SIAM™ Courses

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What is SIAM (Service Integration and Management)?

SIAM is an approach to service integration and management that brings together the principles of governance, management, integration, assurance and coordination. A synonym for Service Integration and Management (SIAM™) is multi-sourcing integration (MSI) This framework allows organizations to manage multiple service providers with an aligned approach to service management.

SIAM's principles allow you to manage your services effectively, by providing governance, management, integration, assurance and coordination.

Which are the benefits of SIAM?

SIAM brings many benefits to certification holders:

• It provides better service to end users
• It brings higher cost efficiency
• It strengthens accountability
• It allows for greater flexibility
• It teaches the ability to introduce competitiveness among service providers
• Development and ownership of intellectual property
• Greater access to the expertise of a wider range of suppliers

SIAM certifications equip individuals with the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in areas such as IT governance, IT operations, IT outsourcing, supplier management, service level agreements (SLAs), process integration, and efficient service delivery.

Who should attend a SIAM training course?

SIAM certifications are for service managers who manage any combination of internal and external service providers. These include consultants, service managers, project and programme managers, and relationship, change and commercial managers, as well as solutions architects.

SIAM certification pathway

EXIN SIAM qualification scheme is composed by two levels of certification.

SIAM Foundation
This certification level covers the core principles of SIAM, as well as the terminology. Also potential benefits, challenges and risks of implementing SIAM are discussed in this course.

SIAM Professional
This certification level helps a candidate demonstrating the knowledge about the application of SIAM to different scenarios. It will also demonstrate the ability of managing multiple service providers and integrating them to provide a single business-facing IT organization.

How to prepare for SIAM exams?

iLEARN provides SIAM training courses that are helpful to achieve the knowledge and related certifications. Courses are available with different delivery methods:

• SIAM classroom courses
  • on pre-scheduled dates: traditional classroom training at iLEARN premises
  • in-house: traditional classroom training scheduled based on client needs and at customer's or iLEARN premises
• SIAM distant (virtual) courses: following a remote classroom by means of a web-conference
• SIAM eLearning/self-paced learning: training provided through our online learning management system from anywhere and at any time
• SIAM ONE-to-ONE courses: access to e-Learning platform and interactive sessions via web-conference with the accredited trainer

Earn PDUs with SIAM certifications

Our SIAM training courses can provide Professional Development Units (PDUs) through an auto-declaration procedure on PMI’s portal.
Here below you can find more details about the PDUs allocation for each level of the SIAM certification training pathway:

• SIAM™ Foundation: 16 PDUs

To learn more about the PDUs allocation according to the PMI Talent Triangle and to discover all of our online training courses and exam packages for each certification level, click on one of the links above.

Please note that, in order to auto-declare PDUs attending this course provided by iLEARN, the purchase of the attendance confirmation (attendance certificate) in electronic format (pdf) is mandatory. Select the option to add the attendance confirmation at the moment of purchase and proceed to checkout.

For more information about PDUs and how to claim them to maintain your PMI qualifications, please visit our dedicated page.

Useful links

• EXIN official website – SIAM qualifications

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