ITIL^® for Executives

Course overview

This ½-day ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) overview for executives provides a general overview of the IT Service Management (ITSM) lifecycle based on the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Service Management disciplines, the benefits and justification, and surrounding management issues.

Prerequisites

• Basic IT knowledge would be helpful but not essential

Audience

This course is designed to be adaptable to fulfill the needs of two audiences:

• IT Executives, Senior IT Managers or Sales Executives who need to have a broad yet focused understanding of ITIL service management, but who do not have the time to devote to longer training sessions
• Executives, Senior IT Managers, other IT employees, or involved personnel whose organization is in the process of implementing ITIL and need a broad understanding of the processes, terminology and concepts of ITIL, but who do not have the time or need to devote to longer training sessions

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Course objectives

The ITIL Executive Overview seminar is an ideal tool for those who want to review the benefits of ITIL and get organizational buy-in or understand the basic concepts and terminology during an ongoing implementation. As a result of the seminar participants should be able to:

• Understand how Service Management can facilitate the alignment of IT process to business objectives
• Understand the ITIL Service Management model sufficiently to be able to discuss how it fits or could be adapted to their organization
• Make high-level go/no-go decisions
• Discuss options for next steps

Next steps

• ITIL® Foundation for IT Service Management (with SM Simulation) (HF421S)

Benefits to you

• Gain a basic understanding and benefits of ITIL Service Management in only half a day
• Gain support from all levels of management
• Gain the necessary knowledge to make better decisions

Course outline

Introduction to ITIL

Service Management as a Practice

Service Lifecycle stages

• Service Strategy
• Service Design
• Service Transition
• Service Operation
• Continual Service Improvement

Technology and Architecture

Conclusion

• Where do we go from here?
• Hurdles and final thoughts