Saturday, November 8, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
AtulKherde's version of ITIL qualifications scheme...
One of the most complex things in the ITIL world today is the qualifications scheme. Especially for every new-comer, finding his / her place on the map and setting future aspirations becomes an arduous task.
The newbie into ITIL is presented with a very complex picture of ‘where exactly’ they are going to land by ‘doing what’. I think one of the main reasons is the names which are practically meaningless to anyone who has just entered ITIL premises. So, I propose a simplified nomenculature for the same ITIL triangle. I think it completely conveys the progression without bogging them down with names which don't really make sense to them when they are just learning about ITIL.
ITIL Advanced Diploma = ITIL DiamondCourse
ITIL Diploma = ITIL Gold (So, I get an ITIL Gold Pin. Ah!)
ITIL Managing Through the Lifecycle (Course leading to ITIL Gold)
ITIL Lifecycle Modules = ITIL Silvers (People will say, “Got my first silver”, “second silver”, etc.)
ITIL Capability Modules = ITIL Palladiums (Took the First PLDM, etc.)
ITIL V3 Foundation = ITIL Bronze (This is where everyone starts, unless they have…)
ITIL V2 Foundation = ITIL Green Badge (already known)
ITIL V2 Practitioner = ITIL Blue Badge (already known)
ITIL V2 Manager's = Red Badge (already known)
ITIL V3 Manager's Bridge = Red -> Gold Course
It is obvious that this model will be easier to explain and understand due to
1. the natural progression of Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond and
2. the incorporation of Green, Blue and Red badges already well-known over the world into the scheme.
Hereafter, two things can happen:
1. It the powers that be find this scheme simple enough, they might incorporate it into one of the coming versions
2. More likely, if the people like it, this will become a word-of-mouth and thus become a De-Facto Standard, something which ITIL already is..!
Thought I will share this in the open and see how people react to this.
Thanks and regards,
Atul Kherde ¨ Practice Head (ITSM) ITIL/ITSM Training and ISO 20 000 Consultancy
Vyom Labs Pvt. Ltd. Consulting Outsourcing Training BMC Remedy BSM ITIL
An ISO 20000 certified company( (91) 20 6632 1000, Extn. 1037 * atul@vyomlabs.com
w w w . v y o m l a b s . c o m
One of the most complex things in the ITIL world today is the qualifications scheme. Especially for every new-comer, finding his / her place on the map and setting future aspirations becomes an arduous task.
The newbie into ITIL is presented with a very complex picture of ‘where exactly’ they are going to land by ‘doing what’. I think one of the main reasons is the names which are practically meaningless to anyone who has just entered ITIL premises. So, I propose a simplified nomenculature for the same ITIL triangle. I think it completely conveys the progression without bogging them down with names which don't really make sense to them when they are just learning about ITIL.
ITIL Advanced Diploma = ITIL Diamond
ITIL Diploma = ITIL Gold (So, I get an ITIL Gold Pin. Ah!)
ITIL Managing Through the Lifecycle (Course leading to ITIL Gold)
ITIL Lifecycle Modules = ITIL Silvers (People will say, “Got my first silver”, “second silver”, etc.)
ITIL Capability Modules = ITIL Palladiums (Took the First PLDM, etc.)
ITIL V3 Foundation = ITIL Bronze (This is where everyone starts, unless they have…)
ITIL V2 Foundation = ITIL Green Badge (already known)
ITIL V2 Practitioner = ITIL Blue Badge (already known)
ITIL V2 Manager's = Red Badge (already known)
ITIL V3 Manager's Bridge = Red -> Gold Course
It is obvious that this model will be easier to explain and understand due to
1. the natural progression of Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond and
2. the incorporation of Green, Blue and Red badges already well-known over the world into the scheme.
Hereafter, two things can happen:
1. It the powers that be find this scheme simple enough, they might incorporate it into one of the coming versions
2. More likely, if the people like it, this will become a word-of-mouth and thus become a De-Facto Standard, something which ITIL already is..!
Thought I will share this in the open and see how people react to this.
Thanks and regards,
Atul Kherde ¨ Practice Head (ITSM) ITIL/ITSM Training and ISO 20 000 Consultancy
Vyom Labs Pvt. Ltd. Consulting Outsourcing Training BMC Remedy BSM ITIL
An ISO 20000 certified company( (91) 20 6632 1000, Extn. 1037 * atul@vyomlabs.com
w w w . v y o m l a b s . c o m
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
What do we blog for...? What drives bloggers...? For bloggers who do it very frequently, might be a good idea to think what drives us.
Now this is my first posting on a formal "blog" but I have been in the writing (writhing as Lewis Carol's Gryphon would say) since quite some time. BTW anyone who knows about Gryphon, gets a chocolate from me on email..!
Child development shrinks say that when children talk to themselves, parents should not chide them to shut-up but actually talk to them (not 'down on' them), as the child is refining his control over a new cognate object - (C.O. means something which our cognition - 'mind' in simple words - can manipulate like an object). So, a child talking to itself is a good sign of the child's strong desire to learn the language and to learn to communicate. The poor child has a lot of emotions / feelings in its mind, but does not know how to express them correctly. Also, there is no-one with whom to share these feelings, so the child talks to itself (or dolls if they are available). Much like when someone who has recently learnt to ride a bicycle. They like the fact that they are riding so much, that they don't care where they are going..!
Well, to me, blogging seems very very similar to children talking to themselves! i.e. we bloggers think about great profound things from flea's fleas to saving the world from rampant capitalism to greenhouse gases. But since others too are busy thinking about their own profundities, nobody around is willing to listen. Hence, a blog seems the ideal way to tell the world what we think of it anyway, regardless of whether the world reads us or not.
See how great sounding the title of this blog is and as I was writing this blog, someone came to me and whispered in my ear.."are you getting that piece completed today or not?"
Wowwww.. seems I have done it..!
More to come with abandon - since nobody is likely to read it anyway... what the hell!
Cheers!
Now this is my first posting on a formal "blog" but I have been in the writing (writhing as Lewis Carol's Gryphon would say) since quite some time. BTW anyone who knows about Gryphon, gets a chocolate from me on email..!
Child development shrinks say that when children talk to themselves, parents should not chide them to shut-up but actually talk to them (not 'down on' them), as the child is refining his control over a new cognate object - (C.O. means something which our cognition - 'mind' in simple words - can manipulate like an object). So, a child talking to itself is a good sign of the child's strong desire to learn the language and to learn to communicate. The poor child has a lot of emotions / feelings in its mind, but does not know how to express them correctly. Also, there is no-one with whom to share these feelings, so the child talks to itself (or dolls if they are available). Much like when someone who has recently learnt to ride a bicycle. They like the fact that they are riding so much, that they don't care where they are going..!
Well, to me, blogging seems very very similar to children talking to themselves! i.e. we bloggers think about great profound things from flea's fleas to saving the world from rampant capitalism to greenhouse gases. But since others too are busy thinking about their own profundities, nobody around is willing to listen. Hence, a blog seems the ideal way to tell the world what we think of it anyway, regardless of whether the world reads us or not.
See how great sounding the title of this blog is and as I was writing this blog, someone came to me and whispered in my ear.."are you getting that piece completed today or not?"
Wowwww.. seems I have done it..!
More to come with abandon - since nobody is likely to read it anyway... what the hell!
Cheers!
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