introduction to itil v3 foundation exam
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I hope this introductory presentation to ITIL v3 Foundation exam will be very useful to the readers. The time one needs to spend on study depends upon one's experience with ITIL related practices in real world. Nonetheless, it is very simple study, but the exam questions may be trickier than expectation. So, focus on learning ITIL concepts rather than adding ITIL certificate to your resume. References for the slides used from: http://taruu.com/Documents/ITIL%20v3%20Foundation%20Study%20Guide%20v4.2.2.5.pdf The Art of Service – ITIL v3 Foundation Complete Certification Kit (book and online course) Skillport - IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation Syllabus v4.2 examTRANSCRIPT
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ITIL v3 Certification Scheme
Overview
Terminology
ITIL Lifecycle phasesService StrategyService DesignService TransitionService OperationContinual Service Improvements
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ITIL v3 Certification Scheme
This presentation is on ITIL v3 Foundation Certificate
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OverviewYour purpose – Certification vs. LearningCertification track
2 hours introduction6 hours self-study and mock testshttp://taruu.com/Documents/ITIL%20v3%20Founda
tion%20Study%20Guide%20v4.2.2.5.pdfThe Art of Service – ITIL v3 Foundation Complete
Certification Kit (book and online course)Mock tests
http://www.itskeptic.org/itil-version-3-certification-eight-sources-free-it
http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/exams/practice-exam.aspx?group=ITIL&fq=1&qmax=15
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OverviewLearning track
2 hours introduction15 hours self-study and mock testsSkillPort - Course Curricula/English - US/IT
Professional Certifications/IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)/ITIL V3/IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation Syllabus v4.2 exam
Exam registrationhttp://pearsonvue.com/exin/ or
http://www.register.prometric.com/Centers.asp Fees - $174; 1 hour exam; 40 questions; 26 out
of 40 to pass (65%)
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OverviewOffice of Govt Commerce in the UK owns
trademark of ITIL as the ITIL framework evolved from their efforts to document how successful organizations approached service management.
ITIL describes good practices and best practices, including those documented by Public frameworks, Standards, wide-industry best practices etc
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TerminologyITSM – A set of specialized organizational
capabilities for providing value to customers in the form of services
Service – A means of delivering value to customers by facilitating outcomes customers want to achieve without the ownership of specific costs and risks. E.g. Pizza delivery service, Payroll service
Service owner – The person who is accountable for the delivery of a specific service.
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TerminologyProcess – A set of coordinated activities combining
and implementing resources and capabilities in order to produce an outcome and provide value to customers or stakeholders. E.g. Availability management process
Process owner – The person responsible for ensuring that the process is fit for the desired purpose and is accountable for the outputs of that process.
Functions – A team or group of people and the tools they use to carry out one or more processes or activities. E.g. Service Desk, IT Operations management
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TerminologyRACI chart – Connecting processes and
functions by the way of defining clear roles and responsibilities
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ITIL Lifecycle Phases
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Service StrategyDefine strategic objectives of the IT
organizationStop and think WHY something has to be
done, before thinking HOW
Service PackageCore Service PackageSupporting Services PackageService Level Package
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Service StrategyCreating Value
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Service Strategy - ProcessesService Portfolio Management
It contains 3 service groups – Service Pipeline, Service Catalogue, Retired Services
Balancing Service Portfolio – Run the Business, Grow the Business, Transform the Business
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Service Strategy - ProcessesFinancial Management
It manages conflicting perspectives of IT and Business in terms of IT capabilities and Business opportunities
Three fundamental activities – Funding/Budget, Accounting, Charging/Chargeback
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Service Strategy - ProcessesDemand Management
Objective: Identification and analysis of Patterns of Business Activity and user profiles; And maintaining business and customer satisfaction while reducing excess capacity
Two ways to influence or manage Demand Physical/Technical constraints – e.g. restrict
number of connections, users etc Financial chargeback – e.g. extra charges for over
capacity quotas
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Service Design
Concerned primarily with the design of IT services
Designs to convert strategic objectives into Services
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Service Design - ProcessesService Level Management (Design phase)
Primary goal is to ensure that an agreed level of IT service is provided for all current IT services, and that future services are delivered to agreed achievable targets.
Service Level Agreement vs Operational Level Agreement
Three types of SLAs – Customer based SLA, Service based SLA, Multi-level SLA(Corporate level, Customer level, Service level)
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Service Design - ProcessesSupplier Management
Primary goal is to manage suppliers and services they supply, to provide seamless quality of IT service to the business and ensure that value for money is obtained.
Types of Supplier Agreements – Co-sourcing, Multi-sourcing, Business Process Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing etc
Supplier and contract information is stored in Supplier and Contract Database (SCD).
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Service Design - ProcessesService Catalogue Management
Primary goal is to ensure that a Service Catalogue is produced, maintained and always contains accurate information.
Two Types Business Service Catalogue - e.g. various Business
Processes Technical Service Catalogue – e.g. Hardware,
Software, DB, etc They two interact to provide services to customers
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Service Design - ProcessesCapacity Management
Primary goal is to ensure that the current and future capacity and performance demands of customers regarding IT service provision are delivered.
Main activities Performance monitoring Application sizing Tuning Capacity planning Reporting, etc
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Service Design - ProcessesAvailability Management
Primary goal is to ensure that the level of service availability delivered in all services is matched to or exceeds the current and future agreed needs of the business.
