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ITIL Experience course

Learn how to embed human-centred and AI-aware design into digital products and services and prepare for the official ITIL Experience (Version 5) certification exam.

For experience, product and service professionals
Instructor-led
Exam included

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Overview

This ITIL Experience course shows you how to design and improve digital experiences, so they build trust and deliver value. You will learn how to capture, interpret and act on experience evidence to drive continual improvement.

What you will gain

  • A clear understanding of experience as a human response and how it shapes value
  • Practical skills for capturing and interpreting experience signals and evidence
  • Confidence designing trust-centred, AI-aware digital experiences
  • Preparation for the official ITIL Experience (Version 5) certification exam from PeopleCert

Who this course is for

  • Experience leads and solutions architects
  • Product owners and service delivery and management professionals
  • Practice owners and business relationship managers
  • Digital transformation managers and integration managers
  • AI governance managers, IT directors and chief digital officers
  • Anyone responsible for shaping or improving digital experiences

Benefits

Clarity in digital experience

Understand how experience arises from anticipation, perception and evaluation across digital interactions.

Better stakeholder alignment

Explore the roles, needs and tensions of users, customers and provider stakeholders.

Trust-centred design

Embed transparency, emotional clarity and psychological safety into digital products and services.

Evidence-informed improvement

Use experience capture, signals and narrative evidence to guide continual improvement.

AI-aware experience design

Understand how AI affects trust and perception and apply AI governance and digital ethics responsibly.

Recognised ITIL certification

Prepare for and sit the ITIL Experience (Version 5) exam from PeopleCert.

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Course

This course follows the official ITIL Experience (Version 5) syllabus and shows you how to design, capture and improve digital experiences.

ITIL concepts and experience foundations

Understand key ITIL concepts and experience as a human response.

Experience stakeholders and dimensions

Explore stakeholder roles and how experience is shaped across organisations, people, technology and partners.

Experience in the lifecycle

See how experience moments and interactions emerge across lifecycle stages.

Capturing experience evidence

Learn how to capture and interpret experience signals and evidence.

Service relationships and journeys

Explore service relationships, journeys and experience touchpoints.

Experience improvement and AI

Apply continual improvement, experimentation and AI governance to digital experiences.
ITIL Experience course

Curriculum

The ITIL Experience course follows the official ITIL Experience (Version 5) syllabus and covers how to design, capture and improve digital experiences.

  • ITIL concepts and the foundations of experience
  • Experience stakeholders and tensions
  • Experience and the ITIL four dimensions
  • Experience in the product and service lifecycle
  • Capturing experience
  • Service relationships and journeys
  • Digital experience improvement
  • ITIL, AI and experience governance

Full curriculum details

ITIL concepts and the foundations of experience

  • Core ITIL principles, the ITIL Value System and foundational concepts
  • Understanding digital products, digital services and their lifecycle
  • How experience emerges through anticipation, perception and evaluation

Experience stakeholders and tensions

  • Consumer stakeholders: users, customers and sponsors, and what each expects
  • How provider roles shape and influence experience
  • Experience tensions that affect trust, engagement and value perception

Experience and the ITIL four dimensions

  • Shaping experience through organisational structures and people
  • How information and technology influence digital experience
  • The role of partners and suppliers in the experience ecosystem
  • Applying the Four Dimensions as a lens for governing experience

Experience in the product and service lifecycle

  • Key experience moments throughout lifecycle stages
  • The difference between functional and relational interactions
  • Recognising friction points and unmet expectations
  • Mapping trust requirements across stakeholder journeys

Capturing experience

  • Working with experience signals, evidence and quality measures
  • Collecting quantitative and qualitative experience data
  • Techniques for direct, indirect and synthetic capture
  • Evaluating trustworthiness and coherence in experience evidence

Service relationships and journeys

  • Viewing service relationships and agreements through an experience lens
  • Understanding service journeys from consumer and provider perspectives
  • Identifying journey stages, touchpoints and design opportunities

Digital experience improvement

  • Using the continual improvement model for experience
  • Applying experimentation, learning loops and adaptive practices
  • Building trust and psychological safety into improvement work
  • Distinguishing between system-wide and localised improvements

ITIL, AI and experience governance

  • Understanding AI’s role as an experience actor
  • Governing AI use with ethical frameworks and decision-support principles
  • Applying automation responsibly in experience delivery
  • Sustaining experience improvement through effective governance
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Exam & certification

What to expect from the ITIL Experience (Version 5) exam and how we help you prepare.

  • Format: Multiple choice (objective test)
  • Questions: 40
  • Pass mark: 70% (28 correct)
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Materials: Open book
  • Prerequisites: ITIL 4 certification or ITIL Foundation (Version 5)
  • Results: Same day
  • Exam access: Online

Your path to success

Learn
Understand how to design, capture and improve digital experiences.
Practice
Reinforce key concepts and use practice questions to build exam confidence.
Pass
Sit the ITIL Experience (Version 5) exam feeling prepared and focused.

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FAQs

Is ITIL Experience right for me?

Yes, if you are involved in designing, delivering or improving digital products and services and want them to be more human-centred, trustworthy and aligned with stakeholder needs. It is especially useful if you work in experience design, service management, product ownership or digital transformation.

Do I need ITIL experience to take this course?

You should already hold an ITIL 4 certification or ITIL Foundation (Version 5). Some experience in IT service management, product management or customer experience will also help you get the most from the course.

How is the ITIL Experience course delivered?

The course is delivered live online by an instructor via our training ATO partner, Learning Tree. You join scheduled sessions, take part in explanations and discussions, and prepare for the ITIL Experience exam.

Is the exam included in the course fee?

Yes. This course includes the ITIL Experience (Version 5) exam. Full details about booking and sitting your exam are provided in your joining instructions.

How long is the course?

The ITIL Experience course is delivered over 3 days of live online training.

What can I do after this course?

After passing the exam, you will hold the ITIL Experience (Version 5) certification from PeopleCert. You can use what you have learned to improve how your organisation designs, captures and improves digital experiences.

Can my organisation run this training for a team?

Yes. We can deliver ITIL Experience as a private course for groups, helping teams build a shared understanding of experience design and improvement.

How long do I have access to course materials?

You will receive joining information and materials before your course and retain access to key resources for a defined period after the training. Full details are provided in your joining instructions.

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