ITIL Incident Support Process Management
Define incident management
Incident can be defined as an event which needs to be resolved immediately or based on the priority.
Incident management is an important component of ITIL service support. The most important focus for the incident management is to restore normal service operations as early as possible with minimum possible impact on the business or respective users. Its objective is to return to a normal service level defined in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) as quickly as possible.
In Incident management service desk act as first contact point and line of support. It’s the responsibility of the service desk to actively route the incidents to the other level experts.
Incident Management Process Activities
Event and Detect
An event isn’t a part of regular or standard service operation and it causes interruption or reduction in service quality. Users of the IT application for which support is provided are the first one to detect the deviations.
Record
The service desk will be responsible for recording all the incidents. Users will provide all the information related to the incident to the service desk.
Investigation and Diagnose
The service desk will investigate/diagnose the incident and analyze all related information. If immediate solution is not available with the service desk then need to assign the incident to the required experts.
Escalate
In incident management to ensure incidents handled speedily, two systems which are available are Service Level Agreements and Inactivity monitors.
Resolve
In incident management process the final stage is Resolution and Recovery. The main activity includes resolving the incident with solutions or help from the previous solutions. For some solutions a Request for Change (RFC) need to be submitted.
Product Support Process Flow with JIRA
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