Course Description
In an increasingly interconnected and complex IT environment, IT
management is under pressure to deliver more agile IT services and adapt
to change. Organizations are adopting strategies that include cloud
computing to meet these challenges and offer repeatable, flexible and
scalable services. Service Management professionals are challenged to
help organizations optimally ensure measurable service delivery and
management in cloud environments.
The Cloud Service Design, Deployment and Run course enables Senior
(ITIL) Service Managers to design and deliver cloud services. This
training is delivered as a 3-day classroom or virtual classroom program
and provides a hands-on, practical approach to understanding how cloud
impacts operational processes, and how to adapt these processes to
deliver better services.
The course materials include comprehensive reference materials that
help to continue participants’ educational experience post the course.
The course prepares candidates for the Professional Cloud Service
Manager (PCSM) Exam provided by the Cloud Credential Council. The PCSM
is endorsed, recognized and/or supported by several key technology
vendors and standards bodies. The content for this course, as well as
the PCSM certification is based on the cloud standards developed by
NIST. Certification (PCA).
Audience
The Cloud Service Design, Deployment and Run course will be of interest to:
- Service Managers (with an ITIL background)
- Service Management professionals
- Cloud Strategy and Management Consultants
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will gain competencies in and be able to:
- Compare Suppliers, Brokers and Carrier Management
- Design Cloud Service Strategy
- Deconstruct Federated Cloud Service Desk
- Comprehend Cloud Asset Transition Management
- Apply Cloud Ecosystem Management
- Outline Service Management in different Cloud Scenarios
- Differentiate Cloud Tiers and analyze Service Management Availability
- Illustrate Distributed and Federated SLA
- Show Cost of Quality, Acquisition, Transition and Operation in Cloud
- Spot Cloud Market Operations (IaaS)
- Analyze key issues for managing cloud platform services
- Analyze stages in effective capacity management across platforms
- Outline Platform Capacity Management
- Illustrate role of SaaS Service Manager
- Construct different on-line sourcing environment options: directories, catalogs, apps stores,
- marketplaces, crowd sourcing scenarios
- Distinguishes the key service management factors involved in marketplace and catalog provision
- Analyze the key license management issues in a variety of given scenarios, including on premise and off premise models.
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites; however,
it is recommended that participants have achieved the Cloud Technology
Associate certification (or its equivalent) from the Cloud Credential
Council (and that participants are conversant with Cloud concepts and
vocabulary). Participants further benefit from a strong background in IT
service management, and preferably are ITIL Expert, or have completed
one or multiple ITIL intermediate certifications.
About the Examination
The Professional Cloud Service Manager
Certification is the most recognized and well respected Professional
Certification provided by the Cloud Credential Council (CCC).
Professional Certifications are awarded to candidates who have completed
an approved certification training program. Information on recommended
follow on training courses, including approved technology certification,
is available from the Cloud Credential website
(www.cloudcredential.org)
Course Outline
Day 1
- Suppliers, Brokers and Carrier Management
- Cloud Service Strategy
- Federated Cloud Service Desk
- Cloud Asset Transition Management
- Cloud Ecosystem Management
- Service Management in different Cloud Scenarios
- Cloud Tiers and Service Management Availability
- Distributed and Federated SLA
Day 2
- Cost of Quality, Acquisition, Transition and Operation in Cloud
- IaaS Service Manager
- IaaS: Deployment Automation and Elastic Sizing of Environments
- IaaS: Cloud Infrastructure Service
- Benchmarking
- IaaS: VM Deployment and Maintenance Life Cycle
- Spot Cloud Market Operations (IaaS)
- PaaS Service Manager
Day 3
- Managed Cloud Platform
- Platform Capacity Management
- SaaS Service Manager
- SaaS: Cloud service catalogs and
- application marketplaces (SaaS)
- End to End Service Management (SaaS)
- Service License Management
- Certification Exam Preparation