Logical Operations

ITIL 4 Foundation Specialization

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Logical Operations

ITIL 4 Foundation Specialization

Improve IT Service Management in Your Organization.

Adopt and adapt best practices for IT service management (ITSM) in your organization.

Bill Rosenthal

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal

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What you'll learn

  • In this Specialization, you will identify, describe, and analyze all components of the ITIL 4 IT service management approach.

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January 2026

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Specialization - 3 course series

ITIL 4: Foundations and Framework

ITIL 4: Foundations and Framework

Course 1, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand the foundational components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System and explore how organizations co-create value with service consumers.

  • Examine the four dimensions of service management to balance people, technology, suppliers, and value streams for holistic service delivery.

  • Apply the seven ITIL guiding principles, governance activities, and management practices to drive continual service improvement.

  • Learn by doing. Perform guided, step-by-step hands-on activities on your own computer.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Service Management
Category: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
Category: Information Technology
Category: IT Management
Category: Operations Management
Category: Information Technology Operations
Category: Asset Management
Category: IT Service Management
Category: Operations
ITIL 4: Core Principles and Components

ITIL 4: Core Principles and Components

Course 2, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Adopt the seven ITIL guiding principles to focus on customer experience, collaborate across teams, and optimize processes through automation.

  • Map out inputs and outputs across the service value chain activities, including planning, engagement, design, and delivery.

  • Use the structured seven-step continual improvement model to define your vision, take strategic action, and maintain project momentum.

  • Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "ITIL 4: Foundations and Framework".

Skills you'll gain

Category: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
Category: IT Service Management
Category: Automation
Category: Operations
Category: Service Management
Category: Information Technology
Category: Asset Management
Category: Operations Management
Category: Information Technology Operations
Category: Governance
ITIL 4: Management Practices

ITIL 4: Management Practices

Course 3, 6 hours

What you'll learn

  • Master core ITIL practices including incident, problem, and service request management to properly diagnose issues and maintain service quality.

  • Establish effective service level agreements and manage standard, emergency, and normal changes through structured change enablement.

  • Oversee vital organizational assets and deployment pipelines using service configuration, release, and IT asset management practices.

  • Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "ITIL 4: Foundations and Framework".

Skills you'll gain

Category: Help Desk Support
Category: Incident Management
Category: Change Requests
Category: Service Level
Category: Information Technology Operations
Category: Change Control
Category: Service Management
Category: IT Management
Category: Technical Management
Category: Problem Management
Category: Operations Management
Category: Operations
Category: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
Category: IT Service Management
Category: Asset Management
Category: Incident Response
Category: Information Technology

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Bill Rosenthal
Logical Operations
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