Putting ITIL® into Practice: Incident Management
2h 1mIntermediate2025-05-08
Authors

David Pultorak
Veteran IT Management Consultant and Founder of Pultorak & Associates
Course details
In this course, ITIL trainer David Pultorak explores transformative techniques that will elevate your IT incident management capabilities and improve user experiences. Discover how to prevent incidents proactively. Optimize the incident lifecycle by cutting cycle times and enhancing efficiency through effective monitoring and smarter self-service pathways. Strengthen your incident resolution strategies by minimizing ticket reassignments and empowering agents to close more issues on first contact. Upgrade knowledge bases to ensure accessible and accurate information for both users and support teams. Delve into real-world examples, actionable steps, and best practices to ensure every IT service operates at peak performance. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to become an exceptional IT service provider.
Skills covered
IT Service ManagementIncident ResponseDevOpsCybersecurityNetwork and System AdministrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Stand apart as a incident management practitioner
- 02 - What is incident management
- 03 - What you'll learn
- 04 - How you'll learn it
1. Incident Reduction
- 05 - What is incident reduction, and why use it
- 06 - Where and when to use incident reduction
- 07 - Incident reduction steps
- 08 - Incident reduction example
- 09 - You try it - Incident reduction
- 10 - Review it - Incident reduction
2. Incident Shift-Left
- 11 - What is incident shift-left, and why use it
- 12 - Where and when to use incident shift-left
- 13 - Steps to creating an incident shift-left response
- 14 - Example of creating an incident shift-left response
- 15 - You try it - Creating an incident shift-left response
- 16 - Review it - Creating an incident shift-left response
3. Incident Monitoring Optimization
- 17 - What is the incident monitoring optimization response, and why do it
- 18 - Where and when to use the incident monitoring optimization response
- 19 - Steps in incident monitoring optimization
- 20 - Example of incident monitoring optimization
- 21 - You try it - Incident monitoring optimization
- 22 - Review it - Incident monitoring optimization
4. Incident Cycle Time Reduction
- 23 - What is incident cycle time reduction, and why use it
- 24 - Where and when to use incident cycle time reduction
- 25 - Steps in incident cycle time reduction
- 26 - Example of incident cycle time reduction
- 27 - You try it - Incident cycle time reduction
- 28 - Review it - Incident cycle time reduction
5. Incident Reassignment Reduction
- 29 - What is incident reassignment reduction, and why use it
- 30 - Where and when to use incident reassignment reduction
- 31 - Steps in incident reassignment reduction
- 32 - Example of incident reassignment reduction
- 33 - You try it - Incident reassignment reduction
- 34 - Review it - Incident reassignment reduction
6. First-Contact Closure Rate Optimization
- 35 - What is first-contact closure rate optimization, and why use it
- 36 - Where and when to use first-contact closure rate optimization
- 37 - Steps in first-contact closure rate optimization
- 38 - Example of first-contact closure rate optimization
- 39 - You try it - First-contact closure rate optimization
- 40 - Review it - First-contact closure rate optimization
7. Knowledge Base Optimization
- 41 - What is knowledge base optimization, and why use it
- 42 - Where and when to use knowledge base optimization
- 43 - Steps in knowledge base optimization
- 44 - Example of knowledge base optimization
- 45 - You try it - Knowledge base optimization
- 46 - Review it - Knowledge base optimization
Conclusion
- 47 - Further your journey into incident management