Course Overview
The ITIL® 4 Leader: Digital & IT Strategy (DITS) is a three-day certification course that addresses the key challenges of crafting a successful digital strategy. It focuses on how to align business and IT strategies to achieve long-term success in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Offered by 1ST CAREER, this course is ideal for current and aspiring IT leaders who want to build the strategic capabilities necessary to navigate digital disruption. Through engaging case studies and practical exercises, participants gain a structured yet flexible approach to managing service challenges and maximizing value from digital investments.
This course is one of the two modules required to achieve the ITIL® 4 Strategic Leader (SL) designation. It expands the ITIL framework by introducing a strategic perspective, enabling participants to apply ITIL principles at the leadership level. To earn the SL certification, candidates must also complete the ITIL® 4 Foundation and ITIL® 4 Strategist: Direct, Plan & Improve (DPI) courses.
The course covers a wide range of ITIL® 4 practices that support the development and execution of a digital and IT strategy, such as:
Architecture Management
Continual Improvement
Knowledge Management
Measurement and Reporting
Organizational Change Management
Portfolio and Project Management
Relationship Management
Risk Management
Service Financial Management
Strategy Management
Workforce and Talent Management




