ITIL® Intermediate: Service Transition
Level: Intermediate
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Gain the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and optimize IT service transition processes in this ITIL Service Lifecycle: Service Strategy training. This Intermediate ST training focuses on the process and practice elements and management techniques required to build, test and implement products and services.
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Key Features of this ITIL Service Transition Certification Training:
- Choose from blended on-demand and instructor-led learning options
- Exclusive LinkedIn group membership for peer and SME community support
- Learning Tree ITIL Success Package included
- ITIL exam voucher included
You Will Learn How To:
- Prepare for and pass the ITIL Service Transition (ST) exam
- Outline key activities for ST processes
- Enhance the quality of IT service provision within an organization
- Manage people through service transitions
- Measure ST using critical success factors and key performance indicators
Certifications/Credits:
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ON DEMAND
On Demand & Instructor Coaching
Unlimited annual access to:
- On-demand ITIL ST modules, courseware, and instructor support
- Earn PMI PDUs for self-directed learning
- Exam voucher included
LIVE, INSTRUCTOR-LED
In Class & Live, Online Training
- 3-day instructor-led training course
- Earn 19 PMI PDUs
- Earn 19 NASBA CPEs (live, in-class attendance only)
- One-on-one after-course instructor coaching
- Exam voucher (with optional retake)
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Unlimited Access to Everything
Unlimited annual access to:
- On-demand ITIL ST modules, courseware, and instructor support
- 3 day instructor-led course
- One-on-one after course instructor coaching
- Exam voucher included
- ITIL Certification Success Package (w/ unlimited exam vouchers) ›
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- Full - scale program development
- Delivered when, where, and how you want it
- Blended learning models
- Tailored content
- Expert team coaching
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On Demand & Instructor Coaching
ITIL On-Demand Training Information
You get annual access to an on-demand ITIL SOA course, official courseware, and support directly from the course instructor.
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Prerequisites
- Must hold the ITIL Foundation Certificate (see Course 1197, Achieving ITIL® Foundation Certification)
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Certification Information
- Achieving the ITIL Intermediate Qualification: Service Transition certificate provides four credits toward your ITIL Expert certification.
On-Demand Training Outline
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Module 00: Course Introduction
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Module 01: Exam Tips
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Module 02: Service Management as a Practice Part 1
- Components of the Service Lifecycle
- What is a Service?
- What Comprises Value?
- What is Service Management?
- A Process
- Generic Roles
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Module 03: Service Management as a Practice Part 2
- Purpose & Objectives of Service Transition
- Scope of Service Transition
- Value to the Business
- ST Inputs & Outputs
- ST Challenges, Risks, CSFs
- Key Concepts for Service Transition
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Module 04: Exercise: ITSM and Failure
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Module 05: Service Transition (ST) Policies
- Review
- Policies for Service Transition
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Module 06: Managing ST
- Managing Difficult Situations
- Optimizing ST Performance
- Technology Specific to Service Transition
- Exercise: Writing Policy Statements
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Module 07: Transition Planning & Support (TPS) Part 1
- Overview
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
- Process Overview
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Module 08: Transition Planning & Support (TPS) Part 2
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
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Module 09: Change Management (ChM) Part 1
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 10: Change Management (ChM) Part 2
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Common Metrics
- Challenges & Risk
- Process Roles
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Module 11: Service Asset & Configuration Management (SACM) Part 1
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 12: Service Asset & Configuration Management (SACM) Part 2
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
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Module 13: Release & Deployment Management (RDM) Part 1
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 14: Release & Deployment Management (RDM) Part 2
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
- Exercise: Early Life Support Criteria
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Module 15: Service Validation & Testing (SVT) Purpose and Objectives
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 16: SVT Testing
- Test strategy
- Test model
- Types of Testing
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Module 17: SVT Process
- Process Activities
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
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Module 18: Change Evaluation (ChE)
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
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Module 19: Knowledge Management (KM)
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
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Module 20: Managing People through Service Transitions Part 1
- Managing Communication
- Organizational & Stakeholder Change
- STs Role in Organizational Change
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Module 21: Managing People through Service Transitions Part 2
- Assessing Organizational Readiness
- How to deal with Change
- Stakeholder Management
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Module 22: Organizing, Implementing & Improving Service Transition
- Organizing for Transition
- Generic ST Roles
- ST Relationship with Lifecycle Phases
- Implementing Service Transition
- Summary
ITIL Service Transition FAQs
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How will I access my course materials if I choose this method?
Once payment is received, you will receive an email from Learning Tree with all the links and information you need to get started.
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How do I use my exam voucher to take the ITIL ST exam?
After you receive your ITIL ST exam voucher from Learning Tree, the exam can be taken any time after the course is completed via ProctorU (online) or at an eligible testing center.
