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About ISO/IEC 20000 Certification

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ISO/IEC 20000 Training and Certification

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Benefits of ISO/IEC 20000 Certification

For Individuals

  • Understand the relationship between ISO/IEC 20000 standard and ITSM and use best practices in ITSM to apply appropriate methods within an organization.
  • Understand, identify and explain the potential issues regarding applicability, eligibility and scoping to assist in certification readiness assessment and certification audits as well as advising on the implementation of continual improvement processes.
  • Produce a gap analysis supported by an improvement and implementation plan.
  • Describe the scope, aims and use of the ISO/IEC 20000 specification and code of practice, through an understanding of the roles of the component parts of the standard.
  • Recognize the need to plan and implement ITSM processes, report on the IT services and major metrics of the ITSM processes, schedule and conduct regular reviews, assessments and audits and plan for continual service improvement.

For Organizations

  • Continual improvement of IT services - inspiring customer confidence.
  • Increased rate of change and staff productivity - leading to reduced long-term cost and risk of failure to meet business objectives.
  • An accurate assessment of your organization's internal process and activities with which to effectively implement improvements.
  • Access to key markets - in which it is mandatory to be ISO/IEC 20000 compliant.

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    ISO/IEC 20000 Certification levels

    ISO/IEC 20000 Foundation Digital Badge

    Foundation

    Learn how the standard operates in a typical IT service provider organization.

    ISO/IEC 20000 Practitioner Digital Badge

    Practitioner

    Learn to apply the content of the ISO/IEC 20000 standard within an organization.

    ISO/IEC 20000 Auditor Digital Badge

    Auditor

    Learn the principles of IT Service Management and the requirements of ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 (Part 1).

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    SFIA

    The SFIA Framework is the global common reference for skills and competency for the digital world.

    This APMG certification has been informally mapped against the SFIA Framework to indicate the skills that are addressed and referenced by the certification. Although it is not yet possible to claim this digital badge, the indicative skills can be used to plan your professional development through assessing the skills you have and the skills you need for the role you want.

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    SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

    Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3, Methods and Tools level 3

    SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

    Same as above plus Organisational Capability Development level 5, Business Process Improvement level 5, Methods and Tools level 4

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    Practitioner

    Practitioner

    SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

    Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 4, Generic attribute Business Skills up to level 4, Methods and Tools up to level 4

    SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

    Same as above plus Organisational Capability Development level 5, Business Process Improvement level 5

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    Auditor

    Auditor

    SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

    Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 4, Generic attribute Business Skills up to level 4, Audit up to level 4, Methods and Tools up to level 4

    SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

    Same as above plus Generic attribute Knowledge level 5, Audit level 5


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    Foundation

    Foundation

    SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

    Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3, Methods and Tools level 3

    SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

    Same as above plus Organisational Capability Development level 5, Business Process Improvement level 5, Methods and Tools level 4

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    Practitioner

    Practitioner

    SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

    Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 4, Generic attribute Business Skills up to level 4, Methods and Tools up to level 4

    SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

    Same as above plus Organisational Capability Development level 5, Business Process Improvement level 5

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    Auditor

    Auditor

    SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

    Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 4, Generic attribute Business Skills up to level 4, Audit up to level 4, Methods and Tools up to level 4

    SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

    Same as above plus Generic attribute Knowledge level 5, Audit level 5

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    ISO/IEC 20000 for organizations

    Certify your organization in the international IT Service Management standard

    Achieve world-class IT Service Management (ITSM) processes

    Becoming a ISO/IEC 20000 certified organization provides a myriad of benefits, including:

    • Continual improvement of IT services - inspiring customer confidence
    • Increased rate of change and staff productivity - leading to reduced long-term cost and risk of failure to meet business objectives
    • An accurate assessment of your organization's internal process and activities with which to effectively implement improvements
    • Access to key markets - in which it is mandatory to be ISO 20000 compliant

    The world's most trusted ISO/IEC 20000 certification providers

    • Certification is delivered by APMG's Registered Certification Bodies (RCBs) - rigorously assessed against exacting standards
    • Contact a RCB from the list below to begin the ISO 20000 certification process

    Become a Registered Certification Body (RCB)

    Apply to become an ISO 20000 Registered Certification Body (RCB) - appointed by APMG to assess and award organizations their ISO 20000 certificates.

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