ITIL · Question #47
Which one of the following is concerned with policy and direction?
The correct answer is B. Governance. Governance is the ITIL concept focused on policy-setting and providing strategic direction for an organization's IT service management activities.
Question
Which one of the following is concerned with policy and direction?
Options
- ACapacity management
- BGovernance
- CService design
- DService level management
How the community answered
(13 responses)- A8% (1)
- B85% (11)
- D8% (1)
Why each option
Governance is the ITIL concept focused on policy-setting and providing strategic direction for an organization's IT service management activities.
Capacity management is concerned with ensuring IT resources meet current and future demand, not with setting organizational policy and strategic direction.
Governance in ITIL refers to the framework of policies, rules, and norms that direct an organization, ensuring stakeholder needs are evaluated, direction is set through prioritization and decision-making, and performance is monitored against those policies. It operates at the strategic level and is explicitly concerned with policy and direction rather than operational or process-level execution.
Service design is concerned with designing services, supporting systems, and processes to meet business requirements, not with establishing policy and governance direction.
Service level management is concerned with negotiating, agreeing, and monitoring service level agreements, not with setting organizational policy and direction.
Concept tested: ITIL governance definition and strategic purpose
Source: https://www.axelos.com/certifications/itil-service-management/itil-4-foundation
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