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Service Level Agreements in Municipal IT Dependability Management

Weyns, Kim LU and Höst, Martin LU (2013) RCIS 2013
Abstract
Abstract—Service Level Agreements (SLA) are considered a good practice not only for IT outsourcing but also for IT management within an organisation. In this paper we study the usage of SLAs in municipal IT management. Municipal IT management traditionally involves a large organisation, often with a low IT maturity, but with high requirements on software quality and information security. In this study, a series of interviews was conducted with IT managers from a number of Swedish municipalities which shows a need for more support for municipalities trying to write and improve their SLAs. Based on a number of SLAs collected, this study proposes a specific SLA template for municipal IT management that focuses especially on

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Abstract—Service Level Agreements (SLA) are considered a good practice not only for IT outsourcing but also for IT management within an organisation. In this paper we study the usage of SLAs in municipal IT management. Municipal IT management traditionally involves a large organisation, often with a low IT maturity, but with high requirements on software quality and information security. In this study, a series of interviews was conducted with IT managers from a number of Swedish municipalities which shows a need for more support for municipalities trying to write and improve their SLAs. Based on a number of SLAs collected, this study proposes a specific SLA template for municipal IT management that focuses especially on

information security issues. In a final step, the proposed template was evaluated in a focus group meeting with practitioners from Swedish municipalities. (Less)
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IT management, Dependability, Service Level Agreement
host publication
Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2013)
pages
9 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
RCIS 2013
conference dates
2013-05-29
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  • wos:000345780300045
  • scopus:84884157545
ISSN
2151-1349
ISBN
978-1-4673-2914-9
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FRIVA
language
English
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  author       = {{Weyns, Kim and Höst, Martin}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2013)}},
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  keywords     = {{IT management; Dependability; Service Level Agreement}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Service Level Agreements in Municipal IT Dependability Management}},
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  year         = {{2013}},
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