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Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (1) The only phase of the Service Management Lifecycle where value can be measured is Service Operation (2) All of the phases of the lifecycle are…

The correct answer is C. 2 only. All five phases of the ITIL Service Lifecycle - Strategy, Design, Transition, Operation, and Continual Service Improvement - are concerned with delivering and measuring value, not Service Operation alone.

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Question

Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (1) The only phase of the Service Management Lifecycle where value can be measured is Service Operation (2) All of the phases of the lifecycle are concerned with the value of IT services

Options

  • ABoth of the above
  • BNeither of the above
  • C2 only
  • D1 only

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    17% (4)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    74% (17)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

All five phases of the ITIL Service Lifecycle - Strategy, Design, Transition, Operation, and Continual Service Improvement - are concerned with delivering and measuring value, not Service Operation alone.

ABoth of the above

Statement 1 is false because value measurement is not limited to Service Operation, so selecting both statements as correct is wrong.

BNeither of the above

Statement 2 is factually correct, so 'neither' is an incorrect choice.

C2 onlyCorrect

Statement 2 is correct because value creation, delivery, and measurement is a unifying concern across every phase of the ITIL Service Lifecycle. Service Strategy defines value to be delivered, Service Design ensures services are built to deliver that value, Service Transition safely deploys value, Service Operation delivers value daily, and CSI continuously improves value - making the claim in Statement 1 that only Service Operation measures value factually incorrect.

D1 only

Statement 1 is incorrect because all lifecycle phases contribute to and are concerned with the value of IT services, not Service Operation exclusively.

Concept tested: ITIL Service Lifecycle phases and value orientation

Topics

#service lifecycle#service value#value measurement#continual improvement

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