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Scenario
Vericom is a leading provider of government, business and consumertelecommunication services, and is currently seeking ways in which toimprove its utilization of IT services to drive growth across its' multiplelines of business. One of the largest organizations in the UnitedKingdom, Vericom is comprised of the following business units:
Verinet (providing ADSL, cable, 3GSM, dialup and satellite services)
Infrastructure Services (planning, installing and maintaining the PSTN and mobile
network infrastructure)
VericomTV (Pay TV)
Consumer Sales and Marketing (including 400 Vericom retailoutlets)
Business and Government
Finance and Administration
Information Technology Services (Shared Service Unit, however some business
units also have their own internal service provider)
Human Resources
Vericom Wholesale (for wholesale of Vericom infrastructureservices)
Due to the extensive scope of infrastructure deployed and largeemployee and customer base, Vericom continues to rely on legacysystems for some critical IT services; however this is seen as abarrier to future organizational growth and scalability of servicesoffered. The CIO of Vericom has also raised the concern that whileimprovements to the technology utilized is important, this also needsto be supported by quality IT Service Management practicesemployed by the various IT departments.
The project of improving the IT Service Management practicesemployed by Vericom has been outsourced to external consultantswho are aware of the major IT refresh that is going to be occurringover the next 24 months.
Refer to the scenario.
The Verinet business unit which provides internet services is currentlyfacing increased competition from other Internet Service Providersseeking to entice Verinet customers away with offerings such as freeVOIP (voice over internet protocol) and Naked DSL (unconditionedlocal loop). To combat this, Verinet wishes to develop a newmarketing campaign highlighting the high quality and availability ofservices offered.
Before this occurs, the Service Manager within Verinet (who haspreviously implemented ITIL in other organizations) hadrecommended implementing Event Management to assist in thecontinued ability for providing high quality, highly available internetservices to the UK population. She has been faced by someresistance, who believe that it is not required as Capacity, Availability,Incident and Problem Management have already been implemented.
Which of the following would be the BEST response to the Veritnetdirectors in describing the benefits of introducing Event Managementto Verinet?
A. The implementation of Event Management to complementexisting ITIL processes within Verinet will have a number ofsignificant benefits. The value to the business of implementingthe process is generally indirect, but would support anenhanced ability to provide high quality and high availabilityinternet services by: Providing mechanisms for the early detection of incidents andproblems before they impact customers Notify the appropriate staff of status changes or exceptionsthat so that they can respond quickly Providing a basis for automated operations, increasingefficiency and allowing human resources within Verinet to bebetter utilized Providing improved visibility as to the events and interactionsthat occur within the IT infrastructure Providing performance and utilization information and trendsthat can be used for improved capacity planning and systemdesign
B. The implementation of Event Management to complementexisting ITIL processes within Verinet will have a number ofsignificant benefits. The value to the business of implementingthe process is directly seen by the following benefits: Improved speed for Incident and Problem Management foridentifying and analyzing the cause and potential effect Improved ratio of used licenses against paid for licenses Percentage re-use and redistribution of under-utilized assetsand resourcesImproved aliment between provided maintenance andbusiness support Improvement in maintenance scheduling and management forCIs
C. The implementation of Event Management to complementexisting ITIL processes within Verinet will have a number ofsignificant benefits. The value to the business of implementingthe process is generally indirect, but would support anenhanced ability to provide high quality and high availabilityinternet services by: Providing mechanisms for the early detection of incidents andproblems before they impact customers Developing capabilities for the monitoring of criticalcomponents of the IT infrastructure for disruptions or breachof utilization thresholds Automating the notification of key staff when exception eventsoccur Providing improved visibility as to the events and interactionsthat occur within the IT infrastructure Reducing the time requirements of manual activitiesperformed by IT staff as part of preventative maintenance.
D. The implementation of Event Management to complementexisting ITIL processes within Verinet will have a number ofsignificant benefits. The value to the business of implementingthe process is directly seen by the following benefits: Reduced SLA breaches Reduced times required for diagnosis and root-cause analysisof problems Reducing ratio of high priority incidents Reduced Mean Time to Restore (MTTR) for incidents Improved availability levels Improved delivery of capacity and performance, with fewercapacity related incidents.
正解:A
質問 2:
Operations Control refers to?
