The classification of an Incident, deciding on whether it is a major or critical one in an enterprise can be challenging, as these are largely human processes. It is of strategic importance to make decisions in the best interest of the organization and its customers. This becomes a very critical function within the service desk tool to indicate options which would be listed as low, medium, high-major and/or critical.

A good place to begin is the understanding the grid of where incidents are listed. A priority code is a value assigned to an incident record in which jobs get done with the correct allocation of resources required to accomplish the work. This is done within a permitted time frame that ultimately reflects the organizational response. In simple terms, a higher priority gets resolved sooner than a lower issue.

• High Priority calls for immediate response to assessment with the highest involvement
• Medium Priority calls for standard operational procedures with normal supervision
• Low Priority calls for standard operational procedures specified along a given frame time

A customer may be defined as an internal, essentially an employee, or an external customer who is someone who pays for products or services. The establishment of service level agreement (SLA) rules are very important in ensuring that agreements are within the terms of their contracts with customers. This is done to define the level of service being sold are not breached with the key indicators being placed. Establishing a priority assignment takes into account multiple aspects of an impact as its synergy with other integrations like application, scope, service, reputation, environment, business, etc. With dynamic SLA provisions, IT support managers can change times to resolutions to better tackle the fluctuating demands of incident and requests.

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A recommended IT Service management plan should be able to differentiate between ticket types. Some incidents are best sent over to the facilities team. A service request management plan that automatically forwards incidents to the appropriate group can create incredible value. Figuring out how you want to handle problems can impact the fine tuning of your service request management strategies.

A well-built configuration management database when used effectively can enable companies to establish the foundation they need to build out more robust service management capabilities. This hinges on a company’s ability to populate it with the right configuration items. Businesses can accelerate change operations, become responsive and create the operational flexibility necessary to focus on advanced strategies like service request management.

The benefits of having a good incident prioritization scheme can help you stabilize your day-to-day operations, make you less reactive and more productive. It improves reporting, and since it is being developed in accordance with the business, it lets you align more closely with customers and users across the board.