-
How do I receive PMI PDU's for the on-demand course?
This on-demand course qualifies to provide you with continuing education credits in the PMI Schema. To record your PDU's follow these steps:
- Go to https://www.pmi.org/
- Log in using your registered user name
- Go to myPMI, then select Report PDUs on CCRS
- Select Course or Training category
- Fill in all required information
In Class & Live, Online Training
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Dec 5 - 7 ( 3 Days)
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Jan 16 - 18 ( 3 Days)
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When you see the "Guaranteed to Run" icon next to a course event, you can rest assured that your course event — date, time, location — will run. Guaranteed.ITIL Service Transition Course Information
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Requirements
- Must hold the ITIL Foundation Certificate (see Course 1197, Achieving ITIL® Foundation Certification)
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Recommended Experience
- Basic IT literacy and around two years of IT experience
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Course Preparation
- Before your event, you will receive via email a Pre-Course Study Guide and the ITIL Service Transition Handbook. The Pre-Course Study Guide will let you know which parts of the ITIL Foundation Handbook you should study before class. The Pre-Course Study Guide also contains the official ITIL Service Transition Certificate syllabus, which you should read.
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Exam Information
- The ITIL Service Transition exam can be taken on the last day of the course (in-class), or any time after the course is completed via ProctorU (online) or at an eligible testing center
- Achieving the ITIL Intermediate Qualification: Service Transition certificate provides three credits toward your ITIL Expert certification
ITIL Service Transition Course Outline
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ITIL Service Transition: Introduction and Overview
- Purpose and objectives
- Linking service transition to other ITIL lifecycle stages
- How service transition creates business value
- Service transition principles: the concept of service and the role of utilities and warranties
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Key Principles of Service Transition
- Establishing a formal policy and common framework for implementation of all required changes
- Supporting knowledge transfer, decision support and the reuse of processes, systems and other elements
- Anticipating and managing course corrections
- Ensuring involvement of service transition requirements throughout the lifecycle
- Optimizing service transition performance and typical metrics that can be used
-
Primary ITIL Processes within Service Transition
Change management
- Managing changes in a controlled and consistent manner with minimum disruption
- Maintaining standardized methods for efficient and prompt handling of all changes
- Acknowledging and reducing business risk
Service asset and configuration management
- Identifying, controlling and accounting for service assets and CIs
- Recording all changes in the configuration management system
Knowledge management
- Enabling informed decision-making with a service knowledge management system
- The Data-to-Information-to-Knowledge-to-Wisdom structure
Release and deployment management
- Assembling and positioning all aspects of services into production
- Establishing effective use of new or changed services
- Delivering changes at optimized speed, risk and cost
Other considerations
- Transition planning and support
- Service validation and testing
- Evaluating performance vs. expectations
-
Managing People through Service Transitions
- The nature, purpose and value of supporting service transition activities
- Managing communications and commitment
- Managing organizational and stakeholder change
- Stakeholder management
- The role and requirements of service transition in other ITIL processes
-
Organizing for Service Transition
- Roles and responsibilities
- Applying service transition to multiple circumstances
- Identifying the organizational context
-
Technology-Related Issues
- Defining technology and tool requirements
- Analyzing the technology requirements for the elements of service transition
- Supporting service transition through technology
- Integrating service transition into the entire lifecycle
- Matching technology to the organizational situation
-
Implementing and Improving Service Transition
- Implementing service transition in a virtual or cloud environment
- The challenges facing service transition
- Identifying CSFs and risks that affect the viability of new and changed services
- Establishing critical success factors and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Estimating benefits and risks for new or changed services
- Incorporating external factors into the analysis
ITIL Service Transition FAQs
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What background do I need to take the instructor-led class?
Basic IT literacy and around two years of IT experience. -
What do I need to complete before the instructor-led class?
- Before your event, you will be sent a Pre-Course Study Guide and the Key Element Guide ITIL Service Transition, which you should read as part of the 21 hours of personal study
- You should acquire and read the ITIL Service Transition core publication, focusing on Chapter 2, and review your ITIL Foundation course materials.
-
How do I use my exam voucher to take the ITIL ST exam?
The ITIL Service Transition exam can be taken on the last day of the course (in-class), or any time after the course is completed via ProctorU (online) or at an eligible testing center. -
What is Service Transition in ITIL?
The Service Transition's objective is to make sure that the changes to services and service management are acheived and done so in an organzied way.
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How do I take the ITIL Service Transition exam?
The ITIL Service Transition exam can be taken on the last day of the course (in-class), or any time after the course is completed via ProctorU (online) or at an eligible testing center.
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Can I obtain ITIL Service Transition certification online?
