Incident & Service Request Handling

Process Requirements
Registration Research & Assign Investigate & Diagnose Resolve Close
  • Caller uniqname and location information
  • Service Offering and Configuration Item (CI)
  • Short Description and Description
  • Impact - how many people are affected or how widespread the issue is
  • Urgency - how quickly the issue needs to be resolved
  • Category - Incident or Request
  • Contact Type
  • Incident, Knowledge and Problem Look Up to review for appropriate records
  • Relate to existing records when appropriate
  • If an answer is not found, Assign to appropriate Assignment Group.
  • Add team member assigned to work ticket in Assigned to
  • Gather facts and investigate, document all history in Work Notes
  • Critical Priority, initiate Significant Incident Process
  • Re-assignment, Assign to a different Assignment Group where appropriate
  • Includes Close Code, Resolution Category, and Close Notes
  • Adherence to Operating Level Expectation Target Resolution guidelines
  • Contact the customer to confirm the ticket is resolved to their satisfaction
  • Create Knowledge, Problem or Change records when needed
  • Tickets with the State of Resolved will autoclose in 5 days
Assignment Group Discretionary
Registration Research & Assign Investigate & Diagnose Resolve Close
  • Templates ensure consistency in the way common tickets are captured and help record information when escalating to an Assignment Group
  • Keywords for consistency, searching and reporting purposes
  • Service detail, the breakdown of the service
  • Watch List
  • How to organize your Assignment Group(s)
  • What KM articles are available to assist in addressing tickets
  • Ensure Tier 1 knows which Assignment Group to use when assigning
  • Who is available for On Call
  • Determine which staff and when staff will work Incidents
  • Establish internal working procedures and communication
  • Assignment Group Administrator determines how to monitor progress and who can call a Significant Incident
  • Notification to the customer
  • Who approves the handling of catalog order
  • Review reporting

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