About FitSM® Certification
FitSM® Training and Certifications
Benefits of FitSM® Certification
For Individuals
- Accessible entry point, FitSM is designed to be lightweight and versitile, with multiple levels to cater for your career progression
- Learn practical skills such as how to apply a clear, pragmatic, and achievable standard that allows for effective ITSM.
- Access solutions that can be adapted and implemented into organizations of different sizes, from start-up businesses to large enterprises.
- Gain clarity of Service Management concepts
- Continually learn and apply your knowledge by accessing the open-source FitSM Standard
- Recognize the strengths of related standards and frameworks while focusing on core terms and techniques that make ITSM more effective and efficient.
For Organizations
- Close your skills gap with FitSM, a scalable, flexible standard that delivers real returns on your investment
- Enhances an organization’s provision of IT services using a concise and achievable ITSM standard
- Guides teams through the application of effective ITSM processes in federated environments, i.e. where services are managed in cooperation with competing or separate organizations
- Helps organizations establish a strong foundation of effective ITSM processes, especially when it is not necessary (or feasible) to implement extensive processes and frameworks
- Provides tools like checklists and maturity assessments to help teams across the organization improve IT service processes.
Useful links
Useful links
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FitSM Website
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Case Studies
Documentation
Documentation
Study materials
Study materials
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FitSM® Certification levels
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Training organizations for FitSM® Certification
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SFIA

This APMG certification has been informally mapped against the SFIA Framework to indicate the skills that are addressed and referenced by the certification. Although it is not yet possible to claim this digital badge, the indicative skills can be used to plan your professional development through assessing the skills you have and the skills you need for the role you want.
knowledge
FitSM Foundation
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3
Same as above plus Problem Management level 4, Service Level Management level 4, Incident Management level 4
knowledge
FitSM Advanced Service Operation and Control (SOC)
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 4, Problem Management up to level 4, Change Control up to level 4, Incident Management up to level 4, Configuration Management up to level 4
Same as above plus Problem Management level 5, Change Control level 5, Service Level Management level 5, Configuration Management level 5
knowledge
FitSM Advanced Service Planning and Delivery (SPD)
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 4, Methods and Tools up to level 5, Service Level Management up to level 4, Service Catalogue Management up to level 4, Availability Management level 4, Capacity Management level 4, Stakeholder Relationship Management level 4
Same as above plus Methods and Tools level 5, Service Level Management level 5, Service Catalogue Management level 5, Availability Management level 5, Capacity Management level 5, Stakeholder Relationship Management level 5
knowledge
Expert
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 5, Methods and Tools up to level 5, Problem Management up to level 5, Change Control up to level 5, Incident Management up to level 5, Configuration Management up to level 5, Service Level Management up to level 5, Service Catalogue Management up to level 5, Availability Management up to level 5, Capacity Management up to level 5, Stakeholder Relationshipo Management up to level 5
Same as above plus Organisational Change Management level 5, Business Process Improvement level 5