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Overview
The purpose of Service Level Management (SLM) is to ensure that all operational services and their performances are measured accurately and consistently such that the services and reports produced meet the needs of the business and customer. This is achieved by ensuring that Service level agreements (SLAs) are attainable and can be measured for performance. The role of the Service Portfolio and Service catalogue is significant as this provides the necessary knowledge about services to generate suitable SLAs. Objectives Define, document, agree, monitor, measure, report and review the level of services provided Provide and improve the relationship and communications with business and customers Ensure measurable targets are developed for all services Monitor customer satisfaction with service quality Ensure that customers have a clear, unambiguous expectation of service levels to be delivered Ensure proactive measures to improve service levels are implemented where cost-justifiable
Development of SLA frameworks It may be necessary to develop a framework of SLAs (and OLAs) where different customers have differing service expectations. Options include: Service-based SLA: where the SLA covers the same service to all customers Customer-based SLA: where an individual customer (or group) has a specific requirement for a service Multi-level SLA: This covers 3 layers of agreement, corporate level (for generic SLM, appropriate to all customers), customer level and service level. Operational Level Agreements (OLA) Internal suppliers of services such as Development or Support should have OLAs established that are not necessarily aligned with SLAs that they supply to. For example, an SLA that an incident will
Metrics
Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are used to judge the performance of a service. Measures include:
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Number or percentage* of service targets being met Number and severity of service breaches Number of services with up to date SLAs Number of services with timely reports and reviews
Roles
Senior (Project) management; Product manager
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