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Problem Management

ITSM process to identify and manage root causes of incidents and reduce their recurrence.

Definition

In ServiceNow, problems move through states such as New, Assess, Root Cause Analysis, Fix in Progress, Resolved and Closed, and can create known errors and change requests.

Exam tip

Problem management targets root cause; incident management targets restoration.

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