Learn to manage and control the activities and techniques within the ITIL® continual service improvement stage.
Key Features
- Lifetime access to the e-learning
- In-depth blended learning
- Brightedge’s course completion certificate
- Highly experienced trainers with live examples
Overview
ITIL Intermediate Continual Service Improvement course by Brightedge Academy will impart strong foundational knowledge required to pass the ITIL Continual Service Improvement certification exam by Axelos. This certificate carries 3 credits out of 17 to be achieved for the ITIL Intermediate certification.
You will learn processes, practice elements, and management techniques that help you build, test, and implement IT products and services.
This module will help you understand the overall concepts, processes, policies, and methods associated with the continual service improvement (CSI) phase of the service lifecycle. You will learn about managing and controlling the activities and techniques within the CSI stage, not the details of each of the supporting processes.
The CSI qualification focuses on how organizations and individuals can strategically review the products and services they have produced following the strategy, design, transition and operation stages of the IT Service Lifecycle and offers guidance on how this process should be organized and executed. It also includes guidance on the tools and technology that can be used to support CSI activities as well as how to evaluate risks and critical success factors.
CSI practices can help businesses and projects continue to meet and adapt to the changing needs of end-users as well as improving efficiencies and returns on investment for organizations.
Outline
1. Continual Service Improvement
- Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
- Business Value
- CSI Approach
- Context of CSI within the Service Lifecycle
- Inputs and Outputs
2. CSI Principles
- CSI Success Depends on Understanding Change within an Organization
- CSI Success Depends on Clear Ownership and Accountability
- How the CSI Register Supports CSI
- CSI is Driven and Influenced by Service Level Management
- Importance of Knowledge Management and the Deming Cycle to CSI
- CSI Used to Ensure Effective Governance
- Frameworks, Models, Standards, and Quality Systems Supporting CSI
3. Seven-Step Improvement Process
- Purpose, Objectives, and Scope
- Business Value
- Policies, Principles, and Basic Concepts
- Process Activities, Methods, and Techniques
- Triggers, Inputs, Outputs, and Process Interfaces
- Other Processes Support the Seven-Step Improvement Process
4. CSI Methods and Techniques
- Assessments
- Gap Analysis
- Benchmarking
- Service and Process Measurement
- Metrics and Measurement Frameworks
- Calculating Return on Investment
- Service Reporting Policies and Principles
- How Availability Management, Capacity Management, IT Service Continuity Management, Problem Management, and Knowledge Management Support CSI
5. Organization for CSI
- Service Owners
- Process Owner and Process Managers
- Process Practitioners
- CSI Manager
- The Nature of the Seven-Step Improvement Process Activities and the Skills Required
- CSI Manager vs. Other Supporting Roles
- How Responsibility, Accountability, Consultancy, or Informational (RACI) Models Can Be Used to Clarify Roles and Responsibilities for CSI
6. Technology Considerations for CSI
- IT Service Management Suites
- Systems and Network Management Tools
- Event management
- Automated Incident/Problem Resolution
- Performance Management
- Statistical Analysis Tools
- Project and Portfolio Management Tools
- Financial Management Tools
- Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
7. Implementing CSI
- Critical Considerations and Where to Start
- Role of Governance to CSI
- Effect of Organizational Change for CSI
- Communication Strategies and Plans
8. Challenges, CSFs, and Risks
- Challenges Facing CSI
- CSFs for CSI
- Risks Associated with Implementing CSI
Benefits
- Service management as a practice and CSI principles, purpose, and objective
- How all CSI processes interact with other service lifecycle processes
- Sub-processes, activities, methods, and functions used in each of the CSI processes
- Roles and responsibilities within CSI and the activities and functions to achieve operational excellence
- How to measure CSI performance
- Technology and implementation requirements in support of CSI
- Challenges, key performance indicators (KPIs), critical success factors (CSFs), and risks related with CSI
Who should attend
- IT operations, technical, or IT management personnel requiring more information about ITIL best practices
- Anyone responsible for managing, implementing, or consulting on ITIL processes within IT or in conjunction with IT
Exam info
- ITIL Foundation Certification (v3 or newer) required
- Two years of relevant work experience
- To prepare for the end-of-class exam, we recommend that you review the ITIL 2011 publicationContinual Service Improvement (2011 Edition, ISBN 9780113313082) and complete at least 21 hours of personal study
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