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Threshold

The value of a metric that should cause an alert to be generated or management action to be taken; for example, “a priority 1 ( major ) incident not solved within four hours,” “more than five errors in an hour,” or “more than ten failed changes in a month.” #ServiceLevel #Metrics #SLA ...


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Problem Management

The process responsible for managing the lifecycle of all problems . Problem management proactively prevents incidents from happening and minimizes the impact of incidents that cannot be prevented. #ServiceLevel #ITSM #IncidentManagement #ITIL #ProblemManagement ...


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Monitoring

1) The process of listening to analysts’ telephone calls for the purpose of maintaining quality. Monitoring can be (a) silent, where analysts do not know when they are being monitored; (b) side-by-side, where the person monitoring sits next to the analyst and observes calls or; (c) record and...


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Stakeholder

Any person or group that can contact the support center for support, such as customers, product or service owners, employees, associates, partners, contractors, and/or suppliers. Also: One whose support is necessary for the organization to succeed. Examples: Employees, directors, shareholders...


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SMART

An acronym to remember that targets in service level agreements , performance reviews and project plans should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-based. #ServiceLevel #People #Leadership #Practices #PerformanceManagement #ProfessionalDevelopment #SLA


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Mobile Device

Any small computing device, generally handheld. Includes smartphones and tablets, but may also include network-connected scanning devices. #Mobility #BYOD #ServiceCatalog #Technology #SLA #ServiceLevel


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Service Volume

The total volume of calls and all other contacts to the support center during a given timeframe (day, week, month). #WorkforceManagement #SupportOperations #ServiceLevel #Staffing #SLA #MultichannelSupport


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Service Delivery

Core IT service management processes that have both a strategic and tactical focus. In ITIL ® , these are service level management , capacity management , IT service continuity management , availability management , and financial management for IT services. #ServiceDelivery #ITIL ...


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Capacity Management

The process responsible for ensuring that the capacity of IT services and the IT infrastructure is able to deliver on agreed-upon service level targets in a cost effective and timely manner. Capacity management considers all of the resources required to deliver the IT service and plans for short...


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Service Level Management (SLM)

The strategy and tactics of defining, achieving, and maintaining required levels of IT service to the business user population within the organization. It is designed to optimize and provide cost-effective delivery of IT services that are aligned to business requirements. #SupportOperations...