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Practice purposes and key terms: ITIL 4 Foundation topic guide

Practice purposes and key terms carries 17.5% of the ITIL 4 Foundation blueprint used in this course, the third-largest of its 8 weighted areas. It spans 21 concepts. The course teaches it in 1 study unit: Practice purposes and key terms.

What Practice purposes and key terms covers

  • Purpose of INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1a
  • Purpose of RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1b
  • Purpose of SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1c
  • Purpose of IT ASSET MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1d
  • Purpose of MONITORING AND EVENT MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1e
  • Purpose of RELEASE MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1f
  • Purpose of SERVICE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1g
  • Purpose of DEPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1h
  • Purpose of CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1i
  • Purpose of CHANGE ENABLEMENT — and what are its name traps? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1j + 2019 v1.1 cross-edition
  • Purpose of INCIDENT MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1k
  • Purpose of PROBLEM MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1l
  • Purpose of SERVICE REQUEST MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1m
  • Purpose of the SERVICE DESK? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1n
  • Purpose of SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT? — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1o
  • Define EVENT. — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.2b
  • Define CONFIGURATION ITEM. — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.2c
  • Define CHANGE. — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.2d
  • Define INCIDENT. — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.2e
  • Define PROBLEM. — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.2f
  • Define KNOWN ERROR. — PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.2g

Common mistakes in Practice purposes and key terms

  • Incident vs problem purposes swapped
  • Release vs deployment swapped
  • IT asset vs configuration item defining tests swapped
  • 'Change management' used as the current practice name (v3 leak; 'change control' is the old ITIL-4 alias)
  • Relationship management vs supplier management scope

Key terms for Practice purposes and key terms

practice · process (v3 term) · information security management · relationship management · supplier management · IT asset management · release management · service configuration management · deployment management · continual improvement · change enablement · change control (2019 alias) · incident management · problem management · service request management · service desk · service level management · IT asset · event · configuration item (CI) · change · incident · problem · known error

How Practice purposes and key terms connects to other areas

Official references for Practice purposes and key terms

  • PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0: AC6.1a, AC6.1b, AC6.1c, AC6.1d, AC6.1e, AC6.1f, AC6.1g, AC6.1h, AC6.1i, AC6.1k, AC6.1l, AC6.1m, AC6.1n, AC6.1o, AC6.2b, AC6.2c, AC6.2d, AC6.2e, AC6.2f, AC6.2g
  • PeopleCert ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0, AC6.1j + 2019 v1.1 cross-edition
  • ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus v4.2.0: LO6, AC6.2a

In the app this area comes with 23 memory cards and 23 module-quiz questions in the full course.

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