ITIL foundation (version 3)

ITIL Foundation is an instructor-led course which:

  • Provides a practical understanding of ITIL version 3 key concepts, principles, processes, and functions

  • Prepares students to pass the ITIL Foundation exam

duration

3 days

level

Introductory

prerequisites

None

class size

Up to 16 students

examination

Includes the exam leading to the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (40 questions, multiple-choice)

course materials

  • Student workbook including classroom presentation, sample exams, job aids, and glossary

course content

  • Introduction to Service Management
  • The importance of Service Management
  • Definition of a Service and Service Management
  • The need for a service culture
  • Service Management as a practice
  • The Service Lifecycle
  • Objectives and business value for each phase of the lifecycle
  • Main goals and value to the business provided by each lifecycle phase:
    - Service Strategy
    - Service Design
    - Service Transition
    - Service Operation
    - Continual Service Improvement
  • Key Principles and models of ITSM
  • Types of service providers
  • Five major aspects of Service Design
  • Service V model
  • Continual Service Improvement model
  • Processes and Functions
  • Characteristics of a process
  • Objectives, business value, basic concepts, roles and interfaces of:
    - Service Portfolio Management
    - Service Level Management
    - Incident Management
    - Change Management
  • Objectives and basic concepts of:
    - Demand Management
    - Financial Management
    - Service Catalogue Management
    - Availability Management
    - Capacity Management
    - Supplier Management
    - Information Security Management
    - IT Service Continuity Management
    - Service Asset and Configuration Management
    - Release and Deployment Management
    - Event Management
    - Problem Management
    - Request Fulfilment
    - Access Management
    - The 7 step improvement process
  • Overview of the functions:
    - Service Desk
    - Application Management,
    - Operations Management
    - Technical Management
  • Organisation structure and key roles
  • Technology and Architecture