Digital and information technologies have changed the world. Every aspect of life has been impacted in some way by technology that did not exist just 50 years ago. Digital and information technologies have disrupted the business world, but they have also provided the keys to success. Each wave of innovation brings opportunities and capabilities to those organizations that are willing to change how they think and work.

The disruptive nature of innovations like artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual working, and internet of things is compounded by the frequency of the innovations. Organizations must adapt quickly and repeatedly; continually adjusting their strategies.

The IITL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy course adds a new perspective to the ITIL 4 guidance and elevates the discussion to an organizational strategy level.

The course enables IT and digital leaders to influence and drive strategic business decisions through creating an appropriate digital strategy aligned to the wider business goals, understanding how business and IT leaders respond to digital disruption and exploiting the ITIL 4 framework to support organizations on their challenging digital transformation journey.

The course will cover how ITIL 4 can be integrated with emerging practices and new technologies to meet new internal and external challenges in the age of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA).

In this course, there is a mandatory case study assessment for student to pass prior to taking up the actual exam. This assessment is an open-book assessment with the passing score of 75% (30 correct out of 40).

Many city landmarks offer panoramic views from their observation decks. From a high viewpoint, the distances between some buildings might be closer and others further apart, than at first glance. Perspective is key and necessary component for the successful delivery of mature technology-enabled services.

In service management, two vital elements for success are perspective and flexibility:

• Perspective: understanding the overall picture of what a service does and how it is delivered. This involves a wide variety of skills, processes, knowledge, tools, and technologies to deliver business and customer value.
• Flexibility: involves using the portfolio of tools and artefacts appropriately within complex environments. Service management is not a one-size-fits-all approach. The expectations around the customer experience and business value cannot be met with a single and isolated view.

Take what was established as THE best practice guidance of IT Service Management – then make it better. ITIL 4 will help businesses navigate the new technological era, commonly known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The ITIL 4 Specialist: Create, Deliver and Support (CDS) course helps ITSM practitioners assimilate further into the emerging practices of ITIL4 – specifically in the areas of the Service Value Stream and the use of the Value Stream with a specific focus on the creation, delivery and support of new services, and the provisioning of user support.

Relevant supporting ITIL Practices to these value streams are examined. Team collaboration, integration and organizational cultural aspects critical to the success of the adoption of the value streams are discussed. The course also covers the management and prioritization of work through several techniques and scrutinizes the contribution of continual improvement.

This interactive course is essential to the development of the modern-day technologist and ITSM practitioner and leader in modern IT organizations seeking innovation and delivering full value to the business.