The purpose of the improve value chain activity is to ensure continual improvement of products, services, and practices across all value chain activities and the four dimensions of service management.
The incident management practice aims to minimize the negative impact of incidents by restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible1. A major incident is an incident that has a significant impact or urgency for the business and requires a high level of coordination and resources to resolve2. The most likely way of resolving major incidents is by forming a temporary team working together to identify a resolution, such as a major incident team or a swarming team3. The other statements are not true because:
Users establishing a resolution using self-help: Self-help is an option for users to resolve their own incidents with minimal or no assistance from the service provider, but it is not suitable for major incidents that require urgent and expert attention3.
The service desk identifying the cause and a resolution: The service desk is responsible for logging, categorizing, prioritizing, and escalating incidents, but it may not have the skills or authority to identify the cause and a resolution for major incidents that involve multiple teams or suppliers3.
A support team following detailed procedures for investigating the incident: A support team may follow detailed procedures for investigating the incident, but it may not be able to resolve major incidents that require cross-functional collaboration or escalation3. References: ITIL Foundation - ITIL 4 Edition, page 14; ITIL® 4 – A Pocket Guide, page 32; ITIL® 4 Practice Guide: Incident Management, page 8.
Question # 75
Which of the following statements about 'outcomes' is TRUE?
A.
The delivery of products to a stakeholder is enabled by outcomes
B.
The level of expenses regarding a technology for a service is defined by an outcome
C.
An outcome depends on at least one output to deliver a result
D.
Outcomes provide assurance to stakeholders regarding the performance of a service
An outcome is a result for a stakeholder enabled by one or more outputs1. Outputs are tangible or intangible deliverables of an activity1. For example, a service provider may produce a report (output) that helps a customer make a decision (outcome)2. References: ITIL Foundation - ITIL 4 Edition, page 3; ITIL® 4 – A Pocket Guide, page 13.
Question # 76
Which is the MOST important stakeholder group that a service provider needs to collaborate with?
The first important step is identifying and managing all the stakeholder groups that an organization deals with. The first and most obvious stakeholder group is the customers, as in service management the organization’s main goal is to facilitate customer outcomes. Other examples of stakeholder collaboration include:
Developers working with other internal teams
Suppliers collaborating with the organization
Relationship managers collaborating with service consumers
Customers collaborating with each other
Internal and external suppliers collaborating with each other
The contribution to improvement of each stakeholder group at each level should be understood, as should the most effective methods to engage with them. Depending on the service and the relationship between the service provider and the service consumer, the expectations about the level and type of collaboration can vary significantly. It is important to involve stakeholders, and address their needs at all levels. Determining the type, method, and frequency of such messaging is one of the central activities related to communication.
When focusing on value, the first step is to know who are the customers and key stakeholders being served. Next, it is important to have an understanding of what consitutes value from the consumer’s perspective.
IT asset is any financially valuable component that can contribute to the delivery of an IT product or service. The scope of IT asset management typically includes all software, hardware, networking, cloud services, and client devices
There are many ways in which practices and services can be optimized. Regardless of the specific techniques, the path to optimization follows these high-level steps:
Understand and agree the context in which the proposed optimization exists
Assess the current state of the proposed optimization
Agree what the future state and priorities of the organization should be, focusing on simplification and value
Ensure the optimization has the appropriate level of stakeholder engagement and commitment
Utility is the term used to describe the functionality of a service, or how well it meets the needs and expectations of the customers and users. Utility can be expressed as ‘what the service does’ or 'the functionality offered by a product or service to meet a particular need’1. Utility is one of the two elements of service value, along with warranty2. References: ITIL Foundation - ITIL 4 Edition, page 4; ITIL® 4 – A Pocket Guide, page 14.