March 2001
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 26m
English
Many organizations do not have a knowledge base or they have one that is not used. This of course leads to redundant and unnecessary troubleshooting of the same problems nearly every time they occur. Further, it leads to different and potentially inconsistent solutions being provided for the same problem. Finally, because there is no knowledge base of problems, there are no metrics indicating how often the same problem occurs, and therefore no root cause analysis. This leads to continued occurrence of the problem and, potentially, treatment of only the symptoms, not the real problem.
The knowledge base serves many purposes. Key among these is to speed up delivery of services—problem resolution, in ...
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