After the bases of the ITIL implementation was laid down and all the processes were
defined and tailored to comply with the ITIL-V2 standards, the actual ITIL
implementation was carried out. However, the team realized that the defined processes
according to ITIL are somehow very complex and time consuming to be implemented
without an underlying system to streamline the processes. Thus, the ITIL team decided
to purchase a service desk tool that has ITIL compliant processes. The team chose two
of the available suppliers in the market, namely: Hewlett-Packard (HP) and
Computer Associate (CA) to evaluate their service desk management tools. Like all
other processes there were no defined procedures for tool or supplier selection in the
company. The team who was nominated to recommend the tool consisted of two people
who could not reach consensus so they had to go back to the IT manager to help break
the tie. The IT manager recommended HP for its reputation.