Site Sections => About Us | Consultancy | Training | Software | Publications | Open Source | Support | Open Standards | FAQ | Jobs
Site Style Info

ITIL® Foundation — A 3-Day Course

Course Description

A three-day training course leading to the ISEB Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management.

This course provides a solid foundation for those seeking an entry-level professional qualification in IT Service Management.

The course is assignment based, combining short lectures with individual and group assignments and mock examinations in preparation for the multiple-choice ISEB examination. It provides a very good introduction to IT Service Management, and offers an excellent preparation for a Service Improvement Programme. Comprehensive course documentation includes student notes, copies of all slides and also a copy of the itSMF IT Service Management pocket-guide.

Examinations

The Foundation course has a 'closed book' exam comprising of 40 multiple choice questions to be answered in 60 minutes. Delegates must score 26 or higher to pass.

The examination is held at the end of the third-day of the course, under the control of an ISEB invigilator.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

Central London — £895 (+VAT)

  • 19–21 May 2008
  • 28–30 May 2008
  • 11–13 Jun 2008
  • 16–18 Jun 2008
  • 25–27 Jun 2008
  • 7–9 Jul 2008
  • 21–23 Jul 2008
  • 6–8 Aug 2008
  • 11–13 Aug 2008
  • 27–29 Aug 2008
  • 8–10 Sep 2008
  • 18–20 Sep 2008
  • 22–24 Sep 2008
  • 6–8 Oct 2008
  • 17–19 Nov 2008
  • 15–17 Dec 2008

Leeds — £895 (+VAT)

  • 28–30 May 2008
  • 14–16 Jul 2008
  • 26–28 Aug 2008
  • 27–29 Aug 2008
  • 27–29 Oct 2008
  • 3–5 Nov 2008
  • 1–3 Dec 2008

Manchester — £895 (+VAT)

  • 30 Jun–2 Jul 2008
  • 28–30 Jul 2008
  • 29 Sep–1 Oct 2008

Bristol — £895 (+VAT)

  • 20–22 Aug 2008
  • 12–14 Nov 2008

Leicester — £895 (+VAT)

  • 14–16 Jul 2008

Sunderland — £895 (+VAT)

  • 23–25 Jun 2008
  • 1–3 Sep 2008

Liverpool — £895 (+VAT)

  • 27–29 May 2008
  • 7–9 Jul 2008
  • 28–30 Jul 2008
  • 15–17 Sep 2008

Preston — £895 (+VAT)

  • 23–25 Jun 2008
  • 26–28 Aug 2008

Sheffield — £895 (+VAT)

  • 7–9 Jul 2008

Course Outline

Introduction to Service Management

  • The benefits and importance of Service Management
  • Service Management disciplines
  • Service improvement programme

Configuration Management

  • Basic principles of asset and configuration management
  • The Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
  • Data capture and audit

Service Desk/Incident Management

  • Incident logging and management
  • Service Desk options and procedures
  • Incident classification and prioritisation

Problem Management

  • Incident, Problem and Known Error Control
  • Trend identification
  • Problem reduction

Change Management

  • Centralised change control
  • Change Management processes
  • Roles and Responsibilities

Release Management

  • The Definitive Software Library
  • Distribution and Implementation of software
  • Legal and licensing issues

Service Level Management

  • The Service Level Management process
  • Typical contents of Service Level Agreements
  • Monitoring, reporting and reviewing

Availability Management

  • Availability of services
  • Reliability and maintainability of the infrastructure
  • Security, Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
  • Designing for high availability

Financial Management for IT Services

  • Budgeting
  • IT Accounting
  • Charging for IT Services

Capacity Management

  • Capacity forecasting
  • The capacity plan
  • Elements of Capacity Management

IT Service Continuity Management

  • Risk Management
  • Business Impact Analysis
  • Contingency options and the IT Service Continuity Plan

* ITIL® is a Registered Trade Mark and a Registered Community Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce and is Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

ITIL training UK enquiries

UK Training enquiries and feedback form.

ITIL training UK prices

For publicly scheduled training (individual places), see our UK training schedule.

In-house training for company groups is charged at a daily rate per group — see our In-House UK Training Guidelines.

Publicly Scheduled Training Locations

We currently run public training courses in the following locations:

  • London, UK
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
  • Carshalton, Surrey, UK
  • Chester, North West, UK
  • Coventry, West Midlands, UK
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK
  • Manchester, North West, UK
  • Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK
  • Reading, Berkshire, UK
  • Slough, Berkshire, UK
  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
  • Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

Most UK public training courses are available on a monthly basis.

Please see the individual course outlines or our public training schedule for details.

In-house (on-site) training locations

We deliver in-house courses at client premises and/or training facilities in any part of the world which is practically and commercially accessible.

Our In-house training guidelines outline our basic requirements and our UK pricing structure. To estimate costs for training in other countries, simply convert to your local currency and then make a rough calculation of our tutor's costs for travelling to and staying at your location.


West Yorkshire Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
Bradford Design Exchange
34 Peckover Street
BRADFORD
BD1 5BD
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


South East Regional Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
18 Lynn Rd
ELY
CB6 1DA
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


Please note:
Non-training enquiries should be directed, initially, to our UK national office in Bradford (West Yorkshire), even if the enquiry concerns services delivered in London or South/East England. Clients in London and the South East will typically be handled by staff working in the London or Cambridge areas.