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What service could include a differentiation as an "excitement factor" ?

The correct answer is D. An enhancing service. Enhancing services are optional add-ons that can include 'excitement factors' - differentiators that exceed basic expectations and increase customer delight.

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Question

What service could include a differentiation as an "excitement factor" ?

Options

  • AA core service
  • BAn enabling service
  • CA packaged service
  • DAn enhancing service

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    93% (26)

Why each option

Enhancing services are optional add-ons that can include 'excitement factors' - differentiators that exceed basic expectations and increase customer delight.

AA core service

Core services deliver the fundamental outcomes the customer requires and do not include optional differentiation or excitement factors.

BAn enabling service

Enabling services are prerequisites that allow the core service to be delivered and focus on baseline functionality rather than differentiation.

CA packaged service

A packaged service is a combination of services offered together and is not the ITIL category associated with excitement-factor differentiation.

DAn enhancing serviceCorrect

In ITIL service design, enhancing services are those that are not required for the core service to function but are added to increase attractiveness and differentiate the offering. These map to 'excitement factors' in the Kano model, providing value that customers do not explicitly expect but that greatly increases satisfaction when present. This makes enhancing services the correct category for differentiation-based excitement features.

Concept tested: ITIL service types - enhancing service and excitement factors

Source: https://www.axelos.com/certifications/itil-service-management/itil-4-foundation

Topics

#enhancing service#service types#excitement factor#Kano model

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