ITIL Fundamentals
* Origins, development and governance of the ITIL methodology
* Defining IT Service Management
* Reviewing the structure and scope of the Foundation Certification examination
* People, process and technology
Implementing the Service Desk function and Incident Management
* Distinguishing the Service Desk from call centers and help desks
* Costing the Service Desk
* Service Desk business benefits
* Identifying incidents
* Categorizing and prioritizing incidents
* Investigating and processing incidents through to closure
* Significance of monitoring and reporting
Identifying and resolving problems
* Minimizing the adverse effects of incidents and problems
* Proactive and reactive problem management
* Getting to the root cause
* Progressing error correction
Controlling change via Change Management
* Setting up a change advisory board
* Analyzing the impact of proposed changes
* Establishing standard methods and procedures for managing change
Blueprinting infrastructure through Configuration Management
* Relationship with incidents, problems, changes and releases
* Identifying, controlling and maintaining configuration items
* Measuring compliance
Release Management from planning to deployment
* Working through Release Management stages
* Managing Definitive Hardware Store (DHS) and Definitive Software Library (DSL)
* Accounting for technical and non-technical aspects of the release
Structuring the Service Level Management (SIM) life cycle
* Operation Level Agreements (OLA)
* Supporting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Underpinning Contracts (UC)
* Planning, implementing and delivering Service Level Agreements (SLA)
* Continual improvement of delivering service
Ensuring availability
* Meeting business objectives through Availability Management
* Planning, improving, measuring and reporting for availability
* Applying the ARMSS model of Availability Management
* Measuring system unavailability
Maintaining IT Service Continuity
* Initiation, requirement analysis, and strategy definition
* Implementation and operational management
* Identifying, planning and managing for risks and risk impacts
* Invoking contingency plans in crisis situations
Building effective Capacity Management
* Managing business, service and resource capacity
* Monitoring capacity
* Tuning systems to optimize performance
* Designing and delivering a Capacity Database (CDB)
Planning effective Financial Management
* Developing, budgeting, charging and accounting systems for IT services
* Planning ongoing management and operation
* Providing essential management information for workable and cost-effective operations
Securing infrastructure processes
* Managing confidentiality, integrity and availability (C-I-A) of data
* Integration of Security Management with other ITIL processes