Updates made to ITIL certification

On 23 May the ITIL Qualification Board made its final decision on the naming of the new ITIL V3 qualifications, which are the ITIL Intermediate Certificates, ITIL Expert for the higher level and ITIL Master for the advanced level.

It also announced the release dates of the Intermediate Stream of Certificates, of which there are nine in total.

New official qualification titles

- ‘Service Lifecycle and Service Capability Modules’ and ‘Managing Across the Lifecycle’ will now be known officially as ‘ITIL Intermediate Certificates’.

- A candidate who has achieved the minimum accumulation of 22 credits across a selection of balanced V2 and V3 modules will be awarded the ITIL Expert Certificate.

- Candidates who satisfy the requirement of the currently titled ‘Advanced level’ will be awarded the ITIL Master Certificate.

Official launch dates of V3 intermediate qualifications

October 1, 2008

Service Lifecycle Modules:
* Service Transition
* Service Operation

Service Capability Modules:
* Service Offerings & Agreements
* Operational Support & Analysis
* Release, Control & Validation

January 1, 2009

Service Lifecycle Modules:
* Service Strategy
* Service Design
* Continual Service Improvement
* Managing Across the Lifecycle

Service Capability Modules:
* Planning, Protection & Optimization.

More details at http://www.best-management-practice.com/IT-Service-Management-ITIL/

•Date: 4th June 2008• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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