• Is this course accredited?

  Yes, it is accredited by the APMG.

• What is the experience of the Instructor(s) delivering my course?

  All of our instructors are fully accredited and have over ten years of experience in ITIL methodologies.

• What do The Knowledge Academy provide me on the course?

  We provide pre-course reading, The Knowledge Academy courseware folder, official certificates and refreshments.

• Does the course include exams?

  Yes, the course includes your ITIL Foundation exam.

• Are there any prerequisites for the ITIL examinations?

  There are no prerequisites to this course.

• What is the structure of the exams?

  The Foundation exam is a multiple choice exam taken on the final day of the course.

• What time shall I arrive at the venue?

  Please arrive at your training venue for 08:45am

The Knowledge Academy

The ITIL Foundation course is 3 days of presentations, exercies and discussons about ITIL Foundation best practice framework. ITIL® is a non-proprietary approach for managing IT services, developed in the 1980s by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the United Kingdom.

In 2007 the ITIL framework was redesigned from a process-led approach to a service lifecycle approach comprising the ITIL five core volumes: 

Service Strategy, Servce Design, Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement

ITIL Foundation provide a general overview of the IT Service Management Lifecycle and its supporting processess, functions and roles.

Course Content

Candidates can expect to gain knowledge and understanding in the following 

Service Management as a Practice

Efficient development of new services and the improvement of existing services
Good practice
Functions, Roles and Processes

Service Strategy: overall business aims and expectations
Types of Service Provision
Service Portfolio Management
Financial Management
Demand Management
Business case

Service Design: developing a solution to meet the needs of the business
Service Catalogue Management
Supplier Management
Service Level Management
Availability Management
Capacity Management
IT Service Continuity Management
Information Security Management

Service Transition: implementing service designs so that service operations can manage the services
Service Asset and Configuration Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Release and Deployment Management

Service Operation: day to day, business as usual activities
Incident Management
Problem Management
Request Fulfillment
Event Management
Access Management
Functions: Service Desk, Technical Management, Operations Management and Applications Management

Continual Service Improvement: how to improve the cost effectiveness and efficiency of service provision
CSI Model
Deming Cycle

• The Knowledge Academy Courseware Book
• Pre-Course Material
• Exam
• Certificate
• Experienced Instructor
• Refreshments

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