ITIL · Question #532
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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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)- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
- D93% (26)
Why each option
Enhancing services are optional add-ons that can include 'excitement factors' - differentiators that exceed basic expectations and increase customer delight.
Core services deliver the fundamental outcomes the customer requires and do not include optional differentiation or excitement factors.
Enabling services are prerequisites that allow the core service to be delivered and focus on baseline functionality rather than differentiation.
A packaged service is a combination of services offered together and is not the ITIL category associated with excitement-factor differentiation.
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
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