ITIL® Lifecycle Certificate in Service Strategy Training in Ireland

You will receive electronic pre-course reading. Delegates should spend a minimum half an hour reviewing the document and are encouraged to explore all of the links provided for further reading. Success on the course will be enhanced by candidates spending at least 12 hours on reviewing their ITIL Foundation material prior to attending one of the ITIL Intermediate courses

Possesion of one of the following is mandatory. Proof of prerequisites MUST be produced on the day of the exam to the trainer.

• ITIL v3, 2011 or v4 Foundation.
• ITIL v2 Foundation and v2/v3 Foundation Bridge.

Acceptable forms of prerequisite confirmation are as follows:

• A copy of the candidates examination certificate
• Confirmed entry in the AXELOS Successful Candidate Register. You will need to provide the full SCR number (registration/candidate number located on your certificate).

Proof of identification:

If taking an exam, candidates are required to provide Photo ID with a valid signature e.g. driving license, passport or named work ID badges prior to sitting their exam. Failure to produce this ID will result in their exam results being withheld until proof of ID is provided. Please note that if proof is not provided within 40 days, candidate's exam results will be null and void and a re-sit would be required.

Course Material

Please ensure you bring a device such as a mobile phone, tablet or laptop to be able to load your course material on to as you may need this for use in the evenings.

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• IT professionals working in roles associated with strategic planning.
• Individuals in leadership roles that are engaged in managing and coordinating activities within the Service Lifecycle and who are responsible for integrating these activities into a strategic framework.
• Individuals who have attained the ITIL Foundation certificate in Service Management, and who wish to advance to higher level ITIL certifications
• Individuals who require a practical understanding of the Service Strategy processes and how they may be used to enhance the quality of IT service within an organisation

The ITIL® Framework is a source of good practice in service management. ITIL® is used by organisations world-wide to establish and improve capabilities in service management. Service Management is a set of specialised organisational capabilities for providing value to customers in the form of services. The capabilities take the form of functions and processes for managing services over a lifecycle, with specialisations in strategy, design, transition, operation, and continual improvement. The capabilities represent a service organisation's capacity, competency, and confidence for action. The act of transforming resources into valuable services is at the core of service management. Without these capabilities, a service organisation is merely a bundle of resources that by itself has relatively low intrinsic value for customers.

Delegates will gain competencies in the following elements of Service Strategy:

• Introduction to service strategy
• Service strategy principles
• Service strategy processes
• Strategy Management for IT Services
• Service Portfolio Management
• Demand Management
• Financial Management for IT Services
• Business Relationship Management
• Governance
• Organizing for service strategy
• Technology considerations
• Implementing service strategy
• Challenges, critical success factors and risks

Please be aware, this course also provides 21 Hours of Contact Education/Professional Development Units towards PMI PMP certification/re-certification.

Examinations

The exam is gradient, scenario based multi-choice. There are 8 questions to be completed in 90 minutes. Each question will have 4 possible answer options, one of which is worth 5 marks, one which is worth 3 marks, one which is worth 1 mark, and one which is a distracter and achieves no marks. The pass mark is 28 marks from 40 (70%).