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ITIL Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Technical - people






2. 5 stages in the life of a service






3. Plan ofr successful efficient deployment with minimal unpredicted impact - and giving knowledge to staff during transition.






4. Holistic to ensure consistency and integration.






5. Legally binding agreement between 2 or more parties






6. Detection - logging - categorization - prioritization - investigation and diagnosis - workarounds - known error - resolution - closure - major problem review






7. Plan - Do - Check - Act; quality improvement






8. Data - Information - Knowledge - Wisdom






9. IT Infrastructure library






10. Efficient service delivery; strategic objectives realized






11. Big Bang vs Phased. Push vs Pull. Automation vs Manual.






12. Delivery of quality - cost effective services that meet the business' current and future functional and quality requirements.






13. Uncertainty of outcome; positive or negative






14. Specialized to perform certain work with specific outcomes. Own capabilities and resources. Build knowledge. Provide structure and stability.






15. Needed for comparison - gauge of progress






16. Associated with service and process metrics






17. Plan - do - check - act to control and manage quality






18. Fair value for a service






19. Service level needs info from other levels to be able to make agreements with customers.






20. Ensure proper funding which is driven by strategy - capacity - and anticipated demand






21. Enable use of pre-defined methods and allow automation of process workflow.






22. Vision? Now? Want to be? How to get there? Did we get there? How to keep it going?






23. Begins when problem found - find a root cause and eliminate incidents






24. Lifecycle of activities that never stops






25. Ensures use of standard methods and procedures for changes to assets and CIs under control of SACM.






26. Can overcome lack of alignment and feedback






27. They are synchronous






28. ITIL Core - ITIL complementary guideline






29. Creators of ITIL






30. Align IT Services and mplement improvements that support business processes






31. Make designs into reality; transition to operation environment; control risk and service disruption






32. Model and plan services - ask why before asking how






33. Compliance - quality - performance and value






34. Standards - industry practices - academic research - training and education - and internal experience






35. Return to normal service as quickly as possible






36. Clearly identified - different from input






37. Corporate (fairness and transparency) and business (business objectives)






38. Continual Service Improvement






39. Grants authorized user rights for service access






40. Corporate (generic) - customer (particular business unit) - and service (all specific issues)






41. Analyze trends and patterns - aim to prevent replication - learn from past to use in the future






42. Operational Services available to the business






43. Record and maintain config. Info. For other processes and the business. Defines and controls service components.






44. Viewed by the business






45. Understand - anticipate - and influence demand for services






46. Service solutions - service mgmt systems and tools - technology and architectures - processes - and measurements






47. Measurable - specific results - stakeholder - responds to specific trigger






48. Competition - compliance - commitment






49. Transition new and changed services into operations efficiently and effectively.






50. It shared by all business units