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ITIL v3 Foundation Exam
ITIL v3 Foundation Exam
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Management
Professional
05/17/2011

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Term
Service
Definition
Mean(s) of delivering value to customers without requiring the customer to own specific costs and risks.
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Service Management
Definition
A set of specialized capabilities for delivering value to customers in the form of services.
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ITIL is a framework for?
Definition
IT Service Management
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What is a Good Practice?
Definition
ITIL refers to a Good Practice as having wide acceptance and adoption as well as standing the test of time.
Term
What are the four most common sources from a Good Practice comes from?
Definition

1. Standards

2. Public Framework

3. Academic Research

4. Proprietary Knowledge

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The core of ITIL is structured around?
Definition
Service Lifecycle, which consists of five phases.
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What is a Process?
Definition
Structured sets of activities designed to achieve a specific objective.
Term
What are the four basic characteristics of a process?
Definition

1. A Process transform inputs to outputs

2. A Process deliver(s) results to a specific customer or stakeholder

3. A Process is measurable

4. A Process is triggered by specific events.

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Process Control
Definition
Process policies, ownership, documentation, review programs, etc...
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The Process itself
Definition
Includes process steps, procedures, work instructions, roles, triggers, metrics, inputs and outputs.
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Process Enablers
Definition
Resources and capabilities required to support the process.
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Functions
Definition
A self-contained subset(s) of an organization intended to accomplish specific tasks, which usually take the form of a team of people and the tools they use.
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Roles
Definition
Defined as collections of specific responsibilities and privileges.  May be held by individuals or teams.
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Standard ITIL Roles:
Definition

1. Service Owner

2. Process Owner

3. Service Manager

4. Product Manager

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Service Owner
Definition
Accountable for the overall design, performance, integration, improvement, and management of a single service.
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Process Owner
Definition
Accountable for the overall design, performance, integration, improvement, and management of a single process.
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Service Manager
Definition
Accountable for the development, performance, and improvement of all services in the environment.
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Product Manager
Definition
Accountable for development, performance, and improvement of a group of related services.
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The four major functions of ITIL Service Management
Definition

1. Service Desk

2. Technical Management

3. Application Management

4. IT Operations Management

Term
Service Desk
Definition
Provides a single point of contact between users and the IT organization.
Term
Service Desk processes the following:
Definition

1. Inbound incidents

2. Service requests

3. Change requests

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The four basic Service Desk configurations:
Definition

1. Local

2. Centralized

3. Virtual

4. Follow-the-Sun

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Local Service Desk configuration
Definition
Users and support staff are located on the same premise or campus.
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Centralized Service Desk configuration
Definition
Multiple user locations are serviced by a single support location.
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Virtual Service Desk configuration:
Definition
Multiple user locations are serviced by multiple service location which by utilizing call routing technical appear and responds to the user as a single entity.
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Follow-the-Sun Service Desk configuration
Definition
Identical to a Virtual Service Desk configuration but organized in such a way as to utilize support staff that are working during daylight/regular business hours.
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