service level agreements

Build an Extensible Data Warehouse Foundation

Blueprint: Data & Business Intelligence

Data warehouse projects are some of the most challenging projects for IT because of its complexity, but it is still a technology that helps you gain competitiveness. The key to success is to build it in manageable pieces and integrate those pieces based on a well-architected foundation with...

Establish a well-architected core model with just enough oversight and governance.

A data warehouse is the central place to provision data to analytics and business users. Use this service level agreement (SLA) template to effectively communicate service agreements to end users.Sections in the agreement include:Service DescriptionSupport HoursService AvailabilityReliabilityWait TimeChanges and Review.

Data Warehouse Service Level Agreement

Templates And Policies: Enterprise Architecture

A data warehouse is the central place to provision data to analytics and business users. Use this Agile Data Warehouse Service Level Agreement (SLA) template to effectively communicate service agreements to end users.

Improve IT-Business Alignment Through an Internal SLA

Blueprint: Infrastructure & Operations

​The business is rarely satisfied with current service levels. However this dissatisfaction is often based on perception. Without an internal SLA that effectively tracks current service levels, IT is not able to effectively address perception issues.

Understand business requirements, clarify current capabilities, and enable strategies to close service level gaps.

Improving service levels is a marathon, not a sprint.

SLA Project Roadmap Tool

Tool: Infrastructure & Operations

Document the projects that will improve current service levels and better satisfy the needs of the business.

Service Catalog Internal Service Level Agreement Template

Templates And Policies: Infrastructure & Operations

Create the internal service catalog SLA by amalgamating the insights from the current and target state analysis.

Availability Internal Service Level Agreement Template

Templates And Policies: Infrastructure & Operations

Create the internal availability and reliability SLA by amalgamating the insights from the current and target analysis.

Service Desk Internal Service Level Agreement Template

Templates And Policies: Infrastructure & Operations

Create the internal service desk SLA by amalgamating the insights from the current and target state analysis.

Internal SLA Maturity Scorecard Tool

Tool: Infrastructure & Operations

Create a roadmap of your overall service maturity, and leverage recommendations to get you where you want to go.

Improve IT-Business Alignment Through an Internal SLA – Executive Brief

Note: Infrastructure & Operations

Understand business requirements, clarify current capabilities, and enable strategies to close service level gaps.

Internal SLA Process Flowcharts

Templates And Policies: Infrastructure & Operations

Follow Info-Tech's internal SLA development workflow to create an internal SLA that address your service level challenges.

Reduce Risk With Rock-Solid Service-Level Agreements

Blueprint: Vendor Management

Customers struggle to understand and evaluate what’s in the SLA and if they are meaningful and to protect their investment. Not understanding the details of SLAs applicable to various types of service (SaaS, MSP, Service Desk, DR, ISP) can lead to financial and compliance risk for the...

Hold service providers more accountable to their contractual obligations with meaningful SLA components and remedies.

Service Level Agreement SLA KPIs Metrics SLA metrics Service levels SLO service level objectives. SLA Management Framework Executive Brief required elements SLA templates service providers insight requirements risks SLAs knowledge.

Reduce Risk With Rock-Solid Service-Level Agreements – Executive Brief

Note: Vendor Management

Read this Executive Brief to understand the challenges that IT leaders and contract administrators face when trying to understand the complex elements and components of SLAs and the framework required to manage them.

SLA Template & Metrics Reference Guide

Tool: Vendor Management

Use this tool to create basic SLA templates. It contains referenceable SLO metrics for various service types.

SLA Evaluation Tool

Tool: Vendor Management

This tool will allow you to record providers' SLOs and other SLA elements. From there you can rate the SLOs. The tool will provide an overall rating of the SLA.

Outsource IT Infrastructure to Improve System Availability, Reliability, and Recovery

Blueprint: Infrastructure & Operations

IT infrastructure outsourcing has become commonplace. Success requires careful planning and diligent execution.

There are very few IT infrastructure components you should be housing internally – outsource everything else.

A co-location Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides a definition of performance for the negotiated service. SLAs ensure accountability on the part of the service provider and also determine the price of the service. Understand and develop expectations on co-location vendor SLAs using a real world example and template..

Data Center Co-location SLA & Service Definition Template

Templates And Policies: Enterprise Architecture

A co-location Service Level Agreement (SLA) provides a definition of performance for the negotiated service. SLAs ensure accountability on the part of the service provider and also determine the price of the service. Understand and develop expectations on co-location vendor SLAs using a real...

Service Management Maturity Assessment

Tool: Small Enterprise Resources

This tool will help identify your organization's current service management maturity level.

This tool will help identify your organization's current service management maturity level.

Oracle Field Service

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Oracle Field Service. software-reviews. Oracle. Oracle Field Service offers intuitive, AI-powered tools for routing, scheduling, and managing field service technicians. The solution makes it possible to deliver efficient and on-time service experiences—every time. Maximize field service operational efficiencies and meet service level agreements Optimize your field service teams, by automatically assigning and routing field service workers based on SLAs, their particular skills, location, availability, and individual performance patterns..

SLA Manager

Job Description: Job Descriptions

The role of the SLA Manager is to ensure that all service level agreements (SLAs) for information technology services across the organization are delivered according to specifications. This includes developing, managing, and administering service management best practices. The SLA Manager will...

The role of the SLA Manager is to ensure that all service level agreements (SLAs) for information technology services across the organization are delivered according to specifications.

Security Service Catalog Template

Tool: Security

Use this catalog template to create a formal list of information security services offered and service level agreements.

A formalized security services document will: Set clear expectations of the security department’s capabilitiesHelp justify the cost of securityAllow the security team to determine the resources required to enable business activitiesUse this catalog template to create a formal list of information security services offered and service level agreements.

SLA Hocus Pocus

Note: Vendor Management

Historically, vendor-provided service-level agreements (SLAs) have been moderately valuable (at best) for customers, but even those are disappearing. Through sleight of hand and other diversion tactics, vendors are channeling Houdini to escape any meaningful commitments.

Historically, vendor-provided service-level agreements (SLAs) have been moderately valuable (at best) for customers, but even those are disappearing.

Comarch Service Fulfilment

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Comarch Service Fulfilment. software-reviews. Comarch. Comarch SLA Monitoring allows telecom operators to define and monitor services and related SLAs (Service Level Agreements), increasing customer satisfaction and minimizing losses resulting from SLA complaints..
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