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5.0 - Last modified on 2024-01-29 Revised by Destiny Valentine

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Simply put, an Incident is something that is broken and needs to be fixed. Within IT Service Management, the purpose of Incident Management is to fix things as quickly as possible and minimize the adverse impact to business operations, ensuring that the best possible levels of service quality are maintained.

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