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ITIL-FOUNDATION · Question #402

The goal of which process is: "To improve the quality of management decision making by ensuring that reliable and secure information and data is available throughout the lifecycle"?

The correct answer is A. Knowledge Management. Knowledge Management is the ITIL process whose stated goal is to improve decision making by ensuring reliable, secure information is available throughout the service lifecycle.

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The goal of which process is: "To improve the quality of management decision making by ensuring that reliable and secure information and data is available throughout the lifecycle"?

Options

  • AKnowledge Management
  • BAvailability Management
  • CService Asset and Configuration Management
  • DChange Management

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    90% (19)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

Knowledge Management is the ITIL process whose stated goal is to improve decision making by ensuring reliable, secure information is available throughout the service lifecycle.

AKnowledge ManagementCorrect

Knowledge Management is formally defined in ITIL as the process responsible for gathering, analyzing, storing, and sharing knowledge and information across the organization. Its primary goal is to improve the quality of management decision making by ensuring that reliable and secure information is available throughout the entire service lifecycle. The key enabler of this process is the Service Knowledge Management System (SKMS).

BAvailability Management

Availability Management focuses on ensuring IT services meet agreed availability targets, not on providing organizational knowledge to support decision making.

CService Asset and Configuration Management

Service Asset and Configuration Management manages configuration items and their relationships in the CMS, not the broader organizational knowledge needed for management decisions.

DChange Management

Change Management controls the lifecycle of all changes to minimize risk to IT services, not to curate knowledge or information for decision makers.

Concept tested: ITIL Knowledge Management process goal and purpose

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#knowledge management#process goals#decision making#SKMS

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