What are the components of a baseline service catalog request?

The baseline service catalog request primarily includes requested items, which are the specific services or products that users or customers want to obtain from the service catalog. These requested items represent the tangible outputs or functionalities that the service management system manages and delivers. This could be anything from software applications, hardware, or other IT services that an organization offers to its end users.

Each of the other potential components—approvals, purchasing, and catalog tasks—plays a role in the overall process of fulfilling a service request but does not constitute the baseline of what a service catalog request is fundamentally about. Approvals are necessary for tracking the authorization of requests, purchasing may come into play during fulfillment, and catalog tasks are individual actions needed to complete a service request. However, without the core requested items, there would be nothing to process, approve, or purchase. Thus, focusing on the requested items is essential for understanding what drives the entire service request process in IT service management.