ITIL® Training

Course Information

ITIL® framework is adopted by almost every IT organisation as it provides best practice guidelines regarding all aspects of service management. ITIL® helps the professionals to deliver effective services to the customers. ITIL® plays an effective role in the following:

IT and strategic business planning
Demonstrating the business value of IT
Managing constant business and IT change
Measure the effectiveness and efficiency of any IT organisation
Implement continuous improvement
Achieve and demonstrate value for money and ROI (Return on Investment)
Integrate and align IT and business goals

What are the benefits of taking ITIL® training?

Organisations can improve their productivity, optimise costs, and enhance user experience by implementing IT service management best practices, as described within ITIL®. By adopting and tailroing ITIL® within organisations, the service providers are able to:

Improve productivity by supporting the business outcome
Optimise the experience of customers so that they become permanent clients
Manage or control the risks and challenges associated with the business
Continually improve the organisational services

ITIL® Service Lifecycle

ITIL® framework is completely based on Service Lifecycle.

ITIL® Service Lifecycle includes five core phases, which are:

Service Strategy
Service Design
Service Transition
Service Operation
Continual Service Improvement

There are several ITIL® training courses that range in levels of difficulty.

ITIL® Foundation

ITIL® Foundation is the first in the series of ITIL® training courses. ITIL® Foundation provides an introduction to the subject of service management, and familiarises delegates with the following five core volumes that comprise ITIL®:

ITIL® Practitioner

ITIL® Practitioner is the second training course in the ITIL® sequence. In ITIL® Practitioner, various concepts and terminologies that are learnt within ITIL® Foundation are built upon and implemented to real scenarios. The ITIL® Practitioner certification is designed to successfully apply service improvements based on the ITIL® philosophy of “adopt and adapt”.

ITIL® Intermediate

ITIL® Intermediate certifications consist of multiple modules. The ITIL® Intermediate courses are useful in understanding the framework needed to implement ITIL® within organisations. ITIL® Intermediate consists of following modules:

ITIL® Intermediate (Lifecycle Stream)
ITIL® Intermediate (Capability Stream)

ITIL® Expert

The ITIL® Expert certification is intended for those professionals who are interested in demonstrating expert ITIL® knowledge and understanding.

You must hold the following in order to take the ITIL® Expert certification:

You must have a minimum of 17 credits. These can be taken from Foundation, Practitioner, and Intermediate modules
To achieve 22 credits, you must take and pass The Managing Across the Lifecycle (MALC) module

ITIL® Master

This ITIL® Master certification validates the delegate’s specialist ability to apply purposes, methods, and principles of ITIL® framework within organisations.

You must hold the following in order to take the ITIL® Master qualification:

You must have reached the ITIL® Expert level
You should have at least 5 years experience in IT service management or any higher management advisory position

About York

York is a historic walled city at the meeting point of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The municipality is the old county town of Yorkshire to which it gives its name. The city has a rich legacy and has provided the venue for main political events in the UK throughout much of its two millennia of existence. The city offers a number of the wealth of historical attractions, of which York Minster is the most prominent, and diversity in cultural and sporting activities making it a popular tourist destination for millions.

In the 19th century, York became a centre of a confectionery manufacturing centre and the railway network. In recent decades, the York’s economy has risen from being dominated by its confectionery and railway-related industries to one that provides services.

Early history

Archaeological evidence recommends that Mesolithic people settled in the area of York between 8000 and 7000 BC, although it is not recognized whether their settlements were temporary or permanent. By the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, the area was occupied by a tribe known to the Romans as the Brigantes.

Governance

Parliamentary constituencies

From the year 1997 to 2010 the central part of the district was covered by the City of York constituency, while the remaining was divided between the constituencies of Ryedale, Selby, and Vale of York. These constituencies were represented by John Grogan, Hugh Bayley, John Greenway and Anne McIntosh respectively.

Demography

The population of the York urban area was a 137,505 with 66,142 males and 71,363 females in 2001. The urban population was increased to 153,717 at the time of 2011 UK census. Also at the time of the UK census in 2001, the City of York had a total population of 181,094 which includes 93,957 were female, and male were 87,137. Of the 76,920 households in York, married couples living together were 36.0%, one-person households were 31.3%, Cohabiting couples were 8.7%, and 8.0% were lone parents.

Economy

York's economy is depended on the service industry, which in 2000 was responsible for 88.7% of employment in the city. The service industries include education, health, finance, information technology (IT), public sector employment, and tourism that provides 10.7% of employment.