12.6 Support/HelpdeskThe support department guides and advises users of a system. It also forms the connection between users and those responsible for maintaining the system by registering and possibly following up on relevant events. Support personnel must have thorough knowledge of the configuration management tool(s) used for registering events and extracting information in the metadatabase(s). They must also know about information available for configuration management items and event registrations, and how fast it can be obtained. The staff of the support department or helpdesk may take advantage of information in configuration management to solve their support tasks . Their activities typically include
ReferencesMore details about relevant subjects may be found in Chapters 7 and 8Event Registration. |