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This section contains a list of questions to help us to set up Octopus according to your needs.
EditOrganization
- Type of organization. Can you give a brief explanation of your organization?
- Is your organization is based on different sites?
- Does your organization use ITIL approach and if yes, which processes are implemented?
- Do you already use an other Help desk software?
EditOctopus Users
- Could you explain how are structured your resource groups?
Example: by service, by department, by specialization, by location, other
- Who will designated as the Octopus Administrator?
EditRequest
- What type of requests do you receive?
IT Support, equipment breaking, project, complains, hiring, etc.
- How you receive your requests?
By phone (1 central number), By email (global address), other
With Octopus, it is possible to receive request by mail or my a Web interface.
- Do you have to respect Service Level Agreements (SLAs)?
- Did you establish priority definitions for you request types?
Click here to see the definition of the impact, urgency and priority.
- Do you already have a list of request that your Service desk receives?
Click here to see the list of Service request and incident already created in Octopus Software.
- Your incident are they categorized?
Click here to see the list of category ans subcategory already created in Octopus Software.
EditRequester Groups
- Who will request for your services?
Internal or external Customers
- Are requesters regrouped in any way?
By location, department, company, division, etc.
- Is information about requester (and requester groups) accessible from another source?
Active Directory, Database, other application/file
It is possible to import users each day from AD or from a specific database. You can also enter user manually.
EditCMDB
- Do you already manage an inventory?
- Is the inventory managed by service or maintenance contracts?
- Does the inventory have to be linked with requesters?