Associate in ITSM based on ISO/IEC 20000

Summary

The EXIN certificate Associate offers practical knowledge in the field of implementing, improving and guaranteeing the quality of IT Service Management processes. It also deals with coordinating professionals, defining the sphere of activity and reporting on the performance and effectiveness of IT service management based on ISO/IEC 20000:2011.

The IT Service Management Associate is strongly focused on the plan, do, check and act activities of Deming’s cycle across the SMS and within the Service delivery processes, Resolution Processes, Relationship Processes and Control Processes.

The Associate level is in line with the book “Implementing Service Quality based on ISO/IEC 20000”: A Management Guide written by Michael Kunas.

Target group

ITSM Associate is intended for those personnel who are involved in a practical way in:

Planning, implementing and managing a service management system (SMS)
Planning, implementing and managing service management processes
Monitoring and reporting on the performance and effectiveness of Service Management

Context

The certificate EXIN ITSM Associate is part of the ISO/IEC 20000 Qualification Program– a series of interlinked exams which are based on the various roles in IT Service Management.

Once the Associate is achieved, there are two options: the IT Service Management Consultant Manager or the IT Service Management Auditor.

Prerequisites

Certificate Foundation in ITSM based on ISO/IEC 20000 or similar certificate.
The ITSM20AS training course with an EXIN accredited training provider (ATP), including having successfully fulfilled the three (3) practical assignments as part of the course.

Exam content

The topics of the Associate course are:

Support the planning activities around the formal implementation of a service management system (SMS) and the service management processes
Monitor, measure and report on the SMS, service management processes and service performance
Support the design and transition activities of services
Manage on-going activities surrounding the SMS, service management processes and service delivery
Design and implement policies and activities that guide the organizational activities supporting service delivery