Service Lifecycle: Service Operation

Course Curriculum

• Service Operation Practices

  • Purpose and Objectives of Service Operation
  • Scope of Service Operation
  • Context of Service Operation in the Service Lifecycle
  • Business Value of Service Operation
  • Fundamentals

• Service Operation Principles

  • Achieving Balance in Service Operation
  • Providing Good Service
  • Operations Staff Involvement in Other Lifecycle Stages
  • Operational Health
  • Communication
  • Documentation
  • Service Operation Inputs and Outputs

• Event Management Process

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Process Activities, Methods, and Techniques
  • Triggers, Inputs, and Outputs
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks

• Incident Management Process

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Process Activities, Methods, and Techniques
  • Triggers, Inputs, and Outputs
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks

• Problem Management Process

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Process Activities, Methods, and Techniques
  • Triggers, Inputs and Outputs
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks

• Request Fulfillment Process

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Process Activities, Methods, and Techniques
  • Triggers, Inputs, and Outputs
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks

• Access Management Process

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Process Activities, Methods, and Techniques
  • Triggers, Inputs, and Outputs
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks

• Common Service Operation Activities

  • Monitoring and Control
  • IT Operations
  • Server and Mainframe Management and Support
  • Network Management
  • Storage and Archive
  • Database Administration
  • Directory Services Management
  • Desktop and Mobile Device Support
  • Middleware Management
  • Internet/Web Management
  • Facilities and Data Center Management
  • Operational Activities of Processes in Other Lifecycle Stages
  • Improvement of Operational Activities

• Service Desk Function

  • Role, Objectives, and Organizational Structures
  • Service Desk Staffing and Environmental Considerations
  • Key Considerations for Outsourcing the Service Desk
  • Key Roles Supporting the Service Desk

• Technical Management Function

  • Role, Objectives, and Activities
  • Relationship Between Technical Design and Technical Maintenance and Support
  • Metrics to Measure Technical Management
  • Key Technical Management Documentation
  • Roles Supporting Technical Management

• IT Operations Management Function

  • Role, Objectives, and Activities
  • Metrics to Measure IT Operations Management
  • Key IT Operations Management Documentation
  • Roles Support IT Operations Management

• Applications Management Function

  • Role, Objectives, and Activities
  • Principles of Application Management
  • Application Management Lifecycle
  • Metrics to Measure Applications Management
  • Key Applications Management Documentation
  • Roles Supporting Applications Management

• Service Operation Organizational Structures

  • Different Approaches to Organizing Functions
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Organizational Approach

• Technology and Implementation Considerations

  • Generic Technology Considerations
  • Event Management Technologies
  • Incident Management Technologies
  • Problem Management Technologies
  • Request Fulfillment Technologies
  • Access Management Technologies
  • Service Desk Technologies
  • Managing Change in Service Operation
  • Service Operation and Project Management
  • Assessing and Managing Risk in Service Operation
  • Operational Staff Involvement in Service Design and Service Transition
  • Planning and Implementing Service Management Technologies
  • Challenges of Service Operation
  • CSFs of Service Operation
  • Risks of Service Operation

• Exam Preparation/Mock Exam

Prerequisite

In order to attend the workshop, you must have:

• ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management or an earlier ITIL (V2) Foundation plus Foundation Bridge

In order to appear for the examination participants must:

• Have completed an accredited course from an ITIL^® Accredited Training Provider.
• Hold the ITIL^® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (or other appropriate earlier ITIL and bridge qualifications)

Certification

In order to achieve ITIL^® Intermediate Service Operation certification, candidates must appear for the exam and gain 70% pass mark.

The Exam:

• 90 minute ‘closed book’
• Eight multiple choice, scenario-based questions
• Pass mark is 70% (28/40)