ITIL 4 Foundation · Free Practice Question Medium

Question 18

During a review of the New Account Creation process at your company, you determine that the current process requires 15 steps to create a new account. As you analyze each step, you find that steps 3 and 5 provide no value to the process or the organization. Based on which guiding principle should you eliminate steps 3 and 5 from the process?
  • A Think and work holistically
  • B Keep it simple and practical
  • C Optimize and automate
  • D Focus on value
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Correct answer: B

Explanation

When analyzing a practice, process, service, metric, or other improvement targets, always ask whether it contributes to value creation. If value is not being created, then eliminate the unnecessary steps to simplify the process.

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