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Information Technology Engineers Examination. Information Technology Service Manager Examination. (Level 4) Syllabus
Information Technology Engineers Examination. Information Technology Service Manager Examination. (Level 4) Syllabus
Information Technology
Service Manager Examination
(Level 4)
Syllabus
— Details of Knowledge and Skills Required for
Version 3.0
April 2013
Corporate names or product names used in this syllabus are trademarks or registered trademarks of each company.
and TM are not used in the syllabus.
1-2 Establishment Apply the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) The following regarding the establishment and • Planning and constructing the service
and methodology to service management systems. improvement of service management: management system
improvement (1) Creation of implementation plan • Process approach • Measuring and explaining the results of
of service Create, implement, and maintain a plan for • Processes, procedures executing service management processes
management service management. • PDCA • Performing assessments of process capability
(2) Implementation and operation • Process capability levels (process maturity levels
Implement and operate a service management levels) • Planning and implementing the improvement
system for the planning, transition, delivery, and • Process assessment of service management processes
improvement of services. • Gap analysis • Monitoring, measuring, analyzing, and
(3) Monitoring and reviews • CSF (Critical Success Factor) reporting the performance of services and
Monitor, measure, and review the service • KPI (Key Performance Indicator) processes
management system and services. • Continuous improvement • Managing projects
(4) Creation and management of an • Service and process performance
improvement plan
Take actions to continuously improve the
performance of the service management system
and services.
(4) Budgeting and accounting for services The following regarding budgeting and • Managing finances for services and service
Perform budgeting operations to plan and manage accounting for services components
the budgeting for the cost of service provision. • Financial management • Clarifying costs for each cost category and
Perform: accounting as an accounting operation; • Budgeting operations cost item
apportioning indirect costs; allocating direct • Accounting operations • Making and managing a budget
costs; etc. Efficiently manage financial conditions • Billing • Determining the income and expenditure of
through these activities. • Apportionment services, and evaluating and reporting their
• Manage budgeting operations. • ROI profitability and validity
• Manage accounting operations. • Costs
• Apportion indirect costs, and allocate direct • Direct costs
3-3 Resolution (1) Incident and service request management The following regarding incident and service • Detecting incidents early, and organizing and
processes Establish and implement the following request management: recording measures for dealing with them
procedures to restore as swiftly as possible the • Incidents • Conducting analysis for resolving incidents
service agreed with a customer, or to respond to • Serious incidents • Leading a resolution team to perform and
service requests. • Service requests manage incident management processes
• Recording, allocation of priority, classification, • Standard changes • Resolving incidents, and processing service
escalation, resolution, and closure • Impact requests
Provide information continuously to customers • Avoidance measures • Communicating effectively about serious
about the progress of incidents and service • Escalation incidents
requests. • Recording
For serious incidents: • Prioritizing
• Reach agreement with a customer on • Classifying