Passed Foundation

kingholmes

I passed the 2011 Foundation exam last week. It was pretty straight-forward. I read the Brady Orand book and the corresponding questions and answers (both on Kindle) and took the practice test on the official ITIL site too. I scored 38/40 and it only took around 20 minutes. I was nervouse as I always am for these tests but it worked out well.

Claire Agutter

Congratulations! Do you plan to take any further ITIL training, or is Foundation going to meet your needs?

kingholmes

Foundation is all I will be attempting right now. It was a suggested cert for a customer.

Dr IT

Congrats on the Pass - ITIL (F) is a very good cert to have

@ Claire : - Hi Claire is there a new version of the ITIL Coming out anytime this year - The last time i passed the ITIL ( V2 ) the V3 was out which was superseeded by the ITIL 2011 - so i am kinda of prolonging myself in doing this foundation cert again as i waiting for a new version to come out ITIL .

Claire Agutter

Hi Dr IT

There are no plans for a new version of ITIL communicated to us as training providers. I think you are safe to take the foundation cert now

Claire

Dr IT

Thanks Claire May be now i dont have a reason to postpone by ITIL Prep anymore

Slowhand

Congratulations!

I took the Foundation exam on Monday, and I was really surprised to find that it just breezed on by in about 20 minutes as well.

cgrimaldo

Hi Slowhand, what materials did you use? Congrats on the pass!

Slowhand

@cgrimaldo: I gave a run-down of my study-material in this thread:

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Study Materials Used:

• CBT Nuggets: ITIL Foundations - This was my primary study resource. Watched through the videos, took some notes on each pertaining to methodologies, steps of each service, and key terms.
• The Art of Service, How to Pass on Your First Try - Borrowed this from a coworker. It's an excellent resource, laid out like study notes, which was perfect for following up the CBT Nuggets videos with. (There is a more up-to-date version on sale)
• The 2011 ITIL Glossary of Terms and Definitions
• And I took the free practice exam on the ITIL Foundations page

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It took about a week of studying: I took some good notes and read through the book a couple of times over to nail down the terms and concepts. Michael Shannon does a good job of laying out the concepts, really gives you a clear picture of the service lifecycle and how the different parts fit together. The real challenge is memorizing the different steps and learning names and brand-new acronyms to add to our already-impressive list of IT terms.

cgrimaldo

Thanks Slowhand!