The IT4IT Reference Architecture standard consists of the IT value chain and a three-layer reference architecture. The IT Value Chain is made up of the four IT value streams which play a vital role in helping IT control the service model as it advances through its lifecycle.

The four value streams that make up the IT4IT Value Chain:
The Strategy to Portfolio (S2P) Value Stream:
• Provides the strategy to balance and broker your portfolio
• Provides a unified viewpoint across PMO, enterprise architecture, and service portfolio
• Improves data quality for decision-making
• Provides KPIs and roadmaps to improve business communication

The Request to Fulfil (R2F) Value Stream:
• Helps your IT organization transition to a service broker model
• Presents a single catalog with items from multiple supplier catalogs
• Efficiently manages subscriptions and total cost of service
• Manages and measures fulfillments across multiple suppliers

The Detect to Correct (D2C) Value Stream:
• Brings together IT service operations to enhance results and efficiency
• Enables end-to-end visibility using a shared configuration model
• Identifies issues before they affect users
• Reduces the mean time to repair

The IT4IT Reference Architecture provides prescriptive, holistic guidance for the implementation of IT management capabilities for today’s digital enterprise. It is positioned as a peer to comparable reference architectures such as NRF/ARTS, TMF Framework (aka eTOM), ACORD, BIAN, and other such guidance.Currently only Level 1 is available however The Open Group have alluded to a Level 2 being released sometime in the future.

IT4IT certification is available to individuals who want to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the IT4IT Reference Architecture, Version 2.1 standard.

IT4IT Foundation certification provides validation that an individual has gained knowledge of the terminology, structure, basic concepts of the IT4IT Reference Architecture, and understands the core principles of the reference architecture and the IT Value Chain.

The IT4IT Part 1 examination can be taken at a Pearson VUE test centre.

Level 1:
Examination Name IT4IT Part 1
Examination Type Multiple-choice examination40 questions/60 minutes
Supervised YES
Open Book NO
Pass Mark 65%

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