A tailored course, built for your situation
Mastering ISO 20000 for Executive Facilities & Administration Leaders
Turn overlooked operational workflows into recognized, leadership-visible service delivery frameworks
The situation this course is for
Despite managing complex vendor networks, compliance requirements, and cross-functional support workflows, many senior facilities leaders find their work treated as background noise. Initiatives that reduce downtime, improve response times, or standardize service delivery rarely get the recognition they deserve, because they lack a formal structure that leadership can see, measure, and trust.
Who this is for
Senior operational leader in a global services firm, responsible for facilities and administration, with influence across multiple regions and vendors. Focused on consistency, compliance, and service quality, but operating outside of traditional IT or supply chain frameworks.
Who this is not for
Entry-level facilities coordinators, contractors focused on tactical execution only, or practitioners in non-corporate environments such as government or healthcare with rigid legacy systems.
What you walk away with
- Framed ISO 20000-aligned service delivery as mission-critical to leadership
- Documented and standardized service request workflows across teams
- Led vendor performance reviews with certified SLA tracking frameworks
- Produced an internal service catalog that maps to business units
- Earned formal recognition for operational improvements in leadership briefings
The 12 modules (with all 144 chapters)
- Defining service management outside of IT departments
- Core objectives of ISO 20000 in operational contexts
- Mapping facilities workflows to service lifecycle stages
- Understanding certification scope and boundaries
- Identifying stakeholders beyond the IT team
- Aligning with corporate governance expectations
- Case study: Global firm standardizes admin support using ISO 20000
- Common misconceptions about non-IT service certification
- How ISO 20000 complements existing compliance frameworks
- Linking service quality to business continuity outcomes
- Establishing executive sponsorship for service frameworks
- Setting baseline metrics for current service delivery
- Designing SLAs for facilities response times
- Differentiating SLA types: standard, premium, emergency
- Incorporating SLA terms into vendor contracts
- Tracking compliance with automated reporting tools
- Handling SLA breaches and escalation paths
- Benchmarking performance across regions
- Aligning SLA expectations with business demand cycles
- Documenting service credits and recovery actions
- Integrating user feedback into SLA reviews
- Standardizing SLA reporting for leadership dashboards
- Using SLAs to drive vendor accountability
- Maintaining up-to-date SLA documentation
- Defining incidents in non-IT service areas
- Creating a centralized incident logging system
- Classifying incidents by impact and urgency
- Establishing triage and escalation protocols
- Assigning ownership to incident resolution
- Integrating incident tracking with vendor SLAs
- Using incident data to identify systemic issues
- Reducing recurrence through root cause analysis
- Automating notifications and status updates
- Reporting incident trends to management
- Maintaining audit-ready incident records
- Training teams on consistent incident handling
- Differentiating incidents from underlying problems
- Establishing a formal problem register
- Using incident data to identify patterns
- Conducting structured root cause analysis sessions
- Applying fishbone diagrams to facilities issues
- Prioritizing problems by business impact
- Assigning ownership for permanent fixes
- Tracking problem resolution progress
- Integrating problem management with change control
- Measuring reduction in incident recurrence
- Documenting lessons learned and best practices
- Creating knowledge base articles from resolutions
- Defining change types in facilities operations
- Creating a change advisory board structure
- Documenting change requests and business justification
- Assessing risks of proposed changes
- Obtaining approvals from relevant stakeholders
- Scheduling changes to avoid peak operations
- Communicating changes to affected teams
- Implementing changes with rollback plans
- Verifying post-change service stability
- Auditing change records for compliance
- Using change data to improve forecasting
- Reducing unauthorized changes through enforcement
- Identifying configuration items in facilities
- Defining attributes for physical and service assets
- Mapping relationships between services and locations
- Maintaining up-to-date configuration records
- Using spreadsheets and databases effectively
- Linking assets to incident and change workflows
- Auditing configuration data accuracy
- Integrating asset tracking with procurement systems
- Managing configuration baselines
- Documenting decommissioned assets
- Ensuring data privacy in asset records
- Training teams on configuration discipline
- Defining standard service requests
- Creating request fulfillment workflows
- Automating approvals where possible
- Setting clear ownership for request handling
- Integrating request data with SLA tracking
- Reducing manual effort through templates
- Capturing user satisfaction after fulfillment
- Handling exceptions and escalations
- Using request data to forecast workload
- Publishing service request catalog publicly
- Training staff on request handling
- Auditing request completion quality
- Aligning vendor contracts with service objectives
- Defining SLAs and KPIs for third parties
- Monitoring vendor performance regularly
- Conducting vendor review meetings
- Enforcing contract terms and service credits
- Managing onboarding and offboarding processes
- Assessing vendor risk and compliance
- Integrating vendors into incident response
- Requiring vendors to follow change control
- Auditing vendor service delivery
- Maintaining vendor relationship records
- Using vendor scorecards for improvement
- Identifying services for inclusion in the catalog
- Defining service descriptions and scope
- Specifying service request procedures
- Including SLAs and availability details
- Linking services to responsible teams
- Publishing the catalog internally
- Updating the catalog after changes
- Training teams to use the catalog
- Using the catalog in onboarding programs
- Aligning service offerings with business units
- Measuring usage of cataloged services
- Auditing catalog accuracy annually
- Understanding ISO 20000 audit criteria
- Identifying mandatory documentation requirements
- Conducting gap assessments across domains
- Selecting and training internal auditors
- Scheduling audit cycles
- Performing process walkthroughs
- Interviewing team members effectively
- Documenting findings and action items
- Tracking closure of audit recommendations
- Preparing for external certification audits
- Using audit results for continuous improvement
- Maintaining audit trails and records
- Establishing continuous improvement culture
- Using the PDCA cycle in operations
- Collecting performance metrics consistently
- Gathering user feedback through surveys
- Analyzing service data for insights
- Prioritizing improvement initiatives
- Documenting improvement plans
- Measuring impact of implemented changes
- Sharing successes across teams
- Integrating lessons into future planning
- Sustaining improvement momentum
- Recognizing contributors to service gains
- Framing service work in business terms
- Creating executive summaries of service performance
- Building leadership-facing dashboards
- Presenting service value in board-adjacent forums
- Telling stories with operational data
- Aligning service goals with corporate strategy
- Reporting on cost avoidance and risk reduction
- Securing budget for service improvements
- Highlighting team contributions publicly
- Responding to leadership inquiries confidently
- Maintaining visibility between reporting cycles
- Establishing regular service review meetings
How this maps to your situation
- Facilities as a service delivery function
- Executive-level recognition of operational work
- Standardization across global locations
- Vendor performance and SLA tracking
Before vs. after
What's included with your purchase
- 12 modules with 12 chapters each (144 chapters)
- Downloadable templates and worked examples for every module
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Delivery and format
- Course and learning environment access provisioned within 24 hours of purchase
- Hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access
Format: Text-based modules and chapters in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every chapter, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.
Time investment: Approximately 90 minutes per week over six weeks, designed for integration into existing operational responsibilities.
How this compares to the alternatives
Generic facilities training fails to link operations to international standards. Internal compliance programs often overlook service management. This course bridges that gap with a tailored path to ISO 20000 implementation focused on real-world administrative leadership, not theoretical frameworks.
Frequently asked
Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.