Service Capability: Service Offerings and Agreement

Course Curriculum

•  Service Offerings and Agreements

  • How Service Offerings and Agreements Practices Support the Service Lifecycle
  • Purpose, Objectives, Scope, and Value of Strategy Management for IT Services and the Design Coordination Process
  • Successful Services Depend on the Customer's Perception of Utility and Warranty
  • Relevance of Business Cases and Return-on-Investment to Service Offerings and Agreements Practices

• Business Relationship Management

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Business Relationship Management Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Service Portfolio Management

  • Service Portfolio
  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Service Portfolio Management Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Financial Management for IT Services

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Financial Management for IT Services Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Demand Management

  • Importance of Demand Management to Managing Services throughout their Lifecycle
  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Demand Management Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Service Catalog Management

  • Importance of the Service Catalog to the Service Lifecycle
  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Service Catalog Management Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Production of a Service Catalog
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities of Service Catalog Management

• Service Level Management

  • Importance of Service Level Management to the Service Lifecycle
  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Service Level Management Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Contents of Service and Operational Level Agreements (SLAs and OLAs)
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Supplier Management

  • Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
  • Business Value
  • Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
  • Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
  • Information Management within the Supplier Management Process
  • CSFs and KPIs
  • Challenges and Risks
  • Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Technology and Implementation Considerations

  • Generic Requirements for Service Management Technologies
  • Evaluation Criteria for Technology and Tooling for Process Implementation
  • Good Procedures for Practice and Process Implementation
  • Challenges, CSFs, and Risks Related to Implementing Practices and Processes
  • How to Plan and Implement Service Management Technologies

• Exam Preparation/Mock Exam

• 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 a 30-hour accredited course from an ITIL^® Accredited Training Provider, such as this course on service operation offered by Xebia
• Hold the ITIL^® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (or other appropriate earlier ITIL® and bridge qualifications)

Certification

In order to achieve ITIL^® Service Offerings and Agreements 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)