| Key concepts of service management |
Value, service, product, cost, risk, utility and warranty, and the roles of service provider, consumer and other stakeholders |
| The four dimensions of service management |
Organizations and people, information and technology, partners and suppliers, and value streams and processes |
| The ITIL service value system |
How the guiding principles, governance, service value chain, practices and continual improvement fit together to create value |
| The seven guiding principles |
Focus on value, start where you are, progress iteratively with feedback, collaborate and promote visibility, think and work holistically, keep it simple and practical, and optimize and automate |
| The service value chain |
The six activities: plan, improve, engage, design and transition, obtain or build, and deliver and support |
| The ITIL practices |
Fifteen of the 34 practices are examinable, with seven covered in more detail, including incident management, problem management, change enablement, service request management, the service desk and service level management |
| Continual improvement |
The continual improvement model and how the practice supports it across the service value system |