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ITIL v4 certified · Belgium · Luxembourg · France

ITIL v4-certified consultants for service management projects

Every SMC Consulting consultant is ITIL v4 certified. It is the common ground of our ITIL consulting work: ITSM audits, tool selection, implementation, migration and service desk optimisation, delivered on site or remotely across Belgium, Luxembourg and France.

180ITSM implementations
40+ITSM migrations
20years in IT service management
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What ITIL v4 certification tells you about a consultant

ITIL 4 is the most widely used framework for IT service management. A certified consultant has been examined on its concepts: the service value system, the guiding principles, and the practices behind incident, request, problem and change management, service levels and the configuration management database (CMDB).

On a project, that means your process owners, your service desk and your consultant use the same words for the same things from the first workshop. Nobody spends the first weeks agreeing on what a problem is or when a change needs approval.

A certificate does not replace field experience, and we do not present it that way. Our consultants combine ITIL v4 with the 180 ITSM implementations and 40+ migrations SMC Consulting has delivered, and they adapt the framework to your organisation instead of reciting it.

Why ITIL 4 certification matters for ITSM projects

Less risk

Processes are built on a proven reference model, not invented project by project. Gaps in incident, change or service level management surface during design, not after go-live.

More stability

Change enablement with clear approval rules and a CMDB you can trust: fewer changes break production, and the ones that do are traced back faster.

Faster resolution

Clear categories, priorities and escalation paths, knowledge linked to incidents, and problem management that removes root causes, so the same tickets stop coming back.

Business alignment

ITIL 4 starts from the value a service delivers. Service levels and reports are agreed with the business in its own terms, not only as ticket counts.

What our consultants deliver

The same ITIL v4 certified consultants work across our six ITSM consulting services. Deliverables, duration and team for each service are on the ITSM consulting services page.

Free ITSM audit

30 minutes with a senior consultant: a maturity score and your 3 priorities.

Free ITSM audit

ITSM tool selection

A shortlist and a decision grid built on your requirements, users and budget.

ITSM tool selection

ITSM implementation

Scoping, configuration and adoption on the platform you choose.

ITSM implementation

ITSM migration

Move to a new tool with your history, workflows and users intact.

ITSM migration

Service desk optimisation

Backlog, SLAs and adoption improved without starting from scratch.

Service desk optimisation

NIS2 in your ITSM

Asset inventory, 24h/72h incident reporting and evidence, built into your ITSM.

NIS2 in your ITSM

Our ITIL v4 certification, and how to check it

  • ITIL 4 Foundation is held by every SMC Consulting consultant.
  • Higher ITIL 4 levels from PeopleCert (Specialist and Strategist modules, Managing Professional) are held where the role calls for them.
  • Certificate IDs are available on request for the team proposed for your project, and can be verified through PeopleCert.

Partner status

  • HaloITSM logoCertified HaloITSM partner
  • ServiceNow logoServiceNow implementation partner

Platforms our consultants work on

We recommend the platform that fits your requirements, users and budget. HaloITSM is our pick for most mid-size and large organisations, and we are a ServiceNow implementation partner.

  • HaloITSM logo

    HaloITSM

    Our pick · certified partner

  • ServiceNow ITSM logo

    ServiceNow ITSM

    Implementation partner

  • Freshservice logo

    Freshservice

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • Jira Service Management logo

    Jira Service Management

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • TOPdesk logo

    TOPdesk

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • EasyVista Service Manager logo

    EasyVista Service Manager

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • Ivanti Neurons for ITSM logo

    Ivanti Neurons for ITSM

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • Xurrent (formerly 4me) logo

    Xurrent (formerly 4me)

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • GLPI logo

    GLPI

    We advise, implement and migrate

  • ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus logo

    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

    Not yet delivered by SMC Consulting

Our advice is independent. If you choose HaloITSM, we can also supply the licences as its certified partner, and we tell you so up front.

For a side-by-side view, read our comparison of the 10 best ITSM tools, or see why HaloITSM is our pick.

How ITIL 4 shapes the way we work

ITIL 4 is a framework, not a recipe. This is where it shows in our engagements. New to the subject? Start with what IT service management is.

  1. Assessment

    We compare your practices with ITIL 4: what exists, what is written down and what your tool really enforces. The free 30-minute audit gives a first maturity score; the two-week diagnosis goes practice by practice.

  2. Practice design

    Incident, request, problem, change enablement and service level management, designed for your size and your teams, with only the controls you need.

  3. Platform configuration

    We configure the platform's standard first: categories, priorities, SLAs, workflows and the CMDB model, on HaloITSM, ServiceNow or the tool you already run.

  4. Reporting and governance

    Service levels, backlog, resolution times and satisfaction reported in a form management and the business can act on, with a named owner for each practice.

  5. Continual improvement

    Results reviewed after six months against the baseline set at the start, and the next improvements agreed. In ITIL 4, continual improvement is a practice in its own right.

See where your service desk stands against ITIL 4

The free 30-minute ITSM audit with a senior ITIL v4 certified consultant: a maturity score and your three priorities.

Three colleagues reviewing a service desk configuration on a laptop during an ITIL 4 workshop

What changes when your consultant is ITIL v4 certified

  • Workshops start from a shared vocabulary, so decisions come faster.
  • Your processes follow a model that auditors, new hires and suppliers already know.
  • The configuration in your ITSM tool matches the processes on paper.
  • Your own team picks up the ITIL 4 practices by working alongside the consultants.
  • Improvements are measured against a baseline, not assumed.

Who our ITIL consultants work with

IT managers and CIOs

Who need an independent view of their service management and a plan they can defend to their management.

Service desk managers

Facing a growing backlog, SLAs that slip or a tool the team works around instead of with.

Process owners

For incident, problem, change or service level management, who want a practice that works day to day, not just a document.

ITIL v4 consultants: frequently asked questions

Are all SMC Consulting consultants ITIL v4 certified?

Yes. Every SMC Consulting consultant is ITIL v4 certified, from the senior consultant who runs your free audit to the consultants who configure your platform. We treat it as a minimum: it guarantees a shared vocabulary, and field experience does the rest.

What is the difference between ITIL v4 Foundation and higher certifications?

ITIL 4 Foundation is the entry-level certification: it covers the key concepts, the guiding principles and the purpose of the main practices. The higher modules, now run by PeopleCert, go deeper into creating, delivering and supporting services, driving stakeholder value or directing and improving IT, and lead to designations such as ITIL 4 Managing Professional and ITIL 4 Strategic Leader.

On most ITSM projects, Foundation provides the shared language. Having designed and run these practices in real service desks matters more than the level of the certificate.

Do your consultants work on site in Belgium, Luxembourg and France?

Yes. SMC Consulting is based in Belgium, and our consultants work on site or remotely across Belgium, Luxembourg and France.

Do you subcontract the work?

No. We do not hand your project to a third-party subcontractor. SMC Consulting consultants do the work, on site or remotely.

Which ITSM platforms are your consultants certified on?

SMC Consulting is a certified HaloITSM partner and a ServiceNow implementation partner. Our consultants also advise on, implement and migrate Freshservice, Jira Service Management, TOPdesk, EasyVista, Ivanti Neurons for ITSM, Xurrent and GLPI. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus is not yet delivered by SMC Consulting. Vendor certifications vary from one consultant to another; ask us for those of the team proposed for your project.

Start with a free ITSM audit with one of our consultants

30 minutes with a senior ITIL v4 certified consultant: a maturity score and your three priorities. Free, no commitment.