ITIL® 4 Practitioner: Incident Management

The ITIL® 4 Practitioner: Incident Management course focuses on minimizing the negative impact of incidents by restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible. Participants learn how effective incident management supports service continuity and improves the reliability of IT services.

Incident Management is a core practice within IT service management. Its purpose is to restore normal service operation as quickly as possible when disruptions occur and to minimize the impact on business operations.

This course provides practical guidance on the processes, roles and activities involved in managing incidents effectively. Participants learn how to coordinate incident handling across teams, ensure transparency of incident status across the organisation and implement improvements to incident models and procedures.

The course also explores techniques such as incident coordination, incident reviews and cross-team collaboration, helping organisations strengthen operational service management and maintain high service quality.

«Understand the structure of processes and roles required to enable Incident Management to work optimally.»

 

Course objectives

This course will help you to:

  • Practical tips to evaluate your Incident Management process against ITIL4 Capability maturity model
  • Practical tips on organising 'swarming' techniques across multiple providers
  • Coordinate incident handling in the organization or in a specific area, such as territory, product, or technology, depending on the organizational design
  • Monitor and review the work of teams that handle and resolve incidents
  • Coordinate manual work with incidents, especially those involving multiple teams
  • Ensure sufficient awareness of the incidents and their status across the organization
  • Conduct regular incident reviews and initiate improvements of the incident management practice, the incident models, and the incident handling procedures
  • Measure, assess and develop the Incident Management practice capability in your organisation by using the ITIL Maturity Model.

Audience

This course is suitable for:

  • IT service management professionals
  • Incident managers and incident coordinators
  • IT operations and support professionals
  • Problem managers and service reliability professionals
  • Anyone holding an ITIL certification who wants to deepen their knowledge of ITIL practices

Prerequisite:

For taking the exam, a candidate must have passed the ITIL 4 Foundation certification or ITIL® V3 Foundation examination.

Understanding the Incident Management practice

Participants learn the purpose and scope of the Incident Management practice and how it supports rapid restoration of normal service operation when incidents occur.

Incident coordination and handling

The course explores how organisations coordinate incident handling across teams and service areas to ensure incidents are resolved quickly and efficiently.

Roles, responsibilities and organisational integration

Participants learn about the roles involved in incident management and how teams collaborate to manage and resolve incidents effectively.

Supporting tools and technologies

The training explains how monitoring tools, ticketing systems and collaboration platforms support incident management processes.

Measuring and improving the practice

Participants explore success factors, key metrics and the ITIL maturity model to measure and improve the effectiveness of the Incident Management practice.

How to take the exam:

  • 20 questions
  • Multiple choice
  • 13 out of 20 marks required to pass (65%)
  • 30 minutes
  • Closed book.

You will get an exam voucher that gives you access to an online exam. This can be booked and taken home monitored by a proctor via camera.

Get the step-by-Step Guidelines on how to take an Online Proctored Exam on your computer.

ONLINE PROCTORING GUIDELINES

The trainer will also guide you through the procedures on how to book and prepare for the exam during the course.

Requirements:

For taking the exam, a candidate must have passed the ITIL 4 Foundation certification or ITIL® V3 Foundation examination.

 

Practical information

Duration: 1 day
Price: 9 900 NOK
Language: English course material, Norwegian speaking instructor
Format: Classroom or virtual training

FAQ

Hva lærer jeg på dette kurset?
Du lærer hvordan Incident Management-praksisen brukes til å håndtere hendelser i IT-tjenester og gjenopprette normal drift så raskt som mulig.

Hvem passer kurset for?
Kurset passer for IT-fagpersoner som jobber med drift, hendelseshåndtering eller tjenestestyring.

Hva er kravene for å delta?
Du må ha bestått ITIL® 4 Foundation eller ITIL® v3 Foundation før du kan ta sertifiseringseksamen.

Hvordan gjennomføres eksamen?
Eksamen gjennomføres online med digital eksamensvakt etter at du har mottatt en eksamensvoucher.

Hva skjer hvis jeg ikke består eksamen?
Retake-regler avhenger av sertifiseringsleverandøren, men det er normalt mulig å ta eksamen på nytt.

Får jeg ekstra tid på eksamen?
Ja, kandidater som ikke har engelsk som morsmål kan få ekstra tid i henhold til eksamensreglene.

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