Incident life cycle
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Service Design - ProcessesIT Service Continuity Management
Primary goal is to support the overall Business Continuity Management by ensuring that the required IT infrastructure and the IT service provision can be recovered within required and agreed time scales.
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Service Design - ProcessesInformation Security Management
Primary goal is to align IT security with Business security and ensure that information security is effectively managed in all services and IT Service Management activities.
Three major aspects Confidentiality Integrity Availability
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Service TransitionIt focuses on the vulnerable transition from
Design phase to Operation phase of a new/enhanced service.
It is critical as technical/functional errors NOT found during this phase will result in significantly higher impact levels to the business and/or IT infrastructure and will usually cost much more to fix once the Service is in operation.
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Service Transition - ProcessesKnowledge Management
The primary purpose is to improve efficiency by reducing the need to rediscover knowledge. This requires accessible, quality and relevant data and information available to staff.
Moving from data to wisdom Data Information (Who, what, when, where?) Knowledge (How?) Wisdom (Why?)
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Service Transition - ProcessesService Asset and Configuration Management
The goal is to support the agreed IT service provision by managing, storing and providing information about Configuration Items and Service Assets throughout their life cycle.
This assists in providing logical model of the infrastructure, including the relevant relationships and dependencies that exist.
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Service Transition - ProcessesChange Management
The goal is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for controlled, efficient and prompt handling of all changes.
Various types of changes Normal change – A change that follows all steps of
change process Standard change – A pre-approved change that is low
risk and relatively common, e.g. password reset request. Usually logged as Service Request.
Emergency change – A change that must be introduced as soon as possible.
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Service Transition - ProcessesChange Advisory Board(CAB) – A group that
provides expert advice to the Change Manager.
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Service Transition - ProcessesRelease and Deployment Management
Goal is to deploy new releases into production, provide transition support to service operation, and enable its effective use in order to deliver value to the customer.
Various options for deployment of releases Big bang Phased approach Push approach Pull approach Automated Manual
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Service Transition - ProcessesService Validation and Testing
Main goal is to assure fitness for purpose and fitness for use
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Service OperationPrimary objective is to enable effectiveness and
efficiency in delivery and support of IT services.Strategic objectives are ultimately realized through
Service Operations, therefore making it critical phase.
Terminology: Incident vs Problem vs ErrorIncident is any occurrence which may cause
interruption or degradation to an IT serviceProblem is the unknown underlying cause of one or
more incidentsError is the known underlying cause of one or more
incidents
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Service Operation - FunctionsService Desk Function
Service desk types Call centre – Handling/logging large volumes of
calls. Low first-time resolution rate for calls and requests.
Help desk – Manage and coordinate incidents Service desk – Wide variety of services offered.
High first-time resolution rate for calls and requests.
Service desk structures: Local, Central, Follow-the-sun
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Service Operation - FunctionsTechnical Management
Goal is to plan, implement and maintain a stable technical infrastructure to support the organization’s business processes
Examples of functions – Mainframe, Server, Network, Storage, Database, etc
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Service Operation - FunctionsIT Operations Management
Goal is to perform daily operational activities needed to manage the IT infrastructure
Two types IT Operations control
Console management Job scheduling Backup and restore
Facilities management Data centers Recovery sites
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Service Operation - FunctionsApplication Management
Goal is to help design, implement and maintain stable applications to support the organization’s business processes, e.g. HR apps, Business apps, etc
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Service Operation - ProcessesEvent Management
Goal is to provide the capability to detect events, make sense of them and determine the appropriate control action.
Different types events: Events that signify Regular operation Warning Exception
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Service Operation - ProcessesIncident Management
Goal is to restore normal service operation as quickly as possible and minimize adverse impact on business operations.
Setting priority of an incident Impact + Urgency = Priority
Escalation Functional/Horizontal escalation Hierarchical/Vertical escalation
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Service Operation - ProcessesProblem Management
Main goal is to eliminate recurring incidents, and prevent problems/incidents from happening
Difference from Incident management: Incident management only addresses the symptoms,
while Problem management addresses the root-cause of the symptom so that incident doesn’t recur.
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Service Operation - ProcessesRequest Fulfillment
Goal is to fulfill requests from end users using consistent and repeatable methods
It is related to fulfilling standard changes which are pre-approved for implementation, e.g. password reset request
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Service Operation - ProcessesAccess Management
Goal is to provide capabilities for the granting of authorized users the right to use a service while preventing access to non-authorized users.
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Continual Service ImprovementGoal is to ensure continual improvements to
IT Service Management Processes and IT Services
The Continual Service Improvement Model
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Continual Service Improvement - ProcessesService Level Management
It proactively seeks and implements improvements to the level of service delivered to customers and users
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Continual Service Improvement - ProcessesService Measurement and Reporting
Goal is to coordinate the design of metrics, data collection and reporting activities from other processes and functions
Three types of metrics Technology metrics Process metrics Service metrics
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Continual Service Improvement - ProcessesCSI (7 step) Improvement Process
Goal is to coordinate a structured approach for improvements to IT services and ITSM processes
The Deming Cycle is used as foundation for continual improvement Plan(design) Do(pilot) Check(results) Act(rollout)
7 step improvement process Define what you should measure Define what you can measure Gather the data Process the data (Frequency? Format? etc) Analyze the data relationships/trends/targets met etc Present and use the information, assessment, action plans
etc Implement corrective action