ITIL study resources?

What level, and book are you reading?

I used Passing your ITIL foundation exam: Amazon.co.uk: Christian F. Nissen, Office of Government Commerce: Books for the V3 foundation exam.

 

The topic is dry but its a fairly OK read.

 

I used the Art of Service book
A bit pricey for what it was I thought, about £40 for a thin book (about 100 pages in all iirc, but it did also supply 3 month access to supplementary online material) , but it told me exactly what I needed to know, no more, no less. The questions were so similar in style and content to the real thing it turned out to be a bit of a bargain.
I also had access to a Skillsoft (I think) offering through work, it went into way too much detail and ended up confusing me a little.

 

Need to do this myself but the subject matter just seems very dull

 

I found its just easier to plough through it without stopping as the topic isn't really that difficult.

 

I really don't have the patience or time to go through a book...been a long time since I left academics. Are there any good android apps out there which I can use to revise, or better still, a full course? That's the only way I can see myself preparing. I had started studying a year back but gave up after Service Transition. I can see some apps but the play store is not really know for showing the best apps on top...any help will be really appreciated

 

Hi,

I'm also studying for ITIL Foundation. Does anyone know if the Self Test software is any good?

My preferred method for learning is to use practice tests and I know that sometimes self test can be very good, but sometimes a waste of money. I have the book already, but want something else for preparation.

Thanks,
Chris.

 

The IT Governance stuff is quite good, I can't comment too much as I did my ITIL loaded with red bull in a class room.

I did buy this though and I have to say for a tenner it was pretty good.

Good luck, and I will say if you can teach yourself to live and breathe ITIL and feel you would like to push up to intermediate or master level you probably won't regret it. It's not very fun and involves a lot of documentation and for that reason most companies are prepared to pay a consultant vast amounts of money to come in and put the framework in place for them.

It definitely isn't fun work but the moneys there for anyone who wants it

 

Hi, when I gave my ITIL foundation exam I referred to the book: ITIL Foundation Essentials: The Exam Facts You Need by Claire Agutter. You can check this book as I found it quite helpful. Also, I took practice tests from Simplilearn which were quite useful too. I hope this helps. Good Luck!