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CIPS Exam L4M3 Topic 1 Question 6 Discussion
Topic #: 1
Streaming Ltd is a music streaming provider based in the UK. The company is looking for extending its presence in the US. To achieve this, the company needs to outsource the data centre service to a local company. To monitor the performance, the procurement manager would like to introduce a service level agreement (SLA) to the data centre service provider. Which of the following should be included in the SLA?
1. System availability
2. The mean time to recover from system failure
3. The actual number of on-time service delivery
4. Dispute resolution procedure
A service-level agreement (SLA) defines the level of service you expect from a vendor, laying out the metrics by which service is measured, as well as remedies or penalties should agreed-on service levels not be achieved.
According to CIPS L4M3 study guide, SLA should cover the following:
- KPIs
- How the measurements convert into scores
- Any other service level standards
- Minimum acceptable standards or scores in each case
- Range of scores both above and below the minimum acceptable
- Any mitigating factors which might apply in the event of poor performance
- Any time period permitted in which to remedy a situation of poor performance
- Remedies available
- Dispute settlement
- How to deal with inconsistencies or conflicts between KPIs and any other documents.
In IT service (such as in the scenario), the SLA often covers:
- Uptime
- Call metrics
- Customer satisfaction
- Turn around time
- Quality
- Mean time to recovery
- Mean time between failure
- Backlog
- Business results
You can read the details of above indicators here.
- CIPS study guide page 112-115
- 9 Examples of SLAs
- What is an SLA? Best practices for service-level agreements
LO 2, AC 2.2
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