Operational readiness of new and improved services ensures a smooth transition from Project to Production. ITIL talks about it in a number of places, but I think Operational Readiness needs to be recognised as a practice in its own right, like any other ITIL "process". OR is not (just) about being a gatekeeper to Prod: it's about ensuring readiness throughout the lifecycle. OR provides a positive benefit for the customers, projects, development, and operations.
3. A reduction in:
• incidents
• support calls
• problems and errors
• …and hence costs
• reputational damage
• other losses and consequences
4. And an increase in
• usage
• customer satisfaction
• staff morale
• return on investment
5. Without proper operational readiness:
• IP is lost
• operations carries a cost
• services are less stable
• support unable to respond
• changes are a higher risk
• operational failures
• risk of data loss