ITIL® 4 Specialist: Sustainability in Digital & IT
This 3-day ITIL® 4 Specialist: Sustainability in Digital & IT module explores how service organizations may address sustainability challenges in relation to their digital and IT strategies, tactics, and operations, focusing on ITIL® ’s Service Value Chain and ITIL® practices.
The module highlights key sustainability competencies and capabilities that service organizations should develop and provides guidance on how to build capacity within their teams to effectively manage sustainability challenges.
- Understand how to use the ITIL® guiding principles to deliver value by creating sustainable digitally enabled products and services.
- Effectively address VUCA challenges through sustainable strategies, procurement, products and practices.
- Obtain a practical grounding in the key principles of sustainability.
- Conduct a full cost benefit analysis identifying potential risks and opportunities using best practice guidance.
The successful completion of practical assessments are required prior to taking the ITIL® 4 Specialist: Sustainability in Digital & IT exam. These assessments will be completed during the class.
- Service management
- ITSM managers and aspiring ITSM managers
- ITSM practitioners managing the operation of IT-enabled & digital products and services, and those responsible for the end-to-end delivery.
There are no prerequisites for the Sustainability in Digital & IT module. All relevant key concepts from the ITIL® 4 framework are included within the course, ensuring accessibility for anyone seeking to develop essential skills in this area.
- Core definitions and principles
- Relevance in digital and IT contexts
- Business and societal value of sustainability
- Identifying benefits and opportunities
- Evaluating costs and potential risks
- Role of digital technology in enabling sustainability
- Examples of IT-enabled sustainable practices
- Strategies and approaches for sustainable digital practices
- Integrating sustainability into organizational planning
- Measuring sustainability outcomes
- Continual assessment and reporting
- Methods for ongoing improvement