Analyzing Problems

Once a problem has been created, the analysis of the problem can be done. The underlying incidents are evaluated and a determination of the appropriate action to take is made.

Problems can have detailed status notes, in several categories:

Error—This is the root cause of the incidents that are linked to the problem.

Workarounds—These are the workarounds to allow resolving the incidents, but not necessarily the resolution of the problem.

Review Notes—These are notes on the problem.

Resolution—This is the actual resolution of the problem.

This provides overarching documentation of the root cause, known errors, known workarounds, and the long-term resolution to the problem.

Note

In reality, most of the analysis is done ...

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