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Day Service Management Foundation
Course The
Service management foundation course
is a 3-day
Residential Training Course
leading to the ISEB/EXIN Foundation
Certificate in IT Service Management.
Description
This
course provides a solid foundation for
those seeking an entry-level
professional qualification in IT
Service Management. It forms the basis
for those wishing to progress to the
practitioner level qualifications or
onto the full Manager’s Certificate.
Structure
The
course is assignment based, combining
short lectures with individual and
group assignments and mock
examinations in preparation for the
multiple choice ISEB/EXIN examination.
It provides a very good introduction
to IT service Management, and many
organisation have chosen to send some
or all of their IT staff on these
courses, in preparation for an
implementation programme. The
multiple-choice ISEB examination is
held at the end of the third-day of
the course, under the control of an
ISEB invigilator.
Course
Documentation
Comprehensive
course documentation includes a copy
of the itSMF
IT Service Management pocket-guide.
Course
Content
Introduction
to Service Management
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The
benefits and importance of Service
Management
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Service
Management disciplines
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Service
improvement programme
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Service
Level Management
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The
Service Level Management process
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Typical
contents of SLAs
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Monitoring,
reporting and Reviewing
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Service
Desk/Incident Management
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Incident
logging and management
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Service
Desk options and procedures
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Incident
classification and prioritisation
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Problem
Management
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Incident,
Problem and Known Error Control
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Trend
identification
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Problem
reduction |
Configuration
Management
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Basic
principles and terminology
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The
Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
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Data
capture and audit
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Change
Management
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Centralised
Change Control
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Change
Management processes
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Roles
and Responsibilities
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Release
Management
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The
Definitive Software Library
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Distribution
and Implementation
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Legal
and licensing issues
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Availability
Management
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Availability,
reliability, serviceability
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Maintainability,
security
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Designing
high availability
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IT
Service Continuity Management
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Risk
Management
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Business
Impact Analysis
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Contingency
options and the IT Service Continuity
Plan
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Financial
Management
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Budgeting
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IT
Accounting
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Charging
options
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Capacity
Management
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Capacity
forecasting
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The
capacity plan
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Elements
of Capacity Management
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The
course concludes with the formal
one-hour multiple-choice ISEB
examination, at 15:00 on the third
day.
The
following training providers offer
this course (prices in brackets), for booking details
please click the company name:
CEC
Europe Ltd
Fox
IT Ltd
Pink
Roccade
TrainingSphere
If
you are taking this course on your own
you may wish to purchase some sample
papers. These can be bought, at
a cost of 12.00 GBP each, by
contacting Carrie Mitchell at cmitchell@bcs.hq.org.uk,
or on +44 (0) 1793 417 419.
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