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ITIL® 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy Training

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  • Duration: 3 days
  • Exam Voucher: Yes
  • Language: English
  • Level: Advanced

ITIL® 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy Training is the final module to launch from the ITIL 4 certification scheme and completes the ITIL 4 Strategic Leader designation. ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy adds a new perspective to the ITIL 4 guidance and elevates the discussion around ITIL concepts to an organizational strategy level.

The module enables IT and digital leaders to influence and drive strategic business decisions, by helping them to:

  • Create an appropriate digital strategy aligned to the wider business goals.
  • Understand how business and IT leaders across the globe are responding to digital disruption by reshaping corporate strategy, adapting processes, and even repurposing entire business models.
  • Explore the use of the ITIL 4 framework to support organizations on their digital transformation journey, addressing service management challenges and utilizing a new technology.

The course prepares you for the ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy exam.

ITIL® 4 Leader: DITS Training Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

ITIL® 4 Leader: DITS Training Course Benefits

Demonstrate the use of ITIL Guiding Principles in Digital and IT Strategy decisions and activitiesUnderstand why organizations need to change the way they do business in markets disrupted by digital and information technology, and relate this to the concepts of strategy that they will need to master as they make these changesRelate the concepts of Digital and IT Strategy, the Service Value System and the Service Value Chain and explain how they work together to create value in markets being transformed by digital and information technologyUnderstand how an organization uses Digital and IT Strategy to remain viable in environments disrupted by digital technologyUnderstand strategic approaches made possible by digital and information technology to achieve customer / market relevance and operational excellenceUnderstand the risks and opportunities of Digital and IT StrategyUnderstand the steps and techniques involved in defining and advocating for a Digital and IT StrategyUnderstand how to implement a Digital and IT Strategy

Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

ITIL® 4 Leader: DITS Training Outline

Prerequisites

To take this module, candidates must hold either:

  • ITIL 4 Foundation Certification

OR

  • Managing Professional Certificate

AND

  • Candidates must be able to demonstrate that they have a minimum of three year’s managerial experience.

Course Materials

You will have access to the following ITIL ebook on Day 1 of your course by logging into your PeopleCert account:

  • ITIL 4®: Digital & IT Strategy Manual

Who should attend this course?

This module is for IT and business directors, heads of departments, aspiring C-Suite professionals, and other senior business leaders across the organization who are looking for guidance that will help them:

  • Craft a digital vision.
  • Develop a cross-organizational digital strategy.
  • Strategically manage risk.
  • Drive organizational change.
  • Survive and thrive in a VUCA environment.

Exam Information

Wouldn’t you like to sit your exam knowing that you could have another shot if the outcome is not what you expected? With Learning Tree, now you can! This Learning Tree training course features the Take2 re-sit exam option. In the case of an unsuccessful result, you can retake the exam within six months of your first try.

  • Relate the ITIL guiding principles to all aspects of Digital and IT Strategy:
  • Understand the key concepts: Digital Technology, Digital Business, Digital Organization, Digitalization, Digital Transformation, Business Strategy, and Business Models, Digital and IT Strategy, Product Management and Service Management
  • Explain the relationship between Digital and IT Strategy and the core components of the ITIL SVS
  • Explain environmental analysis in terms of external and internal analysis, covering PESTLE and the Four Dimensions of Service Management
  • Show how an organization's viability is related to how agile, resilient, lean, continuous, and co-creational it is
  • Know how to apply DITS in managing VUCA environments
  • Explain and compare three levels of digital disruption
  • Show how an organization's position in a particular market or industry is influenced by a number of factors
  • Use a digital positioning tool to determine the appropriate position for a digital organization
  • Know how to apply different approaches to achieve customer/market relevance
  • Know how to achieve operational excellence in the four dimensions of service management
  • Understand the financial aspects of Digital and IT Strategy
  • Apply strategic approaches for digital organizations
  • Explain the concept of risk management in the context of a digital organization
  • In the context of Digital and IT Strategy, explain how to identify risk and assess risk
  • Explain the concept of risk posture and show how to determine an acceptable balance between opportunity and risk
  • Explain the concept of innovation, including its key elements and techniques
  • Describe techniques to develop and maintain a culture of innovation
  • Show how to use a digital readiness assessment to perform a gap analysis between an organization’s current and desired positions
  • Explain how to define and communicate a vision and a strategy
  • Know how to use business cases to advocate for a Digital and IT Strategy
  • Know how to define operating models for digital organizations
  • Explain the major skills required of leaders in a digital organization
  • Apply different approaches to strategy coordination and implementation
  • Explain approaches to POM
  • Explain how to assess the success of a Digital and IT Strategy
  • Explain the typical activities of a digital transformation program
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  • 3-day instructor-led training course

  • ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy exam voucher included

  • Take2 exam re-sit included (eligible on public events)

  • after-course instructor coaching included

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  • May 16 - 18 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
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  • Aug 29 - 31 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MDT
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  • Nov 14 - 16 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
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  • Dec 19 - 21 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
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  • 3-day instructor-led training course

  • ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy exam voucher included

  • Take2 exam re-sit included (eligible on public events)

  • after-course instructor coaching included

#1285
  • Guaranteed to Run - you can rest assured that the class will not be cancelled.
    Feb 28 - Mar 2 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
    Herndon, VA or Virtual
  • Mar 21 - 23 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    New York or Virtual
  • May 16 - 18 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Herndon, VA or Virtual
  • Jun 20 - 22 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Austin or Virtual
  • Jul 11 - 13 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Ottawa or Virtual
  • Aug 29 - 31 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MDT
    Aurora or Virtual
  • Sep 19 - 21 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    New York or Virtual
  • Nov 14 - 16 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
    Herndon, VA or Virtual
  • Dec 19 - 21 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Austin or Virtual

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ITIL® 4 Leader: DITS Training FAQs

Before your event, you will be sent an electronic pre-course study guide and the ITIL 4 Leader DITS Publication, which you should read as part of the 21 hours of personal study.

Once you have ITIL 4 Foundation certification, this course fulfills a core requirement for one of the two certifications required for Strategic Leader certification requirements. The other course is Course 1282, “ITIL 4 Specialist: Direct, Plan & Improve.

You will be provided with an exam voucher for each exam and a link to register and schedule your online exam sessions with the PeopleCert® web proctoring service. You will take your exams after you have completed your training course. Visit the PeopleCert website for more information on the logistics of taking your web-proctored exam with PeopleCert.

For publicly scheduled course events, Learning Tree will set up the Take2 option for all attendees when we order your exam voucher. If you aren’t successful on your first exam, you will be notified by PeopleCert that you are eligible to register for the exam retake.

Though exam vouchers can cost hundreds, there is no additional cost to you to sign up for the Take2 re-sit program. Take2 is an additional complimentary benefit offered to you by Learning Tree.

Yes, you must re-sit the exam within six months of your initial exam.

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