Free EXIN ITILSC-SOA Exam Dumps Questions & Answers

Scenario
A financial services organization has undergone a period of rapid expansion. From its operating base it has expanded to serve customers in over 25 countries spread around the globe. There are plans to enter more markets in the next 12 months.
The key stakeholders involved in the global expansion project have briefed the chief information officer (CIO) on the plans. They have identified IT service performance as one of the major threats to the plan. The CIO has been under pressure from the board due to poor IT service performance in the previous six months. The chief concern has been significant performance variations in network connectivity and communications.
The organization currently has three contracts with different local external suppliers in operating markets supporting three IT network hubs. Whilst the suppliers are all happy to follow local internal IT processes, getting the three to work together on incidents or changes has proved increasingly difficult.
A number of outages have resulted in a blame culture where even the local internal IT departments have been sympathetic to their service providers, resulting in strained relationships between these internal departments at an operational level.
Other issues encountered at one or more locations have included:
* Long-term service improvements have been sacrificed in favour of short-term fixes that avoid the payment of contract penalties by the suppliers
* Changes in ownership of the customer relationship by the suppliers
The CIO believes that a lack of communication between suppliers has been the key cause of failures.
All three supplier contracts are due for renewal in the next 12 months. After consultation, a decision to re-tender for network services has been taken by IT, and approved by the CIO and the board of directors.
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When considering suppliers, which one of the following options would BEST ensure that network issues are addressed in order to meet the needs of the financial services organization?

• A.  Consideration should be given to entering into a partnership with a single supplier where mutual trust and a good relationship can be established.
  Supplier management should have a single, defined point of ownership with local responsibility granted for operational management of issues.
  A long-term, risk-reward framework should be mapped out to encourage the supplier to work towards sustainable service improvements instead of shorter-term quick fixes.
  A strategic alignment should be sought with the supplier where values, goals and cultural fit are similar to that of the financial services organization.
  Implementation of a joint partnership team to initially ensure a smooth transition of the service to the new supplier and to subsequently manage on-going service improvement.
• B.  Consideration should be given to re-contracting with the three current local suppliers. There is no suggestion that they are technically incompetent; it appears to be communication and local cultural differences that cause problems.
  Supplier management should have a single, defined local point of ownership with responsibility granted for operational management of issues.
  The threat of contractual penalties should be removed to encourage suppliers to think longer term about sustainable service improvements.
  Communication issues should be addressed by ensuring all incidents are reported to a single global service desk that the financial institution should implement.
  Suppliers are to ensure that staff engaged in the contract (in particular the account managers and customer service managers) are fully ITIL trained so they understand and can implement service management best practice disciplines.
• C.  Consideration should be given to entering into a partnership with three local suppliers who have worked together before in similar circumstances. This will ensure both communication and local cultural differences are addressed.
  Supplier management should have a single, defined local point of ownership with responsibility granted for operational management of issues.
  The threat of contractual penalties should be removed to encourage suppliers to think longer term about sustainable service improvements.
  Suppliers will commit to the use of local IT processes to ensure compliance and good communication.
  Suppliers are to ensure that staff engaged in the contract (in particular the account managers and customer service managers) are fully ITIL trained so they understand and can implement service management best practice disciplines.
• D.  Consideration should be given to entering into a partnership with a single supplier where mutual trust and a good relationship can be established.
  Supplier management should have a single, defined point of ownership within each country to manage all local operational issues.
  A risk-reward framework should be mapped out as an incentive for the supplier to solve local issues.
  A strategic alignment should be sought with the supplier where values, goals and cultural fit are similar to that of the financial services organization.
  The supplier should set up its own dedicated global account management team to deal with transition and on-going issues by working with local IT support teams.

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An IT services company has been providing hosted and managed IT services to a number of major customers for over 20 years. It has invested heavily in ITIL-based service management processes over the last five years, which has resulted in an increase in the quality of the IT services and an increase in customer satisfaction with the services. This activity has led to a significant growth in the number of customers that the company serves.
The company has implemented all of the service design, service transition and service operation processes to some extent, and is now developing other processes based on ITIL service strategy. As a result of this latest activity they have recognized that their existing service management tool is limited in its ability to support several existing processes, and all of the planned new ones. The supplier of the existing tool is reducing its investment in future development of the tool and is, therefore, unwilling to commit to any additional new facilities or functionality. This has now become an issue for the company and, as a result, they are looking to replace the existing tool with a more comprehensive alternative.
The company plans to develop a requirements specification for the replacement tool and is redwing the areas that need to be considered, including its deployment throughout the organization. The budget for the new tool is limited, therefore it is essential that the new tool can be implemented and used as quickly as possible in order to obtain maximum return on investment (ROI).
Which one of the following options provides the BEST description of the areas that should be addressed by the requirements specification for the new tool?

• A.  The utility and warranty, and service acceptance criteria of the new tool The ability to migrate data from existing tools and to integrate with other tools The planned use of the tool within the organization, together with the type and number of licenses required for its deployment The type and timing of the deployment and the associated tool training and education.
• B.  The utility and warranty, and service acceptance criteria of the new tool The ability to customize the tool to the organization's requirements The number of potential users of the tool together with the number of licenses and their geographical locations required for its deployment The timing of the deployment and the associated tool documentation.
• C.  The utility and warranty of the new tool
  The conformance of the tool to international open standards
  The planned use of the tool within the organization, together with the type and number of licenses required for its deployment The timing of the deployment and the associated tool training and education.
• D.  The usability and functionality of the new tool
  The ability to customize the tool to the organization's requirements
  The planned use of the tool within the organization, together with the number of customers and users of the services and their geographical locations The plans for the deployment and the associated documentation needed for the tool.