Friday, April 10, 2009

ITIL v3 Lifecycle stream - Service Operation Certificate

Target Audience

The main target group for the ITIL Version 3 Intermediate Qualification: Service Operation Certificate includes, but is not restricted to CIOs, CTOs, managers, supervisory staff, team leaders, designers, architects, planners, IT consultants, IT audit managers, IT security managers and ITSM trainers involved in the ongoing management, coordination and integration of operation activities within the Service Lifecycle.

Qualification Level: Intermediate (Lifecycle stream)

Course Objectives

Candidates can expect to gain competencies in the following upon successful completion of the education and examination components related to this certification:

* Introduction to Service Operation
* Service Operations Principals
* Service Operation Processes
* Common Service Operation Activities
* Organizing Service Operation: Functions
* Technology Considerations
* Implementation Considerations
* Challenges, Critical Success Factors and Risks.

Prerequisites: Candidates wishing to be trained and examined for this qualification must already hold the ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (the Version 3 Foundation or Version 2 Foundation plus Bridge Certificate), which shall be presented as documentary evidence to gain admission.

Examination Format: Multiple choice, scenario-based, gradient scored questions.

Number of Questions: 8

Pass Score: 28/40 or 70%.

Delivery: Online or Paper Based Examination through an Accredited Training Organization.

Exam Duration: Maximum 90 minutes for all candidates in their respective language (Candidates sitting the examination in a language other than their first language have a maximum of 120 minutes and are allowed to use a dictionary).

Open/Closed Book: Closed Book.