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ITIL Foundation
ITIL 4 Edition

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Contents

Welcome to ITIL 4

At this new stage in the development of the IT industry, AXELOS is delighted to present ITIL 4, the latest step in the evolution of IT . By building on our experience and bringing fresh and forward-looking thinking to the marketplace, ITIL 4 equips your business to deal with the challenges currently faced by the industry.

The adoption of as the most widely used guidance in the world on IT service management (ITSM) will continue with ITIL 4. It ensures continuity with existing ways of working (where service management is already successful) by integrating modern and emerging practices with established and proven know-how. ITIL 4 also provides guidance on these new methods to help individuals and organizations to see their benefits and move towards using them with confidence, focus, and minimal disruption.

ITIL 4s holistic approach raises the profile of service management in organizations and industries, setting it within a more strategic context. Its focus tends to be on end-to-end product and service management, from demand to value.

ITIL 4 is the result of a great amount of global research and development work across the IT and service management industries; this work has involved active practitioners, trainers, consultants, vendors, technicians, and business customers. The architect team has collaborated with the wider stakeholders and users of ITIL to ensure that the content meets the modern requirements of continuity, innovation, flexibility, and value.

ITIL training provides individuals with a structured approach for developing their competencies in the current and future workplace. The accompanying guidance also helps organizations to take advantage of the new and upcoming technologies, succeed in making their digital transformations, and create value as needed for themselves and their customers.

ITIL Foundation is the beginning of your ITIL 4 journey. It will open your mind to the wider, more advanced guidance provided in the other ITIL publications and training that will support your growth and development.

Welcome to the new generation of IT best practice!

Mark Basham

CEO
AXELOS Global Best Practice

About this publication

ITIL Foundation is the first publication of ITIL 4, the latest evolution of the most widely adopted guidance for ITSM. Its audience ranges from IT and business students taking their first steps in service management to seasoned professionals familiar with earlier versions of ITIL and other sources of industry best practice.

ITIL 4 Foundation will:

provide readers with an understanding of the ITIL 4 service management framework and how it has evolved to adopt modern technologies and ways of working

explain the concepts of the service management framework to support candidates studying for the ITIL 4 Foundation exam

act as a reference guide that practitioners can use in their work, further studies, and professional development.

We hope you will find it useful.

About the ITIL story

The guidance provided in this publication can be adopted and adapted for all types of organization and service. To show how the concepts of ITIL can be practically applied to an organizations activities, ITIL Foundation follows the exploits of a fictional company on its ITIL journey.

This company, Axle Car Hire, is undergoing a transformation to modernize its services and improve its customer satisfaction and retention levels, and is using ITIL to do this. In each chapter of the text, the employees of Axle will describe how the company is improving its services, and explain how they are using ITIL best practice to do this.

ITIL storyline sections appear throughout the text, separated by a distinct border.

Axle Car Hire

Axle Car Hire is a global company, with its headquarters based in Seattle. Axle was formed 10 years ago, and currently employs approximately 400 staff across Europe, the US, and Asia-Pacific.

Initially, the company experienced strong growth and consistently high customer satisfaction ratings. For the first six years, repeat business accounted for around 30 per cent of all bookings. Shareholders could expect handsome quarterly dividends. However, over the past four years, the company has experienced a downturn. Customer satisfaction ratings have consistently declined and repeat bookings are rare. Competitors are offering new and innovative options to traditional vehicle hire. Car-pooling, ride-share, and driverless cars are big draws. Customers have also come to expect online and app interfaces as standard for the companys services.

In this evolving market, Axle Car Hire faces an uncertain future. The board is keen to improve customer satisfaction levels. They want to attract and retain customers, and improve the companys bottom line. Theyve appointed a new CIO, Henri. Henri was chosen for his experience in digitalized services and his track record in successful, large-scale IT transformations. He understands the impact of digital , not only for customer satisfaction levels, but also for employee retention rates.

Henris strong background in ITIL and ITSM means that he values ITIL certification, and his hiring policy reflects this. Having worked with methodologies, he believes sustainable business requires a blended approach to ITSM.

Henri is keen to see how his team can redefine the car-hire experience and ensure that Axle Car Hire is the first choice for new and existing customers.

Meet the Axle employees

Here are four key employees of Axle Car Hire: