Systems and methods for incident queue assignment and prioritization

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer-readable media for incident queue assignment and prioritization are disclosed. An incident handling system may receive a request for a next highest priority incident. An incident requiring resolution may be identified. The incident may be associated with an incident queue based at least in part on a queue assignment rule. The incident queue may comprise one or more incidents. The incident queue may be processed based at least in part on a prioritization rule to identify, from the one or more incidents associated with the incident queue, the next highest priority incident. The incident handling system may transmit the next highest priority incident associated with the incident queue.

That which is claimed is: 
     
         1 . One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that responsive to execution by one or more processors cause operations to be performed comprising:
 receiving a request for a next highest priority incident;   identifying an incident requiring resolution;   associating the incident with an incident queue based at least in part on a queue assignment rule, wherein the incident queue is associated with one or more incidents, wherein the one or more incidents includes the incident;   processing the incident queue based at least in part on a prioritization rule to identify one of the one or more incidents associated with the incident queue as the next highest priority incident; and   transmitting the next highest priority incident associated with the incident queue.   
     
     
         2 . The one or more computer-media medium of  claim 1 , wherein the incident is associated with an event that is associated with a software system or a device. 
     
     
         3 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 2 , wherein the event is one of:
 i) a software fault,   ii) a hardware fault,   iii) a reported product issue, or   iv) a reported service issue.   
     
     
         4 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 1 , wherein the request is received from an incident resolution agent, and wherein the next highest priority incident is transmitted to the incident resolution agent, and the operations further comprising:
 identifying the incident queue based on at least one of the request or the incident resolution agent.   
     
     
         5 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 4 , wherein the incident resolution agent is a first incident resolution agent, and wherein the request is a first request, the operations further comprising:
 receiving a release of the next highest priority incident from the first incident resolution agent;   receiving from a second incident resolution agent, a second request for the next highest priority incident; and   transmitting the next highest priority incident to the second incident resolution agent.   
     
     
         6 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 associating a tag with the incident based at least in part on a tag assignment rule.   
     
     
         7 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 6 , wherein associating the incident with the incident queue comprises associating the incident with the incident queue based at least in part on the tag associated with the incident. 
     
     
         8 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 6 , the operations further comprising:
 generating the incident queue, wherein the incident queue is based at least in part on at least one of:   i) an incident categorization,   ii) one or more tags,   iii) one or more fault codes,   iv) a primary servicer, or   v) a service level.   
     
     
         9 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 generating, in response to receiving the request for the next highest priority incident, the incident queue based at least in part on a queue definition.   
     
     
         10 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 9 , wherein the incident queue is a first incident queue, the operations further comprising:
 generating a second incident queue based at least in part on a second queue definition.   
     
     
         11 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 10 , wherein the queue assignment rule is a first queue assignment rule, the operations further comprising:
 associating the incident with the second incident queue based at least in part on a second queue assignment rule; and   processing the second incident queue to identify the next highest priority incident.   
     
     
         12 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
 receiving an indication of a status change associated with the incident; and   reprocessing the first incident queue and the second incident queue in response to the indication of the status change.   
     
     
         13 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 generating a respective score associated with each of the one or more incidents associated with the incident queue based at least in part on a scoring rule; and   processing the incident queue based at least in part on the respective score associated with each of the one or more incidents to identify the respective score associated with the next highest priority incident score.   
     
     
         14 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 discarding the incident queue responsive to transmitting the next highest priority incident.   
     
     
         15 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 1 , wherein the incident is a first incident, the operations further comprising:
 identifying a second incident requiring resolution; and   associating the second incident with the incident queue based at least in part on the queue assignment rule, wherein the one or more incidents further includes the second incident.   
     
     
         16 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by an incident handling system comprising one or more computers, a request for a next highest priority incident;   identifying, by the incident handling system, an incident requiring resolution;   associating, by the incident handling system, the incident with an incident queue based at least in part on a queue assignment rule, wherein the incident queue is associated with one or more incidents, wherein the one or more incidents includes the incident;   processing, by the incident handling system, the incident queue based at least in part on a prioritization rule to identify one of the one or more incidents associated with the incident queue as the next highest priority incident; and   transmitting, by the incident handling system, the next highest priority incident associated with the incident queue.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the incident is associated with an event that is associated with a software system or a device. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the event is one of:
 i) a software fault,   ii) a hardware fault,   iii) a reported product issue, or   iv) a reported service issue.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the request is received from an incident resolution agent, and wherein the next highest priority incident is transmitted to the incident resolution agent, further comprising:
 identifying, by the incident handling system, the incident queue based on at least one of the request or the incident resolution agent.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the incident resolution agent is a first incident resolution agent, and wherein the request is a first request, further comprising:
 receiving, by the incident handling system, a release of the next highest priority incident from the first incident resolution agent;   receiving, by the incident handling system, from a second incident resolution agent, a second request for the next highest priority incident; and   transmitting, by the incident handling system, the next highest priority incident to the second incident resolution agent.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 associating, by the incident handling system, a tag with the incident based at least in part on a tag assignment rule.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein associating the incident with the incident queue comprises associating the incident with the incident queue based at least in part on the tag associated with the incident. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 generating, by the incident handling system, the incident queue, wherein the incident queue is based at least in part on at least one of:   i) an incident categorization,   ii) one or more tags,   iii) one or more fault codes,   iv) a primary servicer, or   v) a service level.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 generating, by the incident handling system, in response to receiving the request for the next highest priority incident, the incident queue based at least in part on a queue definition.   
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the incident queue is a first incident queue, further comprising:
 generating, by the incident handling system, a second incident queue based at least in part on a second queue definition.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the queue assignment rule is a first queue assignment rule, further comprising:
 associating, by the incident handling system, the incident with the second incident queue based at least in part on a second queue assignment rule; and   processing, by the incident handling system, the second incident queue to identify the next highest priority incident.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the incident handling system, an indication of a status change associated with the incident; and   reprocessing, by the incident handling system, the first incident queue and the second incident queue in response to the indication of the status change.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 generating, by the incident handling system, a respective score associated with each of the one or more incidents associated with the incident queue based at least in part on a scoring rule; and   processing, by the incident handling system, the incident queue based at least in part on the respective score associated with each of the one or more incidents to identify the respective score associated with the next highest priority incident score.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 discarding, by the incident handling system, the incident queue responsive to transmitting the next highest priