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7 Examples of the Incident Management Process

 , April 06, 2022
Incident management is the process of resolving the urgent symptoms of a problem. This reduces the impact of a problem without necessarily resolving the problem's root cause. Incident management compliments a parallel process known as problem management that address root causes. The following is the basic incident management process with examples.
Planning → Detection → Reporting & Communication → Triage → Analysis → Containment & Neutralization → Close / Problem Management

Planning

Planning to manage future incidents. For example, creating a knowledge artifact that explains how to resolve common and recurring incidents.

Detection

Detecting an incident typically including automated testing and communication channels that allow stakeholders such as customers to report problems.

Reporting & Communication

Reporting and communicating incident information to stakeholders. For example, keeping a customer updated regarding an incident they reported or that impacts them.

Triage

Triage is the process of assigning a priority to incidents to determine how to direct resources. This often involves estimates of severity and impact.

Analysis

Incident analysis resembles troubleshooting whereby you seek out the source of problems and list possible solutions.

Containment & Neutralization

Working to contain and neutralize the incident. For example, a food processing facility that shuts down a production line to contain a quality problem that then neutralizes the problem by replacing a malfunctioning machine with a workaround manual process.

Close / Problem Management

Closing the incident and potentially opening a problem management ticket to investigate root cause. For example, a problem management ticket that reports a malfunctioning machine that has caused an incident.

Other

The incident management process potentially includes several subprocesses as follows.
Audit TrailThe process of capturing information about the incident and the incident management process.
EscalationEscalating incidents to management, other departments or stakeholders.
ReviewReviewing the incident and liaison with other processes such as quality assurance.

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