Should Incidents be re-opened? The simple answer is: yes, if it was Closed incorrectly. Incorrect closure may include incorrect or incomplete testing or failure to confirm service restoration with the customer or user. However, IT environments are complex and reality is seldom so simple. I advocate instead against reopening Incidents, after a 2-3 day Resolved …
Category Archive: Incident Management
Jul 24
Changing Priority
Question: An Incident meets the criteria for P1. However, midway through resolution the impact has changed to that of P2. How should we treat the Incident now? How should we measure the SLA, based on P1 or P2? Answer: I don’t believe ITIL provides much specific advice about this condition. How you want to handle …
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