ITIL^® Practitioner

Summary

The qualification aims to demonstrate that IT Service Management (ITSM) professionals are equipped with the most essential skills to apply ITIL^® concepts in their organization. At the same time, it’s designed to give confidence to managers that the members of their team are ready to initiate and successfully carry out required improvement initiatives.

Target group

All ITSM practitioners regardless of their job role. Those who want to achieve key skills for how to start adopting and adapting ITIL within the organization.

Context

ITIL Practitioner is additive to the existing ITIL qualification scheme. ITIL Practitioner is another qualification within the scheme providing credits for people on a path to ITIL Expert. 

ITIL Practitioner focuses closely on the Continual Service Improvement Approach, with explicit attention for a set of key skills that will allow candidates to apply this approach in their own organization.

e-Competence Framework (e-CF)

The mapping of this certificate against the e-Competence Framework.
Legend for coverage:

• General - The competence is covered at the level indicated
• Partial - The competence is covered to some extent
• Superficial - Relevant knowledge is covered to some extent
• The competence level is available in the framework
• The competence level is not available in the framework

Prerequisites

To sign up for ITIL Practitioner, a candidate will need to have passed the ITIL Foundation exam.

Attendance at an accredited ITIL Practitioner course is strongly recommended.

Exam content

• • Use IT Service Management concepts that are important drivers of continual service improvement.
• • Apply the ITSM guiding principles in a real-world context.
• • Apply the CSI approach to manage improvements in a given organizational context.
• • Use metrics and measurement to enable continual service improvement.
• • Communicate effectively to enable continual service improvement.

Exam Details

•  Number of questions: 40 based on a scenario
• • Pass mark: 70% (28 marks or higher)
• • Open book: the ITIL™ Practitioner Best Practice 
• • Electronic equipment allowed: No