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Business Service Level Management (BSLM) Packaged Solution

A Business Service Level Management (BSLM) engagement is comprised of a complete BSM and BSLM solution. The BSLM packaged solution provides the customer with a Production ready implementation of Formula supporting the following functionality:

  • Integration and consolidated monitoring of customer network, systems, & applications management
  • Integration of key business metric data
  • Create SLAs based upon integrated IT and business services
  • Monitor and measure service compliance in real-time
  • Isolate potential problems before they occur

A BSLM engagement is comprised of the following deliverables:

  • Project Management and Planning
  • Business Service Management (BSM) & Service Level Management (SLM) Workshop
  • Installation and Configuration of the Managed Objects BSM and BSLM components
  • Integration of tools and data sources with the Managed Objects environment(s)
  • Base BSM and SLM Configuration, including Relationship Mapping of BSVs with OLAs, KPIs and Calendars
  • SLM Visualization
  • Reporting of SLA / OLA Service Models via Portals / Dashboards
  • Production Readiness
  • Training, Documentation and Knowledge Transfer i.e. “Best Practices”

A typical BSLM solution can be deployed in 100 - 120 days, dependent upon availability of hardware, software and personnel.