Application Management Services

Definition of Service Levels

  • Level 1 Support: means the End-User Support Level which means that the issue is diagnosed immediately at the first point of contact (ie. Chain-Sys Help Desk), making it possible to have immediate resolution or immediate isolation for others to solve them. Level 1 will typically include product information, product or feature queries and solution to incidents for which solution is stored in knowledge base.
  • Level 2 Support: means a higher more complex level of support provided by Chain-Sys, which basically delivers knowledge to the end-user, aimed at resolving complex issues related to operational aspects of the product or service that cannot be resolved at end user support level. Any incident or issue not classified as level 1 will be treated as level 2. Chain-Sys will provide the first and second level support for these applications that will include solution to routine issues.
  • Level 3 Support: means the consulting support given to Level 2 Support, where the Application and Hardware Vendor’s intervention will be required, and will be provided by the respective Application and Hardware vendors. Typical Level 3 Support activities are: bug-fixing, handling of enhancement requests and Customizations. Chain-Sys will retain issue management and escalation responsibilities for the issue until resolution
  • Level 4 Support: will be provided typically for new application developments only.

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Priority Levels

  1. o High Priority – Definite impact on implementation target date. Problem or Issue should receive immediate attention, with all resources required to analyze and fix the problem or an Application modification is required to meet the critical business requirements, the system can not “go-live” without the Modification.
  2. o Medium Priority – Possible impact on implementation. The Problem or Issue is "high priority", but one where next available resource should resolve the problem. A modification is needed to meet business requirements, but a manual process or change can be used to meet the Client’s requirement in the short term after “go live.”
  3. o Low Priority – No impact on implementation. The Problem or Issue requires attention on an "as available" basis. A modification is needed to meet business requirements, however manual processes can be used to meet this requirement. (i.e. change request is for automation of a process which is currently manual.)
  4. o FYI Problem does not have any measurable impact on system functionality

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Severity Levels

• Severity 1 / Critical Error –A critical high impact incident which would create major disruption to the Client’s business operation, for example the error or defect could cause the system to fail, could destroy needed data, or produces an incorrect result.

• Severity 2 / Non-critical Error – The incident results in a

misinterpretation of data or faulty user execution. The incident could result in loss of some business operation functionality and would require a workaround in Production. The Incident would be contained within the originating system but would also create accumulative errors. The incident must be corrected prior to implementation.

• Severity 3 / Recommended Future Enhancement

The incident indicates that a functional enhancement is recommended to improve operation or use of the system The incident would have a medium level impact to business operations however the impact can be managed and or can be worked around.

• Severity 4 / Script Preparation Error – A cosmetic only incident which would have no or minimal business or end user impact. The incident could have occurred due to an error that was traced to errors external to the application (i.e. a faulty or inaccurate script, or errors in the test data).

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Response and Resolution Time

Service Category Service Level Description Measurement KPI
Response Time Response time for Priority I incidents Percentage of Priority I incidents responded within 15 minutes 90%
Response time for Priority II incidents Percentage of Priority II incidents responded within 30 minutes during business hours 90%
Percentage of Priority II incidents responded within 30 minutes during non-business hours 85%
Response time for Priority III incidents Percentage of Priority III incidents responded within 60 minutes during business hours 90%
Percentage of Priority III incidents responded within 60 minutes during non-business hours 85%
Response time for non-downtime incidents Percentage of non-downtime incidents responded within 120 minutes during business hours 90%
Percentage of non-downtime incidents responded within 120 minutes during business hours 85%
Resolution Time Resolution time for Priority I incidents Percentage of Priority I incidents resolved within 2 hours of logging the incident 90%
Resolution time for Priority II incidents Percentage of Priority II incidents resolved within 4 hours during business hours 90%
Percentage of Priority II incidents resolved within 4 hours during non-business hours 85%
Resolution time for Priority III incidents Percentage of Priority III incidents resolved within 8 hours during business hours 90%
Percentage of Priority III incidents resolved within 8 hours during non-business hours 85%
Resolution time for Priority III & IV incidents Percentage of Priority III & IV incidents resolved within 2 business days during business hours 60%
Resolution time for non-downtime incidents Percentage of non-downtime incidents resolved within 3 business days 80%
Escalation Priority I & II incidents To be escalated to level 2 from level 1 support within this timeframe from the time of logging the call 30 minutes

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Service Category Service Level Description Measurement KPI
To be escalated to level 3 from level 2 support within this timeframe from the time of logging the call 2 Hours
Priority III & IV incidents To be escalated to level 2 from level 1 support within this timeframe from the time of logging the call 12 Hours
To be escalated to level 3 from level 2 support within this timeframe from the time of logging the call 48 Hours
Availability Priority I incidents only Maximum duration of a Priority I incident 1 Hour
Maximum number of Priority I incidents per month 2
Service Requests User set-up Percentage of user account creation/deletion requests completed within 4 business hours 90%
Percentage of password reset requests completed within 30 minutes within business hours 90%
Peripheral configuration Requests completed within one working day of receipt of request 90%
Customer Satisfaction User satisfaction survey Chain-Sys will survey yearly a representative sample (at least 30%) of the End Users to measure customer satisfaction. When measured on an annual basis each Contract Year during the Term, percentage of users equal or above 3 in 1-5 scale where 5 being highly satisfied and 1 being totally dissatisfied. 80%
Software version Software currency Age relative to Bank approved version to be not less than N-1 90%
Escalation Issue Management Percent of Issues for which notification and escalation procedures are executed in accordance with the Procedures Manual. 95%

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  8. Oracle ASCP training
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