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What are the three types of metrics that an organization should collect to support continual service improvement (CSI)?

The correct answer is D. Technology, process and service. ITIL's Continual Service Improvement defines three metric types - technology, process, and service - to provide a complete picture of IT performance for driving improvement.

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Question

What are the three types of metrics that an organization should collect to support continual service improvement (CSI)?

Options

  • AReturn on investment (ROI), value on investment (VOI), quality
  • BStrategic, tactical and operational
  • CCritical success factors (CSFs), key performance indicators (KPIs), activities
  • DTechnology, process and service

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    9% (2)
  • D
    87% (20)

Why each option

ITIL's Continual Service Improvement defines three metric types - technology, process, and service - to provide a complete picture of IT performance for driving improvement.

AReturn on investment (ROI), value on investment (VOI), quality

ROI, VOI, and quality are financial and business evaluation measures used in service valuation and business cases, not the three defined metric categories within the ITIL CSI framework.

BStrategic, tactical and operational

Strategic, tactical, and operational describe organizational planning levels or management horizons, not the three overarching metric types defined for CSI data collection.

CCritical success factors (CSFs), key performance indicators (KPIs), activities

CSFs, KPIs, and activities are measurement tools and process components used within the metrics framework, not the three top-level metric categories defined by ITIL CSI.

DTechnology, process and serviceCorrect

ITIL CSI specifies that organizations should collect technology metrics (measuring component and application performance), process metrics (measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of ITSM processes via CSFs and KPIs), and service metrics (measuring end-to-end service performance from the customer perspective). Together, these three categories provide a balanced and comprehensive view that supports meaningful improvement decisions across all layers of IT service delivery.

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