ITIL courses are available at various centres throughout the UK. These courses can be delivered onsite upon request.
The Course
The ITIL Intermediate Qualification: Service Transition Certificate is a free-standing qualification, but is also part of the ITIL Intermediate Lifecycle stream, and one of the modules that leads to the ITIL Expert in IT Service Management. The purpose of this training module and the associated exam and certificate is, respectively, to impart, test, and validate the knowledge of industry practices in service management and strategy as documented in the ITIL Service Transition publication.
Who Should Attend
The main target group for the ITIL Intermediate Qualification: Service Transition Certificate includes but is not restricted to CIOs, CTOs, managers, supervisory staff, team leaders, designers, architects, planners, IT consultants, IT audit managers, IT security managers and ITSM trainers involved in the ongoing management, coordination and integration of strategising activities within the Service Lifecycle.
The course syllabus covers the management and control of the activities and techniques within Service Transition, but not the detail of each of the supporting processes.
The course may also be of interest to:
Individuals who require a detailed understanding of the ITIL Service Transition phase of the ITIL core Lifecycle and how it may be implemented to enhance the quality of IT service provision within an organisation
IT professionals working within or about to enter a Service Transition environment and requiring an understanding of the concepts, processes, functions and activities involved
Individuals seeking the ITIL Expert certification in IT Service Management for which this qualification is one of the prerequisite modules
Individuals seeking progress towards the ITIL Master in IT Service Management for which the ITIL Expert is a prerequisite
Pre-requisites
Candidates wishing to be trained and examined for this qualification must already hold the ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (the v3 Foundation or v2 Foundation plus Bridge Certificate) which shall be presented as documentary evidence to gain admission.
It is strongly recommended that candidates read the ITIL Service Transition publication in advance of attending training for the certification.
Learning Objectives
Candidates can expect to gain competencies in the following upon successful completion of the education and examination components related to this certification:
- Introduction to Service Transition
- Service Transition Principles
- Management and control of all Service Transition activities
- Service Transition related activities around communications, commitment and organisational change
- Organising Service Transition
- Control and coordination of Service Transition technology related activities
- Analysis, justification and selection of the implementation approaches, challenges, critical success factors and risks
Learning Outcomes
Following completion of this unit, the candidate will know:
- The importance of Service Management as a Practice concept and Service Transition principals, purpose and objectives
- How all processes in ITIL Service Transition interact with other Service Lifecycle Processes
- What the sub-processes, activities, methods and functions used in each of the ITIL Service Transition processes are
- The roles and responsibilities within ITIL Service Transition and the activities and functions to achieve operational excellence
- How to measure ITIL Service Transition
- An understanding of technology and implementation considerations surrounding ITIL Service Transition challenges, critical Success factors and risks associated to ITIL Service Transition
Examination
Eight (8) multiple choice, scenario-based, gradient scored questions over 90 minutes
Each question will have 4 possible answer options, one of which is worth 5 marks, one which is worth 3 marks, one which is worth 1 mark, and one which is a distracter and achieves no marks