Quick Healthcheck

Incidents - Status

Generated Jul 9, 2026, 01:05 PM

The process is highly fragmented and inefficient, with severe rework (40%) and a major administrative delay of nearly 7 days before closure.

Cycle time and rework not available

What's not working

Excessive administrative delay

It takes an average of 169 hours (7 days) to move from 'Completed' to 'Closed'.

This significantly inflates overall resolution times and hides process performance.

Severe process rework

40% of all incidents involve at least one rework step.

This indicates unclear requirements, incorrect routing, or quality issues causing churn.

Process is highly fragmented

There are 164 different paths to resolution for just over 1,000 incidents.

There is no standard process, leading to unpredictable outcomes and durations.

Flow efficiency is very low

Only 12.8% of the total cycle time is spent in active 'touch' time.

Incidents spend the vast majority of their lifecycle waiting in queues.

Frequent status loops

High-volume loops exist between 'Work in Progress', 'Pending', and 'Open' statuses.

This suggests incidents are bouncing between teams or waiting for information.

What is working

Data capture is consistent

Key fields like Priority, Subcategory, and Assignment Group are 100% populated.

Most incidents close successfully

Over 92% of incidents are closed with a 'Solved' or 'Solved Remotely' code.

Self-service is well-adopted

'Self-service' is the most common contact type, accounting for 43% of incidents.

Quick wins

Automate incident closure

Implement a business rule to auto-close 'Completed' incidents after 3-5 days.

Expected benefit: Cut ~150 hours from average resolution time and improve data accuracy.

Analyze the WIP-Pending loop

Review incidents looping between 'Work in Progress' and 'Pending' to find root causes.

Expected benefit: Reduce rework and shorten the active resolution phase of the lifecycle.

Review 'WIP to Open' rework

Investigate why 17% of incidents regress from 'Work in Progress' back to 'Open'.

Expected benefit: Improve first-pass resolution and reduce unnecessary process steps.