ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate with Official Manual and Exam
Get first-level training in the ITIL® framework, learning the latest version of ITIL to further your IT service management career.
- Duration5 weeks
- Cost$754

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Take your IT Service Management (ITSM) career to the next level
On this microcredential, you’ll learn about the guiding principles of ITIL® 4, and how to provide high-level professional IT Service Management.
What is the ITIL®?
ITIL is the accepted international standard for IT Service Management.
What is the ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate?
The ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate course provides comprehensive first-level training for anyone involved in the provision, support, or delivery of IT-enabled services in a modern digital organisation.
It teaches the fundamentals of the latest version of ITIL, and getting the certification is key for anyone looking for a career in IT service management.
What does the Certification cover?
You’ll learn about the Service Value System (SVS) – which describes how all the components and activities of an organisation work together as a system to enable value creation.
You’ll explore key concepts in the ITIL® 4 framework that build upon Lean, Agile, DevOps, and other practices, and how these enable business value to be created. You’ll also learn core project management principles.
The course culminates in a one-hour multiple-choice examination for the ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate and is a pre-requisite for the further training in ITIL® 4.
You’ll come away ITIL® certified by QA – an Axelos accredited training organisation – and ready to further an exciting career in a thriving sector.
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Your learning will begin when QA sends you the manual or the day the course starts, whichever comes first.
What skills will you learn?
- IT-enabled service delivery
- Agile
- Lean processing
- Project management
- Time management
- Negotiating
- Critical thinking
What you will achieve
By the end of the microcredential, you’ll be able to...
- Engage with key concepts in the ITIL 4 framework that build upon Lean, Agile, DevOps and other practices and how these enable business value to be co-created
- Understand the seven guiding principles of ITIL 4
- Apply the ITIL service value system
- Understand the four dimensions of service management
- Apply the ITIL practices with a focus on 15 of these, of which 7 will be covered in detail
Are you eligible for this microcredential?
There are no specific pre-requisites for this microcredential but it is expected that learners will be working in an IT Service environment .
Is this microcredential right for you?
This microcredential is designed to enable IT staff to learn key concepts in providing structured support to users, and management of technical infrastructure.
It would benefit all levels of IT professionals, customers, and users involved in IT Services in any organisation.
It would especially appeal to:
- Technical support
- Service desk analysts
- Technical analysts
- Helpdesk team leader
- IT project managers
Syllabus
What happens before, during, and after your microcredential
Course
From 9 Nov 2020
ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management: : A FutureLearn course by QA
Comprehensive first-level training for anyone involved in the delivery of IT-enabled services in a modern digital organisation.
5 weeks
6 hours per week
Week 1
Introduction | The Key Concepts of Service Management
- Introduction
- What is ITIL?
- Co-creation of Value through Service
- Service Relationships
- Week 1 Review
Week 2
The ITIL® Service Value System
- Introducing the SVS and the SVC
- The Service Value System (SVS)
- The Service Value Chain (SVC)
- Week 2 Review
Week 3
The ITIL® Practices
- 8 ITIL Practices
- Continual Improvement and Change Enablement
- Incident Management and Problem Management
- Service Request Management and Service Desk
- Service Level Management
- Week 3 Review
Week 4
The ITIL® Guiding Principles | The Four Dimensions of Service Management
- The Seven Guiding Principles
- The Four Dimensions of Service Management
- Week 4 Review
Week 5
Revision and Further Resources
- Revision
- Mock Exams
- Further Resources
- Conclusion and Next Steps
What you will receive
A ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate in Service Management from Training is provided by QA, accredited by PeopleCert
After you have completed the microcredential, you’ll be issued an official exam voucher with instructions on how to schedule your exam via the PeopleCert online live schedule. You’ll have no more than 12 months to book and attend the exam.
What is a microcredential?
Microcredentials are designed to upskill you for work in rapidly-growing industries, without the time and cost commitment of a full degree. Your microcredential can stand alone as an independent credential, and some also offer academic credit to use towards a degree.
Complete online courses led by experts over 12-16 weeks with a dedicated group of professionals.
Test your understanding with online tutor-marked assessments and exercises.
Finish your learning and pass your assessments to gain an accredited credential.
Use your microcredential as evidence of your specialised skills and progress further in your industry.
Career-focused learning by QA
QA is the UK’s leading tech & project management skills organisation. We are true specialists in technology, providing a comprehensive suite of both learning and talent services, helping individuals and companies to be winners in the digital revolution.
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Microcredentials are designed to fit around your life and timezone.
There may be live events as part of your studies, but these will be recorded and can be watched afterwards if you aren’t online for the live broadcast.
No, microcredentials are designed to be taken anywhere in the world. You won’t need the right to study in the country where the university offering the microcredential is based.
ITIL® is the accepted international standard for IT Service Management (ITSM).
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