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Who Qualifies to Take the ITIL 5 Foundation Bridge Exam?

The exam is available to all ITIL 4 Foundation Exam Holders.

• Exam Length – 30 minutes
• Number of Questions – 20
• Prerequisite – You must hold an ITIL 4 Foundation Certification

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ITIL 5 is the future.  It shifts beyond IT Service Management to Digital & Product Service Management.  It is AI centric and makes the framework more actionable to AI-enabled environments.  In addition to positioning you to expand your career and take on a leading role in your organization, the ITIL 5 Bridge Exam renews your current ITIL Certifications for 3-years.

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GogoTraining is pleased to announce that they have been awarded ITIL (Version) 5 Accreditation by PeopleCert.  This means that our ITIL Lead, Double ITIL Master David Billouz, successfully passed the ITIL (Version) 5 Foundation Exam and is set to deliver courses.

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ITIL Version 5 is Live, and we just received permission from PeopleCert to share this with you.

Here is what we know as of this moment. We will update over the next several days and are open to questions so please comment below.

• There is an ITIL Version 5 Foundation Certification. The exam will be available starting February 12, 2026.
• ITIL Version 5 is 40% ITIL 4, 36% New and 24% Changed.
• There is an ITIL Version 4 to 5 Bridge Exam. This exam will be available starting February 26, 2026.
• Advanced ITIL Version 5 Certifications do not require students to have the Foundation Version 5 Certification. You can take advanced ITIL 5 Certifications with your ITIL 4 Foundation Certification.
• The Advanced ITIL Tracks are changing a bit. All ITIL 4 Advanced Certification candidates will be offered a transition course like they did with ITIL Version 3 to 4. These will be coming out later in the year.
• We are in production on an ITIL Version 5 in an hour presentation and will release it in the coming week.

Very Important Point – If you have an ITIL 4 Foundation Exam Voucher and you have not scheduled your exam, you can have it changed to an ITIL Foundation Version 5 Exam.

• This is really important. There will be a 1-day Bridge Course that gives you what you need to learn the differences from ITIL 4 to ITIL Version 5.
• This means you can continue with your ITIL 4 Foundation Training as ITIL Version 5 is ITIL 4+. What I mean by that is it is based on ITIL 4 and many of the features are the same. It also adds new features and modifies a number of the ITIL 4 features.

I have been getting many emails from people who are very distressed about what the “New ITIL” means to advanced ITIL 4 Certification Holders and those who are in the middle of their studies for Practice Manager, Managing Professional, Strategic Leader and Master.

My first piece of advice is Take a Deep Breath! There is nothing available in ITIL version 5 now for Advanced Certification Holders. Keep on track and finish your ITIL 4 courses. Take your ITIL4 exams and receive your ITIL 4 designations.

The advanced ITIL version 5 courses will begin being released in Q2 of 2026, and they start with the Transformation Certification. The Transformation exam will be required for all ITIL 4 Practice Managers, Managing Professionals, Strategic Leaders and I believe also for ITIL 4 Masters. The Masters and Managing Professionals may also have another course to take. This has not been determined yet.

You can finish 4 in 2026 and then when you are ready to add the ITIL 5 Designation you can take the Transformation Course/Exam and, for Masters and MP’s the additional exam if PC decides to have a second exam for these designations.

In a nutshell, there are no advanced ITIL 5 courses now. If stay with ITIL 4, then you have 1 or 2 courses to take to get the ITIL 5 designation when they come out. If you stop and wait for ITIL 5, then you will have to take all the new courses for each area which is a greater expense.

My advice, stay the course. Get your ITIL 4 Designations. The content is here. The exam prices are lower and PeopleCert has none of the advanced content available now.

I hope this is helpful and look forward to your comments!

ITIL migrated from version 3 to version 4 in 2019 with the release of the Foundation course and the Managing Professional Transition course. The subsequent courses will be released throughout 2020 so if you are in service management, involved in ITIL v3 or looking to get into the area, now is a good time to understand what it’s all about.

Quick Refresher:

ITIL V3 is alive and well for at least a year and 60 to 70% of ITIL 4 comes from ITILV3. In ITIL 4 there are two tracks, Managing Professional and Digital Leader. The first path to be developed by AXELOS is Managing Professional. It consists of 4 courses and AXELOS created a bridge course for V3 certification holders with 17 or more credits called the Managing Professional Transition course. It allows V3 credit holders to take 1 course instead of 4 to receive the Managing Professional certification.

If you are ready to dip your feet into the ITIL 4 world, there are several ways to start depending on your position. Here is a quick look at the best way to get started. If you don’t see a category that fits your background, Contact Us.

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• • 60 to 70% of ITIL 4 content comes from ITIL V3
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Granted ITIL is a framework and not a technology, but I just couldn’t stop laughing when I saw this cartoon.  With all the hype around ITIL 4 it would “seem” that as of Q1 2019, ITIL V3 will be considered outdated/dead, however, we don’t believe this to be the case.

Why Doesn’t ITIL 4 Kill ITIL V3?

For those of you who have individually or organizationally invested in the ITIL Framework via certifications and working in organizations that have adopted and adapted the ITIL Framework, you know ITIL is not something that gets adopted and adapted overnight nor is it something that gets updated overnight. If you run an IT organization that has adopted and adapted the IT Infrastructure framework, then you have trained your people, selected the practices from the framework that work for your group and integrated them into your organization with the end goal of delivering better, more efficient and higher quality services that enable the organization to be more effective and reduce costs.  It would make no sense to jump ship.

A Historical Look At Updates

Whenever an update is delivered, whether it be an operating system, language, standard or framework, it typically keeps the best of the current version and adds to it enhancements that bring new capabilities.  Some things stay the same, some things are modified for improvement and there are always new features.  In the case of ITIL 4, the goal, we are told, is to bring the ITIL framework into the digital age.  An age where it co-exists with Agile and DevOps and Lean, to name a few.

How Will ITIL 4 Enhance ITIL V3?

The current V3 framework has 26 processes. All very solid. If you have adopted and adapted some or all of them, they are in place and will remain in place.  The focus of ITIL 4 is to integrate ITIL with other relevant best practices like DevOps, Agile and Lean. The core elements of ITIL V3 are expected to remain the same in ITIL 4.

What Does This Mean to You or Are Your ITIL V3 Certificates Valid?

ITIL V3 is alive and well.  All ITIL V3 certifications are valid and well respected, AXELOS will continue V3 Certifications until at least June 2020. If your organization has adopted ITIL, then ITIL V3 courses, content and certifications are relevant. If you want to work for an organization that has adopted ITIL, then ITIL V3 courses, content and certifications are relevant. Bottom Line – ITIL V3 is here to stay. ITIL 4 builds on ITIL V3.

ITIL 4 Release

The release program for the new ITIL 4 certification will take some time.

• Foundation will be released Q1 2019; the first exams are due the end of February 2019
• The 6 advanced courses/certifications will begin releasing June 2020

How Do You Prepare?

We recommend that everyone in the ITIL V3 space either buy and read the AXELOS publication when it is released or take a course. Courses are available in self-paced, live online and classroom format. Everyone who is currently in an ITIL V3 shop will want to understand ITIL 4 as soon as possible. That understanding will allow you to start thinking about the new processes that are introduced in ITIL 4 in order to determine which ones and how to adapt them into your organization.

Who Should Get ITIL 4 Foundation Certified?

If you hold an ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate and have not gone on to the advanced certifications, then you will want to prepare and sit the ITIL 4 Foundation exam given by PeopleCert in 2019.  This will keep you on the cutting edge and in good stead in the job market.  Individuals who have taken advanced ITIL V3 Certifications do not need to get ITIL 4 Foundation Certified as there is an advanced transition module for ITIL V3 Certificate holders with 17 or more credits.  Now, it won’t hurt you to take the Foundation exam, just know it is not required.

Nothing Happens Overnight

Remember, nothing happens overnight. You didn’t get to the place you are now overnight, and you won’t adopt and adapt ITIL 4 overnight. Take all the time you need. When it is released, learn all about it. Make good decisions. Make a plan. Adopt and adapt accordingly.

I was speaking with some ITIL Experts last week and they asked me if there is any value in someone getting V3 certified since ITIL 4 releases in 2019. Here is my answer. Take a look and let me know your thoughts.

First off, great question. There is a lot of confusion over the ITIL 4 release as many of the details are still under wraps. From a 10,000 foot look we all know that we live in a world of updates and change does not happen overnight. Companies have infrastructures and processes and systems in place and they don’t throw them away when a new version is released. And most new versions include key elements of the current version, so the baby is not being thrown out with the bath water.

ITIL V3 Is Alive & Well

Right now, ITIL is V3.  V3 is alive and well and will be maintained until at least June 2020.  The ITIL 4 Foundation is being released Q1 2019 – or sometime in the next 4 months. The remainder of the ITIL 4 courses are scheduled to be released sometime June 2019 to December 2019.

Migration Game Plan

If I were new to ITIL and had funds for exams, I would get V3 Foundation and ITIL 4 Foundation Certified.  ITIL V3 Foundation is required for many positions and I don’t see that requirement going away for the next 12 months minimum. ITIL 4 Foundation is new and takes ITIL to the next level and if I wanted to be fully prepared to help my company transition from ITIL V3 to ITIL 4 or have certifications that helped me stand out, get promoted or get a new job, then I would get ITIL 4 Foundation Certified too. If I was already ITIL V3 Foundation Certified, I would get ITIL 4 Foundation Certified for the same reasons.

For the more advanced V3 certificate holders I would come up to speed on ITIL 4 by reading the book when it is released or taking a class. In my opinion there is no need for advanced certificate holders to get the ITIL 4 Foundation certificate. Advanced ITIL 3 Certificate holders (17 V3 credits or more) will be able to take the ITIL 4 Managing Professional transition course when it is released second half of 2019 and achieve the new ITIL 4 Managing Professional Certification.  This enables individuals with 17 or more ITIL V3 credits to take 1 course instead of 4 to become ITIL 4 Managing Professional Certified. If you are on your way to 17 credits in ITIL V3, keep going as it will allow you accelerated access to the ITIL 4 Managing Professional Certification.

I hope this article has been informative. If you have any questions, we are here to help.

 

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Not sure what to do with ITIL?  Stay with V3?  Wait for ITIL 4?

With the release of ITIL 4 Q1 2019, we are getting a lot of questions about ITIL V3 Certifications and the best way to move forward.  In this blog we have addressed the questions we are receiving and provided some suggested paths for moving forward.  As always, if you have questions, contact us as we are happy to help.

Status of ITIL V3

It’s important to remember that ITIL V3 is alive and well.  The core elements of ITIL V3 are part of ITIL 4 and all V3 certifications will be available and run concurrently with ITIL 4 through June 2020.

ITIL 4 Release Dates

ITIL 4 Foundation will be the first course released in Q1 of 2019 and the remainder of the ITIL 4 certifications have been promised to be released by AXELOS second half of 2019.  Depending on where you are in the process, many of you will want to continue on your ITIL V3 path as there is plenty of time to master V3 content before you enhance it with the new ITIL 4 focus on digital transformation.

What’s the Best Path for ME?

If you are not sure what to do we have worked with AXELOS and PeopleCert to create 3 solid ways for you to gain relevant ITIL V3 certifications and transition smoothly into ITIL 4.  Have the best of both worlds and don’t get left behind!

• ITIL V3/ITIL 4 Foundation Path– this path is designed for students interested in the Foundation Certification.  In this path you get access to the fully Accredited ITIL V3 and ITIL 4 Foundation courses and 2 exam vouchers.  ITIL V3 is full of very solid information and very valuable to organizations and very important for individuals in IT looking to grow their salary or get a new job.  With this package you get lifetime access to the ITIL V3 Foundation course, the ITIL 4 Foundation course and 2 ITIL Foundation Exam Vouchers.

• ITIL Managing Professional Path– ITIL 4 has created a transition path for ITIL V3 professionals with 17 or more credits.  These individuals, due to their ITIL V3 training accomplishments, get to bypass the 4 course requirement to become ITIL 4 Managing Professional Certified.  If you are on your way to achieving 17 credits or more in ITIL V3, then this is the path for you.  In this path you get access to all 12 fully Accredited ITIL V3 courses and the ITIL 4 Managing Professional Transition Module which allows you to sit for the Managing Professional Exam.

• ITIL Everything – want it all?  Want to continuing mastering all the great content in ITIL 3 before you add on the digital focus of ITIL 4?  If you answered yes, then the ITIL Everything is the program for you.  The ITIL Everything gives you all 12 ITIL V3 courses including Practitioner and Expert and all 6 ITIL 4 courses.  This gives you all the knowledge and wisdom included in V3 all the way to Expert and the ability to achieve all 6 ITIL 4 Certifications and achieve the ITIL 4 designations of ITIL Managing Professional and ITIL Strategic Leader.