Percentage of Emergency Changes

Description

The Percentage of Emergency Changes report breaks down all closed changes in a given time period by change type (emergency changes and other changes) and then by service type (Applications, E-mail/Webmail, Intranet/Internet, My Devices, Printing, Service Management, etc.). This report contains a graphical representation of the breakdown of changes using a pie chart. You can double-click any piece of the pie to display a detailed breakdown of that change type by service. This report organizes the information using groups and sub-groups to help users quickly view percentages and total counts by change type and service.

Customer Value

This report provides a quick view of emergency changes for a given time period. The emergency change procedure is used to repair a failure (logged as an urgent incident) that has a large negative impact on the business and therefore needs to be fixed as soon as possible, and there is no workaround available that can be used. The percentage of emergency changes compared to all the changes within an organization is a good indication for the quality of Change Management and the service delivered. A well structured and planned Change Management process should limit the number of emergency changes needed after implementation to restore the service availability.