BiSL®

BiSL® foundation

The training addresses the principles of BiSL and the defined process framework. The principles and the framework as a whole are addressed, the operational processes ( the clusters of use management, functionalities management and connecting processes), management processes and strategy processes.
This training prepares you for the APMG-examination “BiSL Foundation”. In the training, the basic subjects and principles of BiSL are addressed.

The workshop consists of a mix of theory, practical exercises and case studies. There is a lot of room for exchange of experiences, always going back to the theory. The participants will receive hand-outs, exercises and articles plus a practice exam.

Target audience: everyone who is active in the area of business information management and wants to understand the BiSL framework en learn the principles of BiSL.

Duration: 2 days.

Number of participants: at least 4 and up to 12.

The workshop is given onsite, in which case attention is given to situational aspects of the client. In addition, we offer in collaboration with Lagant the course to as open enrollment. Registration for these courses is open to all, so that individual subscriptions are also possible.

This workshop prepares on the official public BiSL Foundation exam by APMG. We can take care of this exam. For the exam specifications and design: see the website of APMG: http://www.apmg-international.com/en/exams/
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BiSL management overview

In this workshop focus is on the basics of business information management and BiSL. On the basis of presentations and exercises, the management domain business information management is expored, also briefly looking at the other management domains: IT infrastructure management and application management and the division of activities and cooperation between the three domains. Then the why and the contents of the BiSL-model are treated high-level or more detailed, depending on the desire and space. The workshop starts from the theory, but depending on the needs and possibilities, then zooms to specific customer situations.

Target audience: business managers, information managers, business information managers and IT professionals who want something more to know about business information management and BiSL or are looking for tools to further implement business information management.
Purpose: gain insight in the area of responsibilities of business information management and to determine the applicability of BiSL and to handle the framework for implementation and improvement of business information management.

BiSL process implementation and improvement
Depending on your needs and the required depth, we can offer BiSL practitioner workshops for all processes, from half-day workshops to two days. Main pillars: working from the theory, scattered with practical examples and case studies and assignments.


Practitioner Course Specification of Business Requirements
This training provides a practical elaboration of the BiSL process Specify information requirements.
The goal and positioning of drawing up specifications, important considerations and methods to be used to come to requirements for a new or to be adjusted information system.
Duration: 2 days

Practitioner Course Review and Testing
This training provides a practical elaboration the BiSL-process Review and Testing.
The subject is testing and reviewing as a tool for operational business information management, the process, the positioning of testing and reviewing, the role of business information management and possible test strategies, so that based on risk analysis and test results, an educated advice can be given for acceptance of new functionality and transition to use and exploitation.

Duration: 2 days

Practitioner Course End User Support
This training provides a practical elaboration of the BiSL process End User support.
Subjects are purpose of the process, conditions and practical tools and options for the implementation or improvement of this process.

Duration: 2 days

Practitioner Course Operational Supplier Management
This training provides a practical elaboration of the BiSL process Operational Supplier Management.
Subjects are purpose of the process, conditions and practical tools and options for the daily cooperation between business information management and IT service suppliers.

Duration: 1 day

Practitioner Course Data Management
This training provides a practical elaboration of the BiSL process Data Management.
In this training will address topics such as: the role of the data owner, how do you determine data quality requirements, what are authentic sources, what is the difference between information and data, how can you find your way in the forest of data models and what types of data can we recognize.
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Duration: 1-2 days. The training consists of a basic module of a day. Thereupon, depending on the needs and challenges in your organization, possible extensions in the form of two modules of half a day each.

Practitioner Course Change Management
This training provides a practical elaboration of the BiSL process Change Management.
Subjects are purpose of the process and useful hands-on approaches to come to prioritization and decisions on proposed amendments.

Duration: 2 days

Practitioner Course Contract management for business information management
This training provides a practical elaboration of the BiSL process Contract management.
Subjects are purpose of the process , the role of this process in the cooperation between the business organization and the IT services provider, the kinds of arrangements that can be made, the processes within the organization to identify the most important necessary requirements and how to monitor agreements. 

Duration: 2 days

Overview training ASL-BiSL, ITIL
This course gives an overview of the IT service management frameworks. Addressed is how the different IT domains relate, how the process frameworks relate and how the processes connect..
Duration: 1 day

Game “Who runs the kitchen?”
A simulation game where participants, based on a situation that almost everyone has experienced, namely buying a kitchen, becomes aware of the need for cooperation and the importance of business information management.

Duration: half-day to one day

Demand IT-game
The Demand IT-game is a product of Simagine business simulations, that is conducted by The Lifecycle Company in license.
In this game, the emphasis is on communication and collaboration, the alignment of short and long term goals for the provision of information, and the differences between role content and role performance in the world of IT and the world of business. This is against the background of the total BiSL framework.

Duration: half-day to a day.