ITIL® Service Manager Certificate Course
PDUs awarded: 70

Course overview

The Managers Certificate in IT Service Management is the highest certification in ITIL® and positions the participants into a very select group of world class IT Service Management professionals. It demonstrates that the candidate has mastered the techniques involved across the range of Service Support and Service Delivery activities. The knowledge gained during the course with enable ITSM Professionals to design, plan and manage Service Support/Delivery functions within an IT Service provider environment.

QAI India brings this globally recognized certification from UK-
The Land of ITIL® origin.

The following two courses form the two week training programme leading to the Manager's Certificate examination:

To help you apply the concepts, the course provides a carefully balanced mix of tuition, case study, assignments and exercises.

A Revision day is also organized by QAI's Accredited faculty one week prior to the exam date. You must have attended BOTH courses (ISS and ISD) prior to the examination.

Course Objectives

The overall objective of the ITIL® Masters program is to ensure that participants can return to the workplace with the personal skills and knowledge necessary to properly deploy the implementation and integration of ITIL® functions. Specifically, the aim is for each participant to be able to :

  • Optimise an IT Service organisation by creating synergy between people, process and technology.
  • Audit and analyse IT Service Management process in an organisation
  • Design an organisational structure to support the management and use of IT Service Management processes.
  • Describe the IT Service Management processes,their interrelationships and application
  • Implement ITIL® processes into an organisation and create a cycle of continuous improvement
  • Recognise and deal with organisational change issues encountered when working with process implementation
  • Manage the ongoing operation of an IT Services organisation
Who Will the Course benefits?
  • Managers, consultants, FM suppliers and experienced development, support and operations practitioners, who make substantial technical decisions affecting the support of IT services.
  • Staff who are implementing a Service Management process which will operate within ISO9000/BS5750, BS7799 and BS15000 or BSI DISC PD0005 standards.
  • Staff who require the internationally recognised Managers Certificate in IT Service Management and already hold the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management.
Prerequisites
Ideally at least five years relevant IT experience. Examination candidates MUST hold the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. Holders of the Foundation Certificate in ITSM gained before August 2001 will need to update their knowledge to Version 2 of the ITIL® best practice, before attending this course.


Part I - IT Service Support
Exploiting the Benefits of a Quality IT Service
New developments in Applications, ICT and Customer Relationship Management and the Service Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) concept, now combine to make the Service Support function even more complex and business critical than ever.This course is designed to help you manage that complexity. It will help you create a 'world class' IT Service Support function that will help your organisation maintain and improve its business edge.

Course Content
Introduction
'World class' IT Service Management.The links to Applications, ICT, Project, Service Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) and Security Management. ISO9000/BS5750/BS15000: 2000, BSI DISC PD0005 and BS7799. Review of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) approach for each service support process (mission, objectives, processes, tools, dependencies, benefits, costs and possible problems).

Configuration Management
How to implement. How to control the IT infrastructure, manage the services life cycle, reduce support and ownership costs. How the Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB) helps manage contracts, projects, costs, staff, problems, changes, availability and capacity.

Service Desk and Incident Management
How to implement and provide consistent first-line support for mission-critical applications. Service Desk and Incident Management critical success factors. Software tools. Distributed systems and outsourcing issues. Staffing issues and skills.

Problem Management
How to implement and provide 'continuous business improvement' by helping diagnose and eliminate known errors, prevent recurring problems, identify potential risks, stabilise the infrastructure, reduce downtime, increase productivity, manage internal and third party suppliers and guarantee specified levels of services.

Change Management
How to implement and ensure that changes are implemented with minimum impact and at minimal cost. Risk, cost and business impact analysis. Approval and implementation. The continuous improvement processes and total cost of ownership. How to ensure integrity of the infrastructure via the CMDB. Change Models.

Release Management
How to implement and ensure that the procurement and development issues, legal implications, strategies and processes are managed properly.


Part -2 IT Service Delivery
 
How to manage IT as a business within a business
IT Service managers are responsible for delivering an ever growing and complex mix of products and services. The changes in security, continuity, legal and financial requirements as well as the growth in e-commerce and Enterprise systems delivered world-wide means that IT Service Delivery is a strategic asset for any business.

By implementing Service Management and Service Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) 'best practices' that complement the business and IT strategy you will help improve performance, meet demand, ensure continuity, harvest the benefits and contribute to the business bottom-line.

Course Content
Introduction
'World class' IT Service Delivery. The links to Application, ICT, HR, Programme, systems, security and network management. ISO9000/BS5750, BS15000: 2000, BSI DISC PD0005 and BS7799. Review of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) approach for each service delivery process (mission, objectives, processes, tools, dependency benefits, costs and possible problems).

Service Level Management
How to implement or improve SLM. SLM inside the total life cycle process. How to write Service Level/Operational Requirements. Internal and external 'specifications', catalogues and Service Level Agreements. Procurement, Supplier/Customer Management and Contractual issues.

Availability Management
How to implement or improve AM.
Linking AM into the service, procurement, development, value and supply chains processes, tools and techniques for improving service availability.
Third Party Supplier Management issues.

Capacity Management
How to implement or improve CM. How to create a capacity plan. Performance, resource, applications, demand, supplier, development and network management issues. Capacity management tools and techniques. The capacity management database.

Business Continuity (BC) and IT Service Continuity Management
How to implement or improve. The initiation, requirement strategy, implementation and operational management stages. How to identify critical services. Legislation. BS7799 standards, contingency planning, risk analysis and management. Disaster Recovery options. Creating, implementing and testing the BC and Disaster Recovery plans.

Financial Management for IT Services
How to implement or improve FMITS.
Processes involved in monitoring and reporting the costs and charges.

 
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