ITIL® Lifecycle – Service Operation (SO)

Introduction to Service Operation

• Describe the purpose, goals and objectives of service operation
• Describe the scope of service operation
• Describe the business value of service operation
• Describe the context of service operation in the ITIL service lifecycle

Service Operation Principles

Understand, describe, identify, demonstrate, apply, distinguish, produce, decide and/or analyze the following:

• Balance in service operation
• Providing a good service
• Involvement in other lifecycle stages
• Operational health
• Communication
• Documentation
• Service Operation inputs and outputs with the service lifecycle

Service Operation Processes

• Understand the purpose and objectives of event management
• Understand the scope of event management
• Understand the value to business of event management
• Understand the policies, principles and basic concepts of event management
• Understand event management activities, methods and techniques
• Understand the triggers, inputs, outputs and interfaces of event management
• Understand the critical success factor and key performance indicators of event management
• Understand the purpose and objectives of incident management
• Understand the scope of incident management
• Understand the value to business of incident management
• Understand the policies, principles and basic concepts of incident Management
• Understand incident management activities, methods and techniques
• Understand the triggers, inputs, outputs and interfaces of incident management
• Understand the critical success factors and key performance indicators of incident management
• Understand the purpose and objectives of request fulfillment
• Understand the scope of request fulfillment
• Understand the value to business of request fulfillment
• Understand the policies, principles and basic concepts of request fulfillment
• Understand the triggers, inputs, outputs and interfaces of request fulfillment
• Understand the critical success factors and key performance indicators of request fulfillment
• Understand the purpose and objectives of problem management
• Understand the scope of problem management
• Understand the value to business of problem management
• Understand the policies, principles and basic concepts of problem management
• Understand problem management activities, methods and techniques
• Understand the triggers, inputs, outputs and interfaces of problem management
• Understand the critical success factors and key performance indicators of problem management
• Understand the purpose and objectives of access management
• Understand the scope of access management
• Understand the value to business of access management
• Understand the policies, principles and basic concepts of access management
• Understand access management activities, methods and techniques
• Understand the triggers, inputs, outputs and interfaces of access management
• Understand the critical success factors and key performance indicators of access management

Common Service Operation Activities

Understand, describe, identify, demonstrate, apply, distinguish, produce, decide and/or analyze the following:

• Monitoring and control
• IT operations
• Server and mainframe management and support
• Network management
• Storage and archive
• Database administration
• Directory services management
• Desktop and mobile device support
• Middleware management
• Internet/web management
• Facilities and data center management
• Operational activities of processes covered in other lifecycle stages
• Improvement of operational activities

Organizing for Service Operation

Understand, describe, identify, demonstrate, apply, distinguish, produce, decide and/or analyze the following:

• Service desk function
• Technical management function
• IT operations management function
• Application management function
• Roles
• Service operation organizational structures

Technology Considerations

Understand, describe, identify, demonstrate, apply, distinguish, produce, decide and/or analyze the following:

• Technology, tools and telephony requirements for service operation processes and functions:
• Event management
• Incident management
• Request fulfillment
• Problem management
• Access management
• Service desk

Implementation of Service Operation

Understand, describe, identify, demonstrate, apply, distinguish, produce, decide and/or analyze the following:

• Managing change in service operation
• Service operation and project management
• Assessing and managing risk in service operation
• Operational staff in design and transition
• Planning and implementing service management technologies

Challenges, Critical Success Factors & Risks

Understand, describe, identify, demonstrate, apply, distinguish, produce, decide and/or analyze the following:

• Challenges
• Critical success factors and key performance indicators
• Risks

You can use the ITIL Intermediate voucher for any ITIL Lifecycle or Capability exam.

Details:

• Number of Questions: 8
• Passing Score: 70%
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Format: multiple choice, scenario-based and gradient scored
• Students must present an ITIL 2011 Foundation or V2 Foundation plus Bridge Certificate before taking the exam.

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