the most benefit from AI-based technology.
  • Prepare a plan to deploy AI capabilities to improve your IT operations.

Improve IT Operations With AI and ML Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out about the latest improvements in AIOps and how these can help you improve your IT operations. Review Info-Tech’s methodology and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

Improve IT Operations With AI and ML– Executive Brief
Improve IT Operations With AI and ML – Phases 1-3

1. Assess the current state of IT operations management

Identify where your organization currently stands in its operations management practices.

AIOps Project Summary Template
AIOps Prerequisites Assessment Tool

2. Identify initiatives that align with operations requirements

Recognize the benefits of AI and ML for your business. Determine the necessary roles and responsibilities for potential initiatives, then develop and assess your shortlist.

AIOps RACI Template
AIOps Shortlisting Tool

3. Develop the AI roadmap

Analyze your ROI for AIOps and create an action plan. Communicate your AI and ML initiatives to stakeholders to obtain their support.

AIOps ROI Calculator
AIOps Roadmap Tool
AIOps Communications Plan Template

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Operations Management

Please note: This course will be updated in May 2024.

Deliver your IT services effectively.
This course makes up part of the Infrastructure & Operations Certificate.

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  • Course Modules: 4
  • Estimated Completion Time: 2-2.5 hours
  • Featured Analysts:
  • Darin Stahl, Sr. Research Director, Infrastructure & Operations Practice
  • Gord Harrison, SVP of Research and Advisory

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Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 7 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

Guided Implementation 1: Assess the current state
  • Call 1: Scope requirements, objectives, pain points, and process maturity of IT operations.
  • Call 2: Determine the goals, benefits, and risks of an SLA for AIOps.

Guided Implementation 2: Identify initiatives that align with operations requirements
  • Call 1: Determine the benefits and costs of AI, as well as any skill gaps for undertaking the initiatives.
  • Call 2: Plan a shortlist of IT operations processes for your AIOps project.

Guided Implementation 3: Develop the AI roadmap
  • Call 1: Define project metrics.
  • Call 2: Analyze the return on investment.
  • Call 3: Build an implementation roadmap and a communications plan.

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Margaret Hao

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  • Rob England, IT Consultant, Commentator, and Owner of Two Hills
  • Eight anonymous contributors

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