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ITIL® 4 Strategist: Direct, Plan and Improve Certification


This module provides the practical skills necessary to create a 'learning and improving' IT organization, with a strong and effective strategic direction.




ITIL Managing Professional - ITIL Strategist: Direct, Plan and Improve

ITIL Managing Professional - ITIL Strategist: Direct, Plan and Improve The ITIL 4 Strategist: Direct, Plan and Improve module is for anyone who needs to align their team’s objectives to the organizational strategy. It also provides guidance on embedding continual improvement into the organizational culture. Direct, Plan and Improve helps with planning work, improving products, and managing change.

The course will help you to:


Examination Format



Course Details

1. Introduction and Key Concepts

  • Direct, Plan, and Improve
  • Scope of Control
  • Direction
    • Mechanisms for Direction
    • Policies
    • Guidelines
    • Risks
    • Controls
  • Planning
    • Strategy and Strategic Planning
    • Tactics and Tactical Planning
    • Operations and Operational Planning
    • Methods
  • Improvement
    • The Role of Measuring and Reporting.
    • Operating Model
    • Operating Model – The ITIL Service Value Chain
    • Mapping Operating Models
    • Applying the Guiding Principles
  • Value, Outcomes, Costs, and Risks in DPI

  • Cascading Objectives
  • Cascading Requirements
  • Defining the Structures and Methods Used to Direct Behaviors and Make Decisions
  • Governance Structures Used for Decisions-making
  • Key Governance Structures and their Roles
  • Governance Structures Used for Decisions-making
  • Governance and the Service Provider
  • Placing Decision-making at the Right Level
  • Impacts of Governance on DPI
  • Role of Risk Management in DPI
  • Role of Risk and Risk Management in Planning and Improvement
  • Portfolio Management
  • Building, Communicating, and Advocating
  • A Simple Business Case Structure
  • Effective Policies
  • Effective Controls
  • Effective Guidelines

  • Basics of Assessment
  • Effective Assessment
  • Types of Assessment
  • Assessment Objectives
  • Collection of Current State Data or Other Evidence
  • Choosing an Assessment Method
  • Assessment Methods and their Outputs
  • Gap Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Change Readiness Assessment
  • Customer/User Satisfaction Analysis
  • SLA Achievement Analysis
  • Benchmarking
  • Maturity Assessments
  • Defining Assessment Objectives and Criteria

  • Introduction to Value Stream Mapping
  • Avoiding Local Optimisation
  • Value of Value Stream Mapping
  • Developing a Value Stream Map
  • Types of Waste
  • Muda Subcategories
  • Developing a Value Stream Map
  • Increasing the Detail in Value Stream Maps
  • Typical Mistakes in Value Stream Mapping

  • Basics of Measuring and Reporting
  • Developing a Value Stream Map
  • Defining and Using Measurements and Reporting
  • Reasons for Measuring
  • Types of Measurements
  • Measurement Cascades and Hierarchies
  • Planning and Evaluation Model
  • Balanced Scorecard
  • IT component-to-Scorecard Hierarchy
  • IT component-to-Scorecard Hierarchy: The Metric Tree
  • Organisational Improvement Cascade
  • Success Factors and KPIs
  • Leveraging SMART
  • KPIs Influence Behaviour

  • Measurement of Organisation and People
  • Measurement of Information and Technology
  • Measurement of Partners and Suppliers
  • Measurement of Value Streams and Processes
  • Lagging and Leading Indicators
  • Process Metrics
  • Flow Efficiency

  • Creating a Continual Improvement Culture
  • Continual Improvement of the Service Value Chain and Practices
  • Continual Improvement in Organisations
  • Continual Improvement Model
  • What is the Vision?
  • Visions for Planned Improvements
  • Where are We Now?
  • Assessments
  • Where do We Want to Be?
  • Prioritising and Scoping Outcomes
  • Making the Business Case and Reaching an Agreement
  • Creating an Action Plan
  • Working Iteratively
  • Conducting an Improvement Review
  • Identifying Additional Improvement Opportunities
  • Using Measurement and Reporting in Continual Improvement

  • Communication Principles
  • Communication is a Two-Way Process
  • Method of Communication
  • Message is in the Medium
  • Defining and Establishing Feedback Channels
  • Identifying and Communicating with Stakeholders
  • Stakeholder Mapping

  • Basics of OCM
  • Essentials for Successful Improvement
  • OCM Throughout Direction, Planning and Improvement
  • OCM and Direction
  • OCM and Planning
  • OCM and Improvement
  • OCM Throughout the Service Value Chain
  • Feedback and Metrics
  • Actions

  • Adopting the Guiding Principles
  • Centre of Excellence for Service Management
  • Four Dimensions of Service Management in the SVS
  • Establish Effective Interfaces Across the Value Chain
  • Partners and Suppliers in the SVS
  • Value Streams and Processes in the SVS
  • Focus on Value Streams
  • Relationship Between Value Streams and Practices
  • Designing a Workflow
  • Considerations for Efficient Design
  • Theory of Constraints
  • Kanban Technique for Managing Work


Fees Structure : 12500 INR / 150 USD
Total No of Class : 58 Video Class
Class Duration : 62:30 Working Hours
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Fees Structure : 18500 INR / 220 USD
Class Duration : 45 Days
Class Recording : Live Class Recording available
Class Time : Monday to Firday 1.5 hours per day / Weekend 3 Hours per day
Technical Support : Call / Whatsapp : +91 8680961847
Working Hours : Monday to Firday 9 AM to 6 PM
Payment Mode : Credit Card / Debit Card / NetBanking / Wallet (Gpay/Phonepay/Paytm/WhatsApp Pay)

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