A. The managers of the Event and Access Management Processes
B. Overseeing the monitoring and escalating of IT operational events and activities
C. The tools used to monitor the status of the IT Network
D. The situation where the Service Desk manager is required to monitor the status of the infrastructure when Service Desk Operators are not available
正解:B
質問 3:
Scenario
Vericom is a leading provider of government, business and consumertelecommunication services, and is currently seeking ways in which toimprove its utilization of IT services to drive growth across its' multiplelines of business. One of the largest organizations in the UnitedKingdom, Vericom is comprised of the following business units:
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Verinet (providing ADSL, cable, 3GSM, dialup and satellite services)
Infrastructure Services (planning, installing and maintaining the PSTN and mobile
network infrastructure)
VericomTV (Pay TV)
Consumer Sales and Marketing (including 400 Vericom retailoutlets)
Business and Government
Finance and Administration
Information Technology Services (Shared Service Unit, however some business
units also have their own internal service provider)
Human Resources
Vericom Wholesale (for wholesale of Vericom infrastructureservices)
Due to the extensive scope of infrastructure deployed and largeemployee and customer base, Vericom continues to rely on legacysystems for some critical IT services; however this is seen as abarrier to future organizational growth and scalability of servicesoffered. The CIO of Vericom has also raised the concern that whileimprovements to the technology utilized is important, this also needsto be supported by quality IT Service Management practicesemployed by the various IT departments.
The project of improving the IT Service Management practicesemployed by Vericom has been outsourced to external consultantswho are aware of the major IT refresh that is going to be occurringover the next 24 months.
Refer to the scenario.
With Vericom being a large organization (approximately 40 000 staff),some of the business units have developed their own internal ITdepartments to supplement the services provided by the centralizedInformation Technology Services (ITS) department. This has occurreddue to the specialized needs and requirements for technology,specifically Verinet, VericomTV and Consumer Sales and Marketing.
While the decision has been made that this organizational structure isto remain in place, there has been identified issues relating to a lackof consistency in IT Service Management processes used by thedifferent departments and unclear boundaries for the responsibilitiesof the various IT Service Desks. This has resulted in:
- End users calling the wrong Service Desk, requiring the call tobe redirected to the appropriate group
- Inconsistency in the categorization and classification ofservice requests, incidents and problems, causing confusionand frustration when there are multiple IT departmentsinvolved
- Known Errors being recorded internally within the various ITdepartments, which may in fact have a wider impact on thewhole organization when these are not visible to everyone
- Inconsistency in the Service Management systems and toolsused for handling service requests, incidents, problems andKnown Errors.
From the following responses, which BEST represents theapproach you would take to overcome the issues describedabove?
A. You realize a coordinated approach is the best method,including: Developing a telephone system that will route calls to theappropriate Service Desk based on the user's input. Thisshould also provide the capability for a Service Desk analystto call them back during peak periods. Develop consistency in all the categories assigned to servicerequests, incidents and problems across all IT departments. Build or purchase a service management tool that will be usedby all IT departments for managing incidents, problems,Known Errors and service requests Hold regular review sessions involving key staff from each ofthe IT departments to discuss current issues and potentialproblems.
B. You realize that improving the business awareness of IT ismost important, and address the issues by: Identifying the training requirements of end users to improvetheir use of IT service Implement an online Service Catalogue for all IT Services,with self-help capabilities to log and track incidents, problemsand service requests Assist Service Level Management in improving the visibility ofthe IT organization in general, and identify areas of customersatisfaction that need improving Build or purchase a service management tool that will be usedby all IT departments and end users for managing incidents,problems, Known Errors and service requests
C. You realize a phased approach is the best method, includingfour phases: Phase 1 - Build or purchase a service management tool thatwill be used by all IT departments for managing incidents,problems and service requests Phase 2 - Standardize the use of ITIL processes used by theITS department across all IT departments at Vericom Phase 3 - Deliver training and awareness sessions for staffregarding the importance of the processes and how theyshould be used. Phase 4 - Review the success of the project and pass anylessons learnt onto future projects
D. You realize a coordinated approach is the best method,including: The development of the ITS Service Desk to be the singlepoint of contact for ALL end user (internal) queries. This willbe performed over a 6 month period, to take account for anytraining and transfer of knowledge that needs to occur. ThisService Desk will then escalate to the appropriate second linegroup (from any of the IT departments) as required. Develop consistency across all departments for categoriesand priority coding systems used for all service requests,incidents and problems. Build or purchase a consistent service management tool thatwill be used by all IT departments for managing incidents,problems, Known Errors and service requests. Holding regular review sessions involving staff from each ofthe IT departments to discuss current issues, recurring andpotential problems future initiatives.
正解:D
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