29 July 2010

Service Support


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What is ITIL?
5 Day Service Support Course

The Service support course is a 5 day residential training course which, in conjunction with the service delivery course, leads to the managers certificate in IT service management.

Course Content

Configuration Management

Basic concepts and terminology. The Configuration Management Database. CI breakdown level, relationships, attributes. Identification, control, status accounting and verification.

Change Management

The change management process; normal and urgent procedures. Roles and responsibilities. Change models, prioritisation and categorisation. Change assessment and authorisation.

Service Desk

The function and position of the Service Desk with the organisation.  Service Desk technologies, roles, responsibilities, functions, staffing levels, skills, environment, processes and procedures.

Incident Management

The Incident Management process: logging, prioritisation, escalation, resolution, closure and review. Planning and implementing Incident Management. Metrics and reporting.

Problem Management

Problem and Error control. Analysis and trend identification. Categorisation, priority and severity coding.  Proactive Problem Management.

Release Management

Storage, protection and control of software. The Definitive Software Library. Legal and licensing issues. Software distribution and implementation. Version and release management.

The course includes class assignments and practice of examination questions.

All trainees are provided with a copy of the ITIL Service Support Best Practice book.

For course dates from the training providers, please click here.

The following training providers offer this course, for booking details please click the company name:

CEC Europe Ltd

Fox IT Ltd

Pink Roccade

TrainingSphere