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CruiseAlong Cars
CruiseAlong Cars is a car manufacturing and sales company with corporate headquarters in the
United States of America. It has grown by acquisition over the last 20 years and has operations in
over 50 countries.Each country has its own IT organization, with some central corporate IT services
provided by the US parent company. In some countries CruiseAlong Cars has outsourced
infrastructure and service desks. The largest IT supplier is Global City IT Services (GCITS). In two
countries GCITS provides CruiseAlong Cars with full outsourced services. They also provide selected
services in other countries.
Some of the issues that CruiseAlong Cars needs to address include:
Inefficiencies caused by the current IT structure
Inconsistency of IT services when employees are travelling
CruiseAlong Cars is working with a European university (the University of Bachstein) to research and
develop driverless car technology. The venture operates as an independent company called
DriveYou.com, and
CruiseAlong Cars owns a 51% share.
DriveYou.com
This is a small, innovative company, that is jointly owned by CruiseAlong Cars and the University of
Bachstein
(UoB). DriveYou.com develops custom applications using a highly collaborative, rapid and iterative
development approach. Their employees are mostly research and development experts, working
from multiple locations, with a significant number working from home. Initial driverless car testing is
being conducted in the
US at the Nevegon State Department of Transportation.
Infrastructure and cloud services are purchased from Global City IT Services and other providers, and
these relationships are managed by a DriveYou.com supplier manager.
Some of the issues that DriveYou.com needs to address include:
Better structure and accountability around their work practices Compliance with safety and other
regulatory requirements.
University of Bachstein (UoB)
The UoB is a university that is based Germany, with a satellite campus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In
the past,
some IT services were funded and run centrally, and some were funded and run independently by
each faculty. Centrally owned services include a ‘walk-in’ service desk, plus a separate service desk in
the main library, run by library staff. Library services and IT are both part of the university’s
administrative services division. Recently, under a new CIO, there has been a drive to centralize and
consolidate IT as a corporate function, although this has not been fully achieved.
The central IT department runs a variety of legacy systems, which serve students, administrators,
researchers and academics. It also runs some high performance computing systems and high
bandwidth networks across the main campus area.
Some of the issues that the UoB needs to address include:
Complete the centralization and consolidation of IT
Manage growth and increasing IT demand
Demonstrate value through competitive, responsive and transparent services
Global City Services (GCITS)
GCITS is a global service provider which has grown through acquisition and which offers a wide range
of services, including IT support, infrastructure and consulting. GCITS has mature and efficient IT
service management processes, and holds an ISO/IEC 20000 certification.
GCITS provides the entire infrastructure and some cloud services for DriveYou.com, as well as a range
of services in different countries to CruiseAlong Cars.Some of the issues that GCITS needs to address
include:
Succeed in establishing a strategic partnership with CruiseAlong Cars
Nevagon State Department of Transportation (NSDoT)
NSDot is a government agency in the US state of Nevagon, where DriveYou.com is running their
trials. It is
responsible for managing transportation systems and safety. DriveYou.com must work with the
agency to
ensure that their trials comply with safety regulations, and the program includes bi0directional
sharing of large
amounts of data.
The NSDoT’s internal IT team writes and manages most of their agency-specific applications,
however most
other applications and infrastructure are provided by the Nevagon State central IT department.
GCITS have a major audit coming up to verify continued compliance to the ISO/IEC 20000 standard.
In preparation for the audit, they are conducting a series of internal audits.
GCITS has grown through acquisition. The latest acquisition, Optimsolv, does not comply with
ISO/IEC 20000.
Optimsolv has a number of process improvements that need to be implemented to attain
compliance. GCITS has six months to ensure that Optimsolv is compliant.
Which OCM activity will BEST help Optimsolv to overcome any staff resistance, and comply with
ISO/IEC 20000 within six months?
CruiseAlong Cars
CruiseAlong Cars is a car manufacturing and sales company with corporate headquarters in the
United States of America. It has grown by acquisition over the last 20 years and has operations in
over 50 countries.Each country has its own IT organization, with some central corporate IT services
provided by the US parent company. In some countries CruiseAlong Cars has outsourced
infrastructure and service desks. The largest IT supplier is Global City IT Services (GCITS). In two
countries GCITS provides CruiseAlong Cars with full outsourced services. They also provide selected
services in other countries.
Some of the issues that CruiseAlong Cars needs to address include:
Inefficiencies caused by the current IT structure
Inconsistency of IT services when employees are travelling
CruiseAlong Cars is working with a European university (the University of Bachstein) to research and
develop driverless car technology. The venture operates as an independent company called
DriveYou.com, and
CruiseAlong Cars owns a 51% share.
DriveYou.com
This is a small, innovative company, that is jointly owned by CruiseAlong Cars and the University of
Bachstein
(UoB). DriveYou.com develops custom applications using a highly collaborative, rapid and iterative
development approach. Their employees are mostly research and development experts, working
from multiple locations, with a significant number working from home. Initial driverless car testing is
being conducted in the
US at the Nevegon State Department of Transportation.
Infrastructure and cloud services are purchased from Global City IT Services and other providers, and
these relationships are managed by a DriveYou.com supplier manager.
Some of the issues that DriveYou.com needs to address include:
Better structure and accountability around their work practices Compliance with safety and other
regulatory requirements.
University of Bachstein (UoB)
The UoB is a university that is based Germany, with a satellite campus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In
the past,
some IT services were funded and run centrally, and some were funded and run independently by
each faculty. Centrally owned services include a ‘walk-in’ service desk, plus a separate service desk in
the main library, run by library staff. Library services and IT are both part of the university’s
administrative services division. Recently, under a new CIO, there has been a drive to centralize and
consolidate IT as a corporate function, although this has not been fully achieved.
The central IT department runs a variety of legacy systems, which serve students, administrators,
researchers and academics. It also runs some high performance computing systems and high
bandwidth networks across the main campus area.
Some of the issues that the UoB needs to address include:
Complete the centralization and consolidation of IT
Manage growth and increasing IT demand
Demonstrate value through competitive, responsive and transparent services
Global City Services (GCITS)
GCITS is a global service provider which has grown through acquisition and which offers a wide range
of services, including IT support, infrastructure and consulting. GCITS has mature and efficient IT
service management processes, and holds an ISO/IEC 20000 certification.
GCITS provides the entire infrastructure and some cloud services for DriveYou.com, as well as a range
of services in different countries to CruiseAlong Cars.Some of the issues that GCITS needs to address
include:
Succeed in establishing a strategic partnership with CruiseAlong Cars
Nevagon State Department of Transportation (NSDoT)
NSDot is a government agency in the US state of Nevagon, where DriveYou.com is running their
trials. It is
responsible for managing transportation systems and safety. DriveYou.com must work with the
agency to
ensure that their trials comply with safety regulations, and the program includes bi0directional
sharing of large
amounts of data.
The NSDoT’s internal IT team writes and manages most of their agency-specific applications,
however most
other applications and infrastructure are provided by the Nevagon State central IT department.
GCITS have a major audit coming up to verify continued compliance to the ISO/IEC 20000 standard.
In preparation for the audit, they are conducting a series of internal audits.
GCITS has grown through acquisition. The latest acquisition, Optimsolv, does not comply with
ISO/IEC 20000.
Optimsolv has a number of process improvements that need to be implemented to attain
compliance. GCITS has six months to ensure that Optimsolv is compliant.
Which OCM activity will BEST help Optimsolv to overcome any staff resistance, and comply with
ISO/IEC 20000 within six months?Options
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