Basic ITIL as Dr Seuss

I recently read a post from Aprill Allen posing the challenge to wax lyrical for ITIL in Seuss-speak.

Dr Seuss Challenge


Here is my attempt.




You have thoughts in your head

You have shoes on your feet

Now you must decide on what objectives to meet.

You’re all by yourself and you know what you know,

And now you’ll decide on the direction to go.

Using ITIL you figure, will help you along,

IT has heard it, like a repetitive song

For service providers in a wide range of roles

But you must be careful not to fall down the holes.

With loads of processes, the guidance is good

Yoda might say ‘Align business objectives you should’.

To improve service delivery is initially desired,

No magic or any hocus pocus is required.

Remember that tools wont always fix what you need

Governance and people are important indeed.

After all of the books and white papers you find

Reach out to your community to get out of a bind.

Work with your business and soon you will see

That a better positioned IT group you'll be.

Based on Dr. Suess “Oh the Places You’ll Go