Yes! We know your busy work schedule may prevent you from getting to one of our classrooms which is why we offer convenient online training to meet your needs wherever you want. This course is available in class, online, or as a private team training event.
Unlimited Access to Everything
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Dec 5 - 7 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST Herndon, VA / Online (AnyWare) -
Jan 16 - 18 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST Toronto / Online (AnyWare) -
Feb 20 - 22 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST New York / Online (AnyWare) -
Mar 27 - 29 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT Alexandria, VA / Online (AnyWare) -
Jun 5 - 7 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT Herndon, VA / Online (AnyWare) -
Jul 17 - 19 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT Toronto / Online (AnyWare) -
Aug 21 - 23 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT New York / Online (AnyWare) -
Sep 25 - 27 ( 3 Days)
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT Alexandria, VA / Online (AnyWare)
Guaranteed to Run
When you see the "Guaranteed to Run" icon next to a course event, you can rest assured that your course event — date, time, location — will run. Guaranteed.ITIL Unlimited Access Training Information
You get annual access to an on-demand ITIL ST course, unlimited retakes of our 3 day instructor-led class, official courseware, and support directly from the course instructor.
-
Prerequisites
- Must hold the ITIL Foundation Certificate (see Course 1197, Achieving ITIL® Foundation Certification)
-
Certification Information
- Achieving the ITIL Intermediate Qualification: Service Offerings and Agreements certificate provides four credits toward your ITIL Expert certification.
-
All-Inclusive — ITIL Exam Success Package, After-Course Coaching, Exam Fee
Learning Tree is with you from the beginning of your planning until you pass your certification exams with Unlimited FREE Exam and Course retakes for a year, plus coaching with your instructor to help you prepare for your exam or answer real-world ITIL implementation challenges. In fact, successful ITIL implementation often relies on key internal sponsors to ensure the required culture change occurs after ITIL training, so your instructor can help identify important next steps. ITIL course attendees that would like to retake their ITIL course or exam must do so within 12 months of the original course date and will not be charged for their retake. If an attendee fails an exam and then two retakes, the attendee must re-attend the course before taking the exam again.
On-Demand Training Outline
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Module 00: Course Introduction
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Module 01: Exam Tips
-
Module 02: Service Management as a Practice Part 1
- Components of the Service Lifecycle
- What is a Service?
- What Comprises Value?
- What is Service Management?
- A Process
- Generic Roles
-
Module 03: Service Management as a Practice Part 2
- Purpose & Objectives of Service Transition
- Scope of Service Transition
- Value to the Business
- ST Inputs & Outputs
- ST Challenges, Risks, CSFs
- Key Concepts for Service Transition
-
Module 04: Exercise: ITSM and Failure
-
Module 05: Service Transition (ST) Policies
- Review
- Policies for Service Transition
-
Module 06: Managing ST
- Managing Difficult Situations
- Optimizing ST Performance
- Technology Specific to Service Transition
- Exercise: Writing Policy Statements
-
Module 07: Transition Planning & Support (TPS) Part 1
- Overview
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
- Process Overview
-
Module 08: Transition Planning & Support (TPS) Part 2
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
-
Module 09: Change Management (ChM) Part 1
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 10: Change Management (ChM) Part 2
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Common Metrics
- Challenges & Risk
- Process Roles
-
Module 11: Service Asset & Configuration Management (SACM) Part 1
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 12: Service Asset & Configuration Management (SACM) Part 2
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
-
Module 13: Release & Deployment Management (RDM) Part 1
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
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Module 14: Release & Deployment Management (RDM) Part 2
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
- Exercise: Early Life Support Criteria
-
Module 15: Service Validation & Testing (SVT) Purpose and Objectives
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
-
Module 16: SVT Testing
- Test strategy
- Test model
- Types of Testing
-
Module 17: SVT Process
- Process Activities
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
-
Module 18: Change Evaluation (ChE)
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
-
Module 19: Knowledge Management (KM)
- Purpose & Objectives
- Value to the Business
- Policies/Principles/Basic Concepts
- Process Overview
- Triggers, Inputs/Outputs & Interfaces
- Metrics
- Challenges & Risks
- Process Roles
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Module 20: Managing People through Service Transitions Part 1
- Managing Communication
- Organizational & Stakeholder Change
- STs Role in Organizational Change
-
Module 21: Managing People through Service Transitions Part 2
- Assessing Organizational Readiness
- How to deal with Change
- Stakeholder Management
-
Module 22: Organizing, Implementing & Improving Service Transition
- Organizing for Transition
- Generic ST Roles
- ST Relationship with Lifecycle Phases
- Implementing Service Transition
- Summary
ITIL Service Transition FAQs
-
How will I access my course materials if I choose this method?
Once payment is received, you will receive an email from Learning Tree with all the links and information you need to get started.
-
What background do I need to take the instructor-led class?
Basic IT literacy and around two years of IT experience. -
What do I need to complete before the instructor-led class?
- Before your event, you will be sent a Pre-Course Study Guide and the Key Element Guide ITIL Service Transition, which you should read as part of the 21 hours of personal study
- You should acquire and read the ITIL Service Transition core publication, focusing on Chapter 2, and review your ITIL Foundation course materials.
-
How do I use my exam voucher to take the ITIL ST exam?
After you receive your ITIL ST exam voucher from Learning Tree, the exam can be taken any time after the course is completed via ProctorU (online) or at an eligible testing center.
-
How do I receive PMI PDU's for the on-demand course?
This on-demand course qualifies to provide you with continuing education credits in the PMI Schema. To record your PDU's follow these steps:
- Go to https://www.pmi.org/
- Log in using your registered user name
- Go to myPMI, then select Report PDUs on CCRS
- Select Course or Training category
- Fill in all required information
Team Training
Important Course Information
-
Requirements
- Must hold the ITIL Foundation Certificate (see Course 1197, Achieving ITIL® Foundation Certification)
-
Recommended Experience
- Basic IT literacy and around two years of IT experience
-
Course Preparation
- Before your event, you will be sent a Pre-Course Study Guide and the Key Element Guide ITIL Service Transition, which you should read as part of the 21 hours of personal study
- You should acquire and read the ITIL Service Operation core publication, focusing on Chapter 2, and review your ITIL Foundation course materials
-
Exam Information
- The ITIL Service Transition exam can be taken on the last day of the course (in-class), or any time after the course is completed via ProctorU (online) or at an eligible testing center
- Achieving the ITIL Intermediate Qualification: Service Transition certificate provides three credits toward your ITIL Expert certification
-
All-Inclusive — ITIL Exam Success Package, After-Course Coaching, Exam Fee
- Learning Tree is with you from the beginning of your planning until you pass your certification exams with Unlimited FREE Exam and Course retakes for a year, plus coaching with your instructor to help you prepare for your exam or answer real-world ITIL implementation challenges. In fact, successful ITIL implementation often relies on key internal sponsors to ensure the required culture change occurs after ITIL training, so your instructor can help identify important next steps.
- ITIL course attendees that would like to retake their ITIL course or exam must do so within 12 months of the original course date and will not be charged for their retake. If an attendee fails an exam and then two retakes, the attendee must re-attend the course before taking the exam again.
Course Outline
-
ITIL Service Transition: Introduction and Overview
- Purpose and objectives
- Linking service transition to other ITIL lifecycle stages
- How service transition creates business value
- Service transition principles: the concept of service and the role of utilities and warranties
-
Key Principles of Service Transition
- Establishing a formal policy and common framework for implementation of all required changes
- Supporting knowledge transfer, decision support and the reuse of processes, systems and other elements
- Anticipating and managing course corrections
- Ensuring involvement of service transition requirements throughout the lifecycle
- Optimizing service transition performance and typical metrics that can be used
-
Primary ITIL Processes within Service Transition
Change management
- Managing changes in a controlled and consistent manner with minimum disruption
- Maintaining standardized methods for efficient and prompt handling of all changes
- Acknowledging and reducing business risk
Service asset and configuration management
- Identifying, controlling and accounting for service assets and CIs
- Recording all changes in the configuration management system
Knowledge management
- Enabling informed decision-making with a service knowledge management system
- The Data-to-Information-to-Knowledge-to-Wisdom structure
Release and deployment management
- Assembling and positioning all aspects of services into production
- Establishing effective use of new or changed services
- Delivering changes at optimized speed, risk and cost
Other considerations
- Transition planning and support
- Service validation and testing
- Evaluating performance vs. expectations
-
Managing People through Service Transitions
- The nature, purpose and value of supporting service transition activities
- Managing communications and commitment
- Managing organizational and stakeholder change
- Stakeholder management
- The role and requirements of service transition in other ITIL processes
-
Organizing for Service Transition
- Roles and responsibilities
- Applying service transition to multiple circumstances
- Identifying the organizational context
-
Technology-Related Issues
- Defining technology and tool requirements
- Analyzing the technology requirements for the elements of service transition
- Supporting service transition through technology
- Integrating service transition into the entire lifecycle
- Matching technology to the organizational situation
-
Implementing and Improving Service Transition
- Implementing service transition in a virtual or cloud environment
- The challenges facing service transition
- Identifying CSFs and risks that affect the viability of new and changed services
- Establishing critical success factors and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Estimating benefits and risks for new or changed services
- Incorporating external factors into the analysis
Related ITIL Service Lifecycle Training
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