Problem Coordinator

The Problem Coordinator user role has the following responsibilities:

  • Periodically perform analysis to see if new problems need to be registered.
  • Register problems.
  • Assign work to Problem Analysts and coordinate root cause analysis.
  • Register known errors.
  • Inform Problem Manager.
  • Assign known error to Problem Analyst.
  • Validate proposed solutions to known errors.
  • Validate outcome of closed changes and close known error.
  • Validate that a problem is solved.

To execute this role, the Problem Coordinator has following tasks available:

Note: For an overview of how these tasks fit in the Problem Management workflow, see Problem Management workflows and user tasks
ITIL workflow: Tasks:
  Problem Management views
Problem detection, logging, and categorization (SO4.1)
Problem prioritization and planning (SO4.2)
Problem investigation and diagnosis (SO4.3)
Known error logging and categorization (SO4.4)
Known error investigation (SO4.5)
Known error resolution (SO4.7)
Problem closure and review (SO4.8)
Problem and known error monitoring (SO4.9)
Associating incidents and changes with problems