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Skills this practice test covers
- Match each type of service relationship with the role BRM plays in it.
- Describe the two main BRM processes with their inputs, outputs and key questions.
- Map stakeholders on a power/interest grid and plan how to engage each one.
- Apply a Gemba walk and Voice of the Customer to learn what a business unit needs.
- Match BRM activities to the competencies they need with the LACMT model.
- Assess BRM capability with the ITIL maturity model and plan the next steps.
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ITIL4-BRM exam content
6 domains · 20 topics · 127 questions
Key Concepts of Business Relationship Management (BRM)29 questions
This domain sets out what the BRM practice is for and how practice success factors measure it. It also covers the main challenges, the stakeholders in a service relationship, the steps that a consumer and a provider go through together, and the types of service relationship.
Skills tested
- State the purpose of the BRM practice and its practice success factors.
- Explain the value BRM brings to an organization and the challenges it faces.
- Identify the stakeholders on the consumer and provider sides of a service relationship.
- Walk through the steps from exploring a need to realizing value, and explain touchpoints and service interactions.
- Describe the role of BRM in basic, cooperative and partnership relationships.
Questions by topic
- Purpose, PSFs, and Value of BRM12
- Key Challenges and Stakeholders12
- Types of Service Relationships5
BRM Value Streams and Processes37 questions
This domain places BRM inside the ITIL service value chain. Candidates explain the two main BRM processes with their inputs, outputs, activities and key questions. They then build relationship models and fit BRM into the value streams of the organization.
Skills tested
- Show how value streams, practices and processes in the service value chain create value.
- Describe the inputs, outputs, activities and key questions of the two main BRM processes.
- Develop a relationship model and apply it to a real service relationship.
- Integrate BRM activities into the value streams of the organization.
Questions by topic
- Two Main BRM Processes14
- ITIL Service Value Chain and BRM13
- Relationship Models and Integration7
- BRM Integration in Value Streams3
BRM Models and Techniques16 questions
This domain covers three techniques for understanding stakeholders. Stakeholder analysis and mapping sorts them by influence and interest, the Gemba walk observes work where it happens, and Voice of the Customer records what consumers say they need.
Skills tested
- Map stakeholders on a power/interest grid and plan how to engage each group.
- Plan a Gemba walk to observe how a business unit uses a service.
- Gather Voice of the Customer input and turn it into service requirements.
Questions by topic
- Gemba Walk4
- Stakeholder Analysis and Mapping5
- Voice of the Customer (VoC)6
- Key Challenges and Stakeholders1
BRM Roles, Skills, and Organisational Solutions21 questions
This domain is about the people who do BRM. It covers the key skills, the relationship manager and relationship agent roles, the LACMT model for matching competencies to activities, and where BRM sits in the structure of an organization.
Skills tested
- List the key skills of BRM, such as communication, negotiation and business acumen.
- Separate the responsibilities of the relationship manager from those of the relationship agent.
- Apply the LACMT model to the competencies that BRM activities need.
- Choose between a centralized and a distributed position for BRM in the organization.
Questions by topic
- BRM Skills and LACMT Model9
- BRM Roles5
- Positioning BRM in Organizations7
Information, Technology, Partners, and Suppliers in BRM10 questions
This domain looks at what BRM works with. Candidates identify the key inputs and outputs of the practice, the automation tools that support it, and the ways partners and suppliers make service relationships more complex.
Skills tested
- Identify the key inputs and outputs of the BRM practice.
- Describe how automation tools, such as CRM tools, support BRM work.
- Explain how dependencies on third parties affect a service relationship.
Questions by topic
- Technology Enabling BRM5
- Partners and Suppliers in BRM5
Developing BRM Capability in an Organisation14 questions
This domain treats BRM as a capability that grows over time. Candidates use the ITIL maturity model and capability criteria to assess the current state, choose metrics and improvement methods, and follow the steps of capability development.
Skills tested
- Assess BRM capability with the key concepts of the ITIL maturity model.
- Apply capability criteria to plan BRM capability development.
- Pick metrics and methods that show whether BRM is improving.
- Move from the current state to a defined target state with the key development steps.
Questions by topic
- ITIL Maturity Model for BRM3
- BRM Capability Development8
- Metrics and Methods for BRM Improvement2
- Continual Improvement1
Requirements
- Required: ITIL 4 Foundation or another ITIL certificate that PeopleCert accepts.
- Required: a course from a PeopleCert Accredited Training Organisation (ATO). PeopleCert releases the result only with proof of this training.
About the ITIL4-BRM exam
ITIL4-BRM checks that a business relationship manager can apply the ITIL 4 business relationship management (BRM) practice, from stakeholder mapping to building BRM capability. It is an extension module in the ITIL 4 scheme. Candidates need ITIL 4 Foundation or another accepted ITIL certificate, plus accredited training. The exam is closed book. Passing earns the ITIL 4 Specialist: Business Relationship Management certificate, which also counts toward the ITIL 4 Practice Manager designation.
BRM Value Streams and Processes has the most questions in the PlanetCert practice test. Each explanation ties the answer back to the BRM practice, for example how a touchpoint differs from a service interaction. Flashcard mode suits the many named models, from practice success factors to the LACMT model. Brainy AI Assistant can apply a technique to a new case, such as a Gemba walk in a finance team, or explain where BRM fits in a value stream.
How to earn the certification
- Earns
- ITIL 4 Specialist: Business Relationship ManagementSpecialist (ITIL 4 extension module)
The certificate is valid for three years. It renews by passing the exam again, by passing another exam in the same product suite, or through CPD points logged with PeopleCert Plus.
- Before
- ITIL4-FND ITIL 4 Foundation
Required first, unless the candidate holds another ITIL certificate that PeopleCert accepts.
- ITIL4-FND ITIL 4 Foundation
- After
- ITIL4-CDS ITIL 4 Specialist: Create, Deliver and Support
Needed, together with practice-based certificates such as BRM, for the ITIL 4 Practice Manager designation.
- ITIL4-DSV ITIL 4 Specialist: Drive Stakeholder Value
An ITIL 4 Specialist module about creating value with stakeholders.
- ITIL4-DPI ITIL 4 Strategist: Direct, Plan and Improve
The ITIL 4 Strategist module, about direction, planning and continual improvement.
- ITIL4-DITS ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy
The ITIL 4 Leader module, about digital and IT strategy.
- ITIL4-CDS ITIL 4 Specialist: Create, Deliver and Support
How to prepare for ITIL4-BRM
- 1
Pair the course with the eBook
The accredited course is required anyway. After each session, read the matching part of the official eBook and the Learner Workbook.
- 2
Map the steps of one real service
Pick a real service and draw each step, from exploring the need to realizing value. Mark each touchpoint and each service interaction, and name the type of service relationship.
- 3
Try the three techniques on a case
Map the stakeholders of the same service on a power/interest grid, plan a Gemba walk, and write the Voice of the Customer questions to ask.
- 4
Memorize the two BRM processes
BRM Value Streams and Processes has the most questions in the practice test. Learn the inputs, outputs, activities and key questions of both processes until they can be listed from memory.
- 5
Close with a timed mock run
Take the ITIL4-BRM practice test in Timed Mode without notes, because the real exam is closed book. Ask Brainy AI Assistant about any answer that turned on the LACMT model or the ITIL maturity model.
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PeopleCert requires a course from an Accredited Training Organisation. The official materials are the ITIL 4 Specialist: Business Relationship Management eBook, the Learner Workbook and the Quick Reference Guide.
Who ITIL4-BRM is for
- IT business relationship managers who link a service provider with the business units it serves.
- Service delivery and IT service managers who handle customer expectations and feedback.
- Holders of ITIL 4 Foundation who collect practice-based certificates toward ITIL 4 Practice Manager.
Typical job titles: Business relationship manager · Service delivery manager · IT service manager · Customer success manager · Digital product manager · IT strategist
ITIL4-BRM glossary
18 terms from the exam objectives and the vendor's official material, each defined in a sentence.
- Accredited Training Organisation (ATO)
- A training provider that PeopleCert has approved to deliver the official course, which BRM candidates must complete.
- Basic service relationship
- A service relationship built on standard products and services, with little joint work between the provider and the consumer.
- Cooperative service relationship
- A service relationship in which the provider and the consumer work together more closely, with some services shaped to the consumer.
- Gemba walk
- A Lean technique in which a manager goes to the place where the work is done, to watch it and talk with the people who do it.
- ITIL maturity model
- The ITIL tool that rates how capable each practice is and how mature service management is across an organization.
- ITIL service value chain
- The ITIL operating model of activities, such as engage and improve, that an organization combines to turn demand into value.
- LACMT model
- The ITIL competency model of five profiles: leader, administrator, coordinator and communicator, methods and techniques expert, and technical expert.
- Partnership service relationship
- The closest type of service relationship, in which the provider and the consumer share goals and build value together over the long term.
- Power/interest grid
- A stakeholder mapping tool that places each stakeholder by power and by interest, to decide how closely to engage them.
- Practice Success Factors (PSFs)
- The components that a practice needs in order to fulfil its purpose. The key metrics of the practice are derived from them.
- Relationship agent
- A role that supports the relationship manager by handling day-to-day contact with stakeholders.
- Relationship manager
- The role responsible for a service relationship with a consumer organization, from setting it up to keeping it healthy.
- Service interactions
- Two-way actions between a service provider and a service consumer that create value together.
- Service journey model
- The ITIL model of the steps that a service consumer and a service provider go through together, from exploring a need to realizing value.
- Service value streams
- Series of steps that an organization follows to create and deliver a product or service to a consumer.
- Touchpoints
- Events in which a service consumer or potential consumer meets the service provider or its products and services.
- Value co-creation
- The idea that value comes from a service provider and a service consumer working together, not from the provider alone.
- Voice of the Customer (VoC)
- A set of methods for capturing what customers say they need and expect, so that services can be shaped around it.