ITIL® Introductory Workshop
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Course Overview
ITIL® is recognised internationally as the best practice approach to IT Service Management aligning the provision of IT Services with the needs of the business. It is used globally by thousands of organisations throughout the private and public sectors to improve the way in which they implement and manage IT Services.
This introductory one day workshop uses interactive discussions and practical exercises to give an overview of ITIL Service Management and its structure in an interactive way.
The workshop can be tailored to individual organisation's needs to focus on areas of ITIL that are key to its particular environment.
Don't just take our word for it. Here is what some of our delegates say:
"Really interesting. Given ideas for what I need to cover in my day job with regards to IT management"
Chris, ITIL awareness workshop delegate, April 2016
"Found examples of how ITIL is used very useful to understand the concepts and have an idea of how to apply them" Leanne, ITIL awareness workshop delegate, April 2016
“Despite being an exceptionally dry subject, the tutor held attention and made the material relatable”
Tom, ITIL awareness workshop , Feb 2013
“Very good overview of the ITIL framework”
James, ITIL awareness workshop, Feb 2013
“My objective was to be able to evaluate the benefits of attending an ITIL Foundation course and this day gave me the awareness and ability to assess this” Gordon, ITIL awareness workshop, Feb 2013
“Very good day. I have learned a lot about ITIL theory and I hope to implement some of it in my role. Thank you” ITIL awareness workshop delegate, Feb 2013
Enquiries:
To find when the next course is running in your area or if you have any questions, please contact us via the enquire link below.
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Course Description
Audience: Who is the course for?
- Those with little or no experience of ITIL
- Those who operate in support roles, particularly Service Desk, incident/fault support and technical specialists
- Those who work in a support role within an ITIL based environment
- Those who need a general awareness of ITIL as a whole but wish to focus training in key ITIL areas
- IT professionals that are working within an organisation that has already adopted ITIL and who will need to contribute to an ongoing improvement programme
Benefits to the individual:
- Have an understanding of the reasons behind ITIL and why it was created
- Understand some of the key terminology used within the framework
- Have a general understanding of ITIL 2011 as a whole
- Understand key support processes to ITIL 2011 Foundation depth
- Understand how to use the key ITIL support processes in a practical way
Benefits to the business:
- An excellent starting point for organisations who are implementing Service Management
- Improved IT processes and increased efficiency throughout the business from the understanding and application of ITIL processes
- The framework is flexible, scalable, and systematic and can be used within different organisations irrespective of size or industry
Pre-requisites:
There are no pre-requisites although a general level of IT literacy and experience in IT and/or liaising between IT and the business is expected.
Course outline:
This is an interactive and practical one day workshop where knowledge is shared through presentations, discussion and group exercises. During the workshop, the following topics are covered. Each topic is concluded with a practical exercise.
- Introduction to ITIL and the five stages of the ITIL lifecycle, their purposes and processes
- The role of the ITIL Service desk, its responsibilities, structures and the processes it uses
- Incident Management – what is an incident, how should incidents be prioritised, how incident performance is measured
- Request Fulfilment Requests and how service requests differ from incidents
- Problem Management – root cause diagnosis and techniques to diagnose problems
- Event Management – how to record and act on system events occurring in the operational environment
- Change Management/Configuration Management – ITIL processes for change management, introduction to the concept of configuration management and its integration with the change management process, different types of change, requirements for RFC (request for change) and the approval process
- Service Level Management - developing service level/operational requirements and SLA's (service level agreements), supplier/client management issues
- Knowledge Management – ITIL processes to ensure that the right information is delivered to the right place or person at the right time so that an informed decision can be made
Exam details:
This course does not have an exam.
