ITIL 4 Strategic Leader
Unlock your leadership potential and bring your organisations digital vision to life
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Course Level: Intermediate

By Katrina Macdermid
Countries
180+
Practitioners
2 Million+
Pre-requisites
ITIL 4 Foundation
Our satisfaction rate
100%
About ITIL 4 Strategic Leader (SL)
Gaining a Strategic Leader certification helps established and aspiring IT leaders to navigate the complexities of the digital era and prepare for digital transformation. It consists of two modules:
- ITIL 4 Strategist: Direct, Plan and Improve, a universal module that also contributes to the ITIL 4 Managing Professional Certification
- ITIL 4 Leader: Digital & IT Strategy
What learning methods are available?
We offer both Strategic Leader modules online or via our award-winning blended learning model. For cohorts of approx 8 people, one of our world-class instructors will conduct 2 x 2 hour sessions per week for 4 weeks designed to help you apply your learning to the real challenges and opportunities in your organisation. These workshops are supported by learning through our award-winning online learning portal.
What is each module about?
The course will help you to:
-Develop a cross-organisational digital strategy
-Craft a digital vision
-Drive operational excellence
-Respond to digital disruption
-Enable a sustainable business
-Strategically manage risk & develop digital leaders for the future
-Drive organisational change
-Encourage a culture of continual improvement
-Ease decision making
-Support change management
-Minimise disruption
How does Strategic Leader fit into the ITIL 4 Certification path?

What is the curriculum?
Course Modules
9H
In Gate 1 we discuss:
- Organisations, service providers, service consumers and other stakeholders
- The nature of value and value co-creation
In Gate 2 we:
- Describe the key concepts of service relationships relating to service offering, service relationship management, service provision and service consumption
- Describe the key concepts of creating value with services relating to cost, value, outcome, output, risk, utility and warranty
- Recall the definitions of service, utility and warranty
In Gate 3 we learn the importance of a holistic approach to service management – ITIL 4 has now defined four dimensions of service management:
- Dimension 1: Organisations and people
- Dimension 2: Information & technology
- Dimension 3: Partners and suppliers
- Dimension 4: Value streams & processes
New concept in ITIL 4
In Gate 4 we learn about The service value system:
- Understand the purpose and components of the ITIL service value system & the relationship between opportunity, demand and value
- Understand how the guiding principles, governance, service value chain, practices & continual improvement play a role in the service value system.
New concept on ITIL 4
In Gate 5 we learn about – The service value chain:
- Understand the 6 key activities of the service value chain and how they interconnect
In Gate 6 we:
- Understand how the ITIL guiding principles can help an organisation adopt and adapt service management
- Describe the nature, use and interaction of the guiding principles
New concept in ITIL 4
In Gate 7 we learn about:
- The new concept within ITIL 4 called practices
- The difference between a practice and a process
- How practices work with value streams and support a holistic view of service management
- Examinable practices
In Gate 8 we learn about:
- The purpose of the continual improvement, information security, relationship management and supplier management practices
- Continual improvement in detail, including how the practice fits within the service value chain
- The application of each examinable practice
In Gate 9 we learn about:
- The definition, purpose and key terms of the change enablement practice
- The evolution of change management from ITIL 3 – to change enablement in ITIL 4
In Gate 10 we learn about the purpose, definition and application of the following ITIL 4 practices:
- IT asset management
- Monitoring and event management
- Release management
- Service configuration management
In Gate 11 we learn about:
- The incident ande problem management practices in detail, including how they fit in with the service value chain
- Specific key terms including: incident, problem and known error
In Gate 12 we learn about:
- The service desk request management and service level management ITIL 4 practices in detail, including how they fit in with the service value chain and their application
Yes. Having ITIL 4 Foundation sets you up to have a competitive advantage in the job market. 90% of Fortune 500 companies and some of the most innovative companies and orgsanisations in the world use ITIL 4 framework like:
- Atlassian
- Disney
- Vodafone
- Spotify
- Nasa
- Goverment and military departments
- Most of the big banks
For organisations looking to drive continuous performance and gain optimal value from IT and digital services across its operations, ITIL is the best choice.
Equipped with the essential ITIL skills, tools and expertise, your team can drive more consistent innovation, continuous performance and seamless transformation and gain optimal value from IT and digital services across its operations.
Organisations can use this strong, agile foundation to:
- Benchmark services, optimising budget allocation and ROI
- Meet consumer demand for engaging, joined-up service journeys
- Track, measure and demonstrate the value driven by IT
- Mitigate the risk of IT failure, protecting your business and customers
- Bring all your complimentary ways of working together like Lean, Agile and DevOps methodologies
The ITIL 4 Foundation exam is currently available in the following languages:
- English
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Chinese
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Polish
- Spanish
AXELOS & PeopleCert have recently released 2 ITIL 4 Extension Modules as a part of the main ITIL 4 framework to provide organisations and professionals in ITSM with the skills and knowledge to harness the challenges and opportunities created by emerging technologies.
The two modules are:
- ITIL 4 Specialist: Sustainability in Digital & IT
- ITIL 4 Specialist: Acquiring & Managing Cloud Services
There are no prerequisites for this course as the Extension Modules also allow individuals to learn about ITIL concepts, develop an understanding of relevant ITIL 4 guidance and enable career development opportunities.
Course Syllabus
Examination Format Direct, Plan and Improve
- 40 multiple choice questions
- 90 mins, closed book
- 28 out of 40 marks required to pass (70%)
Examination format Digital & IT strategy
- 30 multiple choice questions
- 60 mins, closed book
- 21 out of 30 marks required to pass (70%)