{"id":1977,"date":"2022-04-21T04:06:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2024-12-02T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:03:53","slug":"where-itil-4-project-management-intersect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/where-itil-4-project-management-intersect\/","title":{"rendered":"Where ITIL 4 &#038; Project Management Intersect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/shop\/?type=package|2302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1988\" src=\"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ITIL-and-Project-Management-spin-star.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/black-friday-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click Here to Find Out What&#8217;s on Sale for BLACK FRIDAY!<\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were wondering, it&#8217;s true.\u00a0 Project Managers can benefit directly from three of the new ITIL 4 courses.\u00a0 If you are interested in benefiting from this intersection and advancing your career this article is here to help guide your path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ITIL 4 starts with Foundation and then branches into advanced 2 paths:\u00a0 (1) The Managing Professional Path and (2) The Strategic Leader Path.\u00a0 Both paths have courses that map to the Project Managers Mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>#1 ITIL 4 Strategic Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course with the highest level of intersection, where Project Management is \u201ctestable\u201d is found in the Strategic Leader Path.\u00a0 The course, Digital &amp; IT Strategy (DITS), is the Strategic Leader capstone course.\u00a0 It is designed for Managers and requires a minimum of 3 years management experience.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>DITS focuses on the importance and challenges of creating an appropriate digital strategy to enable success across departments and organizations.<\/li>\n<li>It also looks at how the digital business strategy can (and should) be integrated into the IT strategy and aligned with the wider organization\u2019s goals.<\/li>\n<li>Students apply the concepts via 4 graded assignments which are required in order to take the certification exam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to Become an ITIL 4 Strategic Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to achieve the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/357\/itil-4-leader-digital-and-it-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/go2.mailengine1.com\/click\/f91a-2j4t07-1i9jqt-98awi0l8\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651334699215000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30X5nJEa2H6hWGCSpscr3N\">Digital &amp; IT Strategy Certification\u00a0(DITS)<\/a>, candidates need to have achieved the ITIL 4 Foundation and ITIL 4 Direct, Plan &amp; Improve Certifications and have a minimum of 3-year management experience.\u00a0 Prerequisite classes include:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/339\/itil-4-foundation-certification-training-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/go2.mailengine1.com\/click\/f91a-2j4t07-1i9jqu-98awi0l9\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651334699215000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0R_ZRTn-byWBp8uCCXn41a\">ITIL 4 Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/356\/itil-4-strategist-direct-plan-improve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/go2.mailengine1.com\/click\/f91a-2j4t07-1i9jqv-98awi0l0\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651334699215000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1esEaPoHB3TzHpKGK0OHsY\">ITIL 4 Direct, Plan and Improve (DPI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>#2 ITIL 4 Managing Professional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other two courses are found in the ITIL 4 Managing Professional Track.\u00a0 This track consists of 4 courses of which 2 of them are highly recommended for Project Managers:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/356\/itil-4-strategist-direct-plan-improve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Direct, Plan &amp; Improve (DPI)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 This class as it focuses on the governance and strategy requirements necessary to deliver improved\/new\/changed services, etc. It\u2019s one that is most like some of the context of Project Management.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/354\/itil-4-specialist-drive-stakeholder-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drive Stakeholder Value (DSV)<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 This class discusses the stages of the customer journey and how to manage each stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What\u2019s Left?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other two courses in the Managing Professional track include <a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/353\/itil-4-specialist-create-deliver-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create, Deliver &amp; Support (CDS)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/355\/itil-4-specialist-high-velocity-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High Velocity IT (HVIT)<\/a>.\u00a0 These classes are more IT specific and look at how to manage service design and support, and how to exploit the various disruptive technologies.\u00a0 The intersection is not as strong for Project Managers, but just in case you are interested, here are the details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/353\/itil-4-specialist-create-deliver-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create, Deliver &amp; Support (CDS)<\/a> \u2013 This course talks about the creation of services using the service value chain and operational support.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/training\/courses\/355\/itil-4-specialist-high-velocity-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">High Velocity IT (HVIT)<\/a> \u2013 This course is the most technical (digital technology), and focuses on the five objectives of HVIT (valuable investments, fast development, resilient operations, co-creating value, and assured conformance) and the methods to fulfill these objectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions or we can help in any way \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/contact&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650648390718000&amp;usg=AOvVaw37eaTkDn8AKVnWGIwBNcRK\">Contact US<\/a>\u00a0or Call US at 877.546.4446<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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