Pré-requisitos

Candidates are required to have a minimum of three years’ experience of auditing in an IT environment since the course does not cover generic principles of Management System auditing.

Objetivos

At the end of this course the student will be able to understand the principles of ITSM and the requirements of the ISO/IEC 20000 standard,how it is used in a typical IT service provider organization,together with the main elements of the certification Scheme.

Specifically, the student will understand:

• The background to ISO/IEC 20000
• The scope and purpose of Parts 1,2,3 and 5 of ISO/IEC 20000 and how these can be used during auditing and certification
• The key terms and definitions used
• ITSM general principles
• The structure and application of ISO/ IEC 20000-1
• The requirements of ISO/IEC 20000-1
• Applicability and scope definition requirements
• The purpose of internal and external audits,their operation and the associated terminology
• The operation of the APMG Certification
• The relationship with best practices and related standards – specifically ITIL®,ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001

Programa

The course covers the second edition of the standard (ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011) which cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005).

Some of the main differences are as follows:

• closer alignment to ISO 9001
• closer alignment to ISO/IEC 27001
• change of terminology to reflect international usage
• clarification of the requirements for the governance of processes operated by other parties
• clarification of the requirements for defining the scope of the SMS
• clarification that the PDCA methodology applies to the SMS,including the service management processes,and the services
• introduction of new requirements for the design and transition of new or changed services

Students who have attended this course are suitably prepared to successfully take the associated ISO/IEC 20000 Auditor certification test.