ITIL® 2011 Foundation for Service Management (A 2-Day course including examination)

14 PDUs Overview

ITIL® 2011 Foundation level offers a general awareness of the Service Lifecycle and the key elements within. Learning objectives and competencies are focused on an understanding of the overall linkages between the stages in the Lifecycle, the processes used and their contribution to service management practices.

The purpose of the ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service Management is to gain knowledge of the ITIL terminology, structure and basic concepts and core principles of ITIL practices for service management.

Target Group

The target group of the ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service Management is drawn from:

· Individuals who require a basic understanding of the ITIL framework and how it may be used to enhance the quality of IT service management within an organization.

· IT professionals that are working within an organization that has adopted and adapted ITIL who need to be informed about and thereafter contribute to an ongoing service improvement programme.

This may include but is not limited to, IT professionals, business managers and business process owners. Candidates can expect to gain knowledge and understanding in the following upon successful completion of the education and examination components related to this certification.

· Service management as a practice (comprehension) · The ITIL service lifecycle (comprehension) · Generic concepts and definitions (awareness) · Key principles and models (comprehension) · Selected processes (awareness) · Selected functions (awareness) · Selected roles (awareness) · Technology and architecture (awareness) · Competence and training (awareness)

Course Outline

The course is aimed at raising individual’s understanding of and competence in IT Service Management as described in the ITIL® Service Strategy, ITIL® Service Design, ITIL® Service Transition, ITIL® Service Operation, ITIL® Continual Service Improvement, ITIL® Introduction and ITIL® Glossary publications.

1. Service Management as a practice

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate to define the concept of a service, and to omprehend and explain the concept of service management as a practice.. Specifically, candidates must be able to:

· Describe the concept of best practices · Describe and explain why ITIL is successful · Define and explain the concept of a service · Define and explain the concept of internal and external customers · Define and explain the concept of internal and external services · Define and explain the concept of service management · Define and explain the concept of IT service management · Define and explain the concept of stakeholders in service management · Define processes and functions · Explain the process model and the characteristics of processes

2. The Service Lifecycle

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate to understand the value of the ITIL service lifecycle, how the processes integrate with each other, throughout the lifecycle and explain the objectives, scope and business value for each phase in the lifecycle Specifically, candidates must be able to:

· Describe the structure of the ITIL service lifecycle · Account for the purpose, objectives and scope of Service strategy, Service Design, Service

Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement · Briefly explain what value Service strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service

Operation and Continual Service Improvement provides to the business

3. Generic Concepts and Definitions

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate to define some of the key terminology and explain the key concepts of service management. Specifically, candidates must be able to define and explain the following key concepts:

· Utility and warranty · Assets, resources and capabilities · Service portfolio · Service catalogue · Governance · Business case · Risk management · Service provider · Supplier

· Service level agreement · Operational level agreement (OLA) · Underpinning contract · Service design package · Availability · Service knowledge management system (SKMS) · Configuration item (CI) · Configuration management system · Definitive media library (DML) · Change · Change types (standard, emergency and normal · Event · Alert · Incident · Impact, urgency and priority · Service request · Problem · Workaround · Known error · Known error database (KEDB) · The role of communication in service operation · Release policy · Types of services · Change proposals · CSI register · Outcomes · Patterns of business activity · Customers and users · The Deming Cycle (plan, do, check, act)

4. Key Principles and Models

This unit is aiming to help the candidate to comprehend and account for the key principles and models of Service Management and to balance some of the opposing forces within Service Management.

Service Strategy

Describe basics of Value Creation through Services

Service Design

Understand the importance of People, Processes, Products and Partners for Service Management Discuss the five major aspects of Service Design:

· Service solutions for new or changed services · Management information systems and tools · Technology architectures and management architectures

· The processes required · Measurement methods and metrics

Continual Service Improvement

Explain the continual service improvement approach

Understand the role of measurement for continual service improvement and explain the following key elements:

· Relationship between critical success factors (CSF) and key performance indicators · Baselines · Types of metrics (technology metrics, process metrics, service metrics)

5. Processes

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate understand how the service management processes contribute to the ITIL service lifecycle, to explain the purpose, objectives, scope, basic concepts, activities and interfaces for four of the core processes, and to state the purpose, objectives and scope for eighteen of the remaining processes.

Specifically, candidates must be able to:

Service Strategy

Purpose, objectives and scope for:

· Service Portfolio Management

Service Portfolio

· Financial Management

Business case

· Business Relationship Management

Service Design Purpose, objectives, scope, basic concepts, process activities and interfaces for:

Service Level Management

· Service-based SLA · Multi-level SLAs · Service level requirements (SLRs) · SLA monitoring (SLAM) chart

· Service review · Service improvement plan (SIP) · The relationship between SLM and BRM

Purpose, objectives and scope for:

· Service catalogue management · Availability management

o Service availability o Component availability o Reliability o Maintainability o Serviceability o Vital business functions (VBF)

· Information security management (ISM) o Information security policy

· Supplier management o Supplier categories

· Capacity management o Capacity plan o Business capacity management o Service capacity management o Component capacity management

· IT service continuity management o Purpose of business impact analysis (BIA) o Risk assessment

· Design coordination

Service Transition Purpose, objectives, scope, basic concepts, process activities and interfaces for:

· Change management o Types of change request o Change models o Remediation planning o Change advisory board / emergency change advisory board o Lifecycle of a normal change

Purpose, objectives and scope for:

· Release and deployment management o Four phases of release and deployment

· Knowledge management o Data-to-Information-to-Knowledge-to-Wisdom (DIKW) & SKMS

· Service asset and configuration management (SACM) · Transition planning and support

Service operation

Purpose, objectives, scope, basic concepts, process activities and interfaces for: · Incident management · Problem management

Purpose, objectives and scope for:

· Event management · Request fulfilment · Access management

Continual service improvement Purpose, objectives and scope for:

· The seven-step improvement process

6. Functions

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate to explain the role, objectives and organizational structures of the service desk function, and to state the role, objectives and overlap of three other functions. Role, objectives and organizational structures for :

· Service desk function Role and objectives of:

· The technical management function · The application management function · The IT operations management function

o IT operations control and Facilities management

7. Roles

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate to account for and to be aware of the responsibilities of some of the key roles in service management. Role and the responsibilities of the

· Process owner · Process manager · Process practitioner · Service owner

Recognize the responsible, accountable, consulted, informed (RACI) responsibility model and explain its role in determining organizational structure.

8. Technology and architecture

The purpose of this unit is to help the candidate to:

· Understand how service automation assists with expediting service management processes

9. Competence and training

· Competence and skills for service management · Competence and skills framework · Training

10. Prerequisite Entry Criteria

There are no formal criteria or pre-requisites for candidates wishing to attend an accredited ITIL® Foundation course, though some familiarity with IT terminology and an appreciation of their own business environment is strongly recommended.

11. Mock exam

This unit is aiming to help the candidate to pass the ITIL® Foundation exam.

12. Format of the Examination

This syllabus has an accompanying examination at which the candidate must achieve a pass score to gain the ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management.

Type Multiple choice, 40 questions.

Duration Maximum 60 minutes for all candidates in their respective language

Provisions for additional time relating to language

Candidates completing an exam in a language that is not their mother tongue have a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the exam and are allowed the use of a dictionary.

Prerequisite Accredited ITIL Foundation training is strongly recommended but is not a prerequisite.

Supervised Yes

Open Book No

Pass Score 26/40 or 65%

Delivery This examination is available in Online or Paper based format.