The activities of Incident Management
are:
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Incident detection and
recording
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Record basic details of the
Incident
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Alert specialist support group(s) as
necessary
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Start procedures for handling the service
request
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Classification and initial
support
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Classify Incidents
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Matching against Known Errors and
Problems
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Informing Problem Management of the existence of new
Problems and of unmatched or multiple
Incidents
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Assigning impact and urgency, and thereby defining
priority
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Assessing related configuration
details
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Providing initial support (assess Incident details,
find quick resolution)
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Closing the Incident or routing to a specialist support
group, and informing the User(s)
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Investigation and
diagnosis
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Assessment of the Incident
details
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Collection and analysis of all related information, and
resolution
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(including any Work-around) or a route to n-line
support
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Resolution and recovery
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Resolve the Incident using the solution / Work-around
or, alternatively, to raise an RFC (including a check for
resolution)
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Take recovery actions
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Incident closure
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The confirmation of the resolution with the Customer or
originator
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Update Incident details
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Close Incident
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Incident ownership, monitoring, tracking and
communication
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Monitor Incidents
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Escalate Incidents
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Inform User
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