ITIL®4 Strategist: Direct, Plan, and Improve (DPI) (SF)
About This Course
• Describe the basic concepts, principles, service value system components and ITIL practices acquired in ITIL 4 Foundation course. The candidate will be able to better appreciate and apply in depth concepts and ITIL practices in the subsequent modules for planning and improvement on support services.
• Describe the key concepts of direct, plan and improve. Explain the difference between vision and mission; strategy, tactics and operations; governance, compliance and management. Describe the concepts of value, costs & risks and their relationships to direction, planning and improvement
• Describe the scope of control and explain how to apply key principles and methods for defining effective policies, controls, guidelines and place decision making authority at the correct level.
• Describe the role of governance, risk and compliance. Explain how to integrate the principles and methods like establishing controls which are sufficient, but not excessive into the service value system.
• Explain how to use the key principles and methods of continual improvement for all types of improvements.
• Explain how to use the key principles and methods of communication and organizational change management to direction, planning and improvement.
• Explain the use key principles and methods of measurements and reporting in direction, planning and improvement.
• Describe the difference between value streams and practices. Able to select and use the appropriate methods and techniques to direct, plan and improve value stream and practices.
What You'll Learn
• Understand the following key terms
• Understand the differences between the following key concepts
• Understand the concepts of value, outcomes, costs & risks and their relationships to direction, planning and improvement
• Identify the scope of control and within this
• Understand the role of risk and risk management in DPI
• Understand how governance impacts DPI
• Know how to ensure that controls are sufficient, but not excessive
• Know how to use the ITIL continual improvement model to improve the service value system or any part of the SVS
• Know how to identify assessment objectives, outputs, requirements and criteria
• Know how to select an appropriate assessment method for a particular situation
• Know how to define and prioritize desired outcomes of an improvement
• Know how to build, justify and advocate for a business case
• Know how to conduct
• Know how to embed continual improvement at all levels of the SVS
• Understand the nature, scope and potential benefits of organizational change management
• Know how to use the key principles and methods of Communication & OCM
• Know how to establish effective interfaces across the value chain
Entry Requirements
Candidates must hold the ITIL® 4 Foundation certificate.