Case Study 1: Disney’s ITIL® Journey

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The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of concepts and techniques for managing IT infrastructure, development, and operations. ITIL offers eight sets of management procedures: service delivery, service support, service management, ICT infrastructure management, software asset management, business perspective, security management, and application management. Disney began adopting ITIL best practices in the mid-2000s. Read “Disney’s ITIL^® Journey”, located at https://www.axelos.com/case-studies-and-white-papers/disneys-itil-journey-case-study.

Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:

Describe the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL.
Examine the results that were attained by Disney.
Discuss the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. How can these challenges be overcome?
Discuss at least three reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption.
ITIL is not the only IT Service Management (ITSM) methodology, compare and contrast ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Explain the role of audit and compliance in enterprise architecture.
Demonstrate an understanding of the integration of enterprise systems with inter-organizational partners.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
Write clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

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Points: 95	Case Study 1: Disney’s ITIL^® Journey
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Describe the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely described the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL.	Insufficiently described the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL.	Partially described the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL.	Satisfactorily described the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL.	Thoroughly described the reasons for Disney’s adoption of ITIL.
2. Examine the results that were attained by Disney. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely examined the results that were attained by Disney.	Insufficiently examined the results that were attained by Disney.	Partially examined the results that were attained by Disney.	Satisfactorily examined the results that were attained by Disney.	Thoroughly examined the results that were attained by Disney.
3. Discuss the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. Explain how these challenges can be overcome. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely discussed the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. Did not submit or incompletely explained how these challenges can be overcome.	Insufficiently discussed the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. Insufficiently explained how these challenges can be overcome.	Partially discussed the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. Partially explained how these challenges can be overcome.	Satisfactorily discussed the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. Satisfactorily explained how these challenges can be overcome.	Thoroughly discussed the type of challenges a large organization such as Disney likely encountered during the ITIL implementation. Thoroughly explained how these challenges can be overcome.
4 Discuss at least three (3) reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely discussed at least three (3) reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption.	Insufficiently discussed at least three (3) reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption.	Partially discussed at least three (3) reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption.	Satisfactorily discussed at least three (3) reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption.	Thoroughly discussed at least three (3) reasons you believe Disney was successful in its ITIL adoption.
5. Compare and contrast ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework.	Insufficiently compared and contrasted ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework.	Partially compared and contrasted ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework.	Satisfactorily compared and contrasted ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework.	Thoroughly compared and contrasted ITIL, International Standard Organization ISO/IEC 20000, and Val IT with regard to whether Disney would have attained the same results with the ISO/IEC 20000 or Val IT framework.
6. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present