This document provides guidance for organizations on how to implement a service management system (SMS). Organizations can use this document to implement the entire SMS in order to conform to the requirements specified in ISO/IEC 20000-1, or parts of an SMS for a selected subset of requirements. This document illustrates a generic plan to manage implementation activities for an SMS.

The intended users of this document are:

a) organizations that require support on how to implement an SMS;

b) consultants and advisors who support an organization during SMS implementation.

This document can be used together with the other parts of ISO/IEC 20000 series.