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News not only from ITSM world

Latest Articles

Challenges with Knowledge Management in ITSM

Organizations often struggle to manage and optimize Knowledge management. This article goes beyond definitions, going depper into the untamed hurdles companies face when integrating Knowledge Management (KM) into their IT Service Management (ITSM) processes. We'll explore common roadblocks like siloed...

Jana Mancikova

12.2.2024

6 minutes of reading

Jira Server is moving to cloud-only, where does that leave you?

In recent years, SaaS (Software as a Service) and the transition to the cloud have become a common part of optimizing companies’ software costs. Almost all software is available in this way today, but there are still good reasons why it is sometimes better to leave the software running on your servers...

Adam Sima

4.1.2024

4 minutes of reading

Interview: What is the role of the CIO in digital transformation?

Martin Vitouš has been working in IT for almost 30 years. During that time he’s been through just about everything IT has to offer. His goal is always for customers and trainees to take away something that will help them and that makes sense.

Jan Skrabanek

30.8.2022

5 minutes of reading

Change that will outlive you: Managing transformative projects, part 2

Get inspired by our experience with best practices and learn from people with many years of experience on change management

Jan Skrabanek

27.8.2022

6 minutes of reading

Change that will outlive you: Managing transformative projects, part 1

Read about change management from different angles, get inspired by our own experience with best practices and learn from people with many years of know-how

Jan Skrabanek

26.8.2022

6 minutes of reading

How does one go about researching the UX for applications used by thousands, in dozens of countries

Are you no fan of guesswork, either? Do you prefer to verify the information at source, and if at all possible, delve deeper and find out why? Then you are in the same boat as the crew here at ALVAO.

Markéta Kurucova

23.8.2022

7 minutes of reading

What is the Service Desk + 7 reasons why it makes life easier for (not just) IT departments

How to prevent IT departments from being overwhelmed by technical requests from other departments? How to solve company-wide issues simply and effectively? And how to effectively present the results of the IT department of the rest of the company. The solution to these goes under the name of the Service...

Jana Mancikova

18.8.2022

7 minutes of reading

Interview: Project management with Tomáš Gregor

Tomáš Gregor originally studied dam construction. However, he has spent most of his career managing large projects. In this interview, we talked about why the most important aspect of project management is the human factor and how to handle tense situations.

Jan Skrabanek

8.8.2022

9 minutes of reading

Don’t underestimate corporate culture and do gain ambassadors for your project

In an NHL exhibition game in 1969, Ted Green nearly lost his life. A blow with a high stick to his unprotected head caused Ted a serious brain injury. In the Swedish league, they made helmet-wearing mandatory. It was clear that Swedish hockey was safer, yet NHL players still didn’t like helmets. How...

Jan Skrabanek

7.8.2022

7 minutes of reading

How ALVAO simplifies the work for L1 support operators

Basic user support (your IT helpdesk) accounts for 70% of how people in the company perceive IT. In other words, IT’s image is all about L1 support. In order to help the resolution team do the kind of work colleagues will appreciate, we’ve provided a number of tweaks at ALVAO for better work organization.

Jana Mancikova

18.7.2022

3 minutes of reading

Interview: You can’t be dogmatic about ITIL®. But you won’t find any nonsense in it.

You won’t find a classic salesperson at ALVAO. Nor in the person of Zdeněk Jelínek, who has been in charge of our activities in Slovakia since September. Originally an IT manager and ITIL sceptic, he has become one of the few certified ITIL experts in the Czech Republic. We talked about ITIL 4 and plans...

Jan Skrabanek

29.6.2022

5 minutes of reading