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Introduction 

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Support Service Item
Description
Troubleshooting for product incidents and problems Provide expert competence to analyse reported incidents and identify cause of faults. 
Root Cause Analysis for incidents and problems Analyse, isolate and report the main cause of an incident. The report shall identify system faults of indicate potential cause of fault resulting from interfacing systems. 
Recommendations for incidents and problems Following the discovery of the Root Cause Analysis, provide recommendations for fault correction and prevention best suited. 
Periodic SLA performance reporting The provision of expertise for troubleshooting and incident resolution is agreed in SLA. The service includes periodic reporting of its SLA performance for the benefit of the Customer. 
Workaround for incidents and problems Incident handling prioritizes the minimization of impact on Customer operations. As such the Service shall provide a workaround, when possible, to minimize impacts due to underperformance of the product.
Permanent bug fixes for incidents and problemsThe Support Service shall continue with incident resolution beyond the immediate workaround to ensure that a stable and lasting bug fix is put in place if such fix is possible to realize. 
Test of corrections to incidents and problems Workarounds and bug fixes to an incident are thoroughly tested and validated in line with DigitalRoute’s design practices before their activation. 

Support Channels

The Support Services are provided remote via:

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DigitalRoute’s Release and Support Lifecycle policy and conditions for maintaining the relevant Software version to be eligible for Support Services or its extensions are described in the “Release and Support Usage Engine Private Edition”. 

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Extended Support is available when the Software version in production has, as per Release and Support Usage Engine Private Edition, passed its end of Regular Support date, or as otherwise agreed upon with the Customer in a specific support agreement.  
Extended Support must be agreed upon in writing between the Customer and DigitalRoute. In Extended Support, only Software workarounds and bug fixes for the highest severity level defined in the SLA are done (i.e. Critical in the Regular Support). For all other severity levels, the SLA is no longer applicable (i.e. voided) and no workarounds are provided and bug fixes are done in newer versions of the Software. The Extended Support further excludes bug fixes or workarounds, regardless of the severity level, in any third-party products included in the Software. 

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Sustained Support is available when the Software version in production has, as per Release and Support Usage Engine Private Edition, passed its end of Extended Support. Sustained Support must be agreed upon in writing between the Customer and DigitalRoute. This support excludes any commitments on the SLA, i.e. workarounds are not provided and all bugs fixes will be fixed in the newest Software version. The Sustained Support further excludes bug fixes or workarounds, regardless of the severity level, in any third-party products included in the Software. 

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