ITIL - Service Strategy Management

Foreword
What is ITIL? ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) describes best practices for the effective and efficient provision of IT services.
That is the shortest definition of ITIL I could found. Today I study a service strategy management. This is the first stop of this complex management system.

Service Strategy determines which types of services should be offered to which customers or markets.
The ITIL service lifecycle stage of Service Strategy includes the following main processes:

Strategy Management for IT Services
Process Objective: To assess the service provider's offerings, capabilities, perspective, patterns and competitors as well as current and potential market spaces in order to develop a strategy to serve customers. Once the strategy has been defined, Strategy Management for IT Services is also responsible for ensuring the implementation of the strategy.

Service Portfolio Management
Process Objective: To manage the service portfolio. Service Portfolio Management ensures that the service provider has the right mix of services to meet required business outcomes at an appropriate level of investment.

Financial Management for IT Services
Process Objective: To manage the service provider's budgeting, accounting and charging requirements.

Demand Management
Process Objective: To understand, anticipate and influence customer demand for services. Demand Management works with Capacity Management to ensure that the service provider has sufficient capacity to meet the required demand.

Business Relationship Management
Process Objective: To maintain a positive relationship with customers. Business Relationship Management identifies the needs of existing and potential customers and ensures that appropriate services are developed to meet those needs.

source: wiki.en.it-processmaps.com, flycastpartners.com/itil-service-lifecycle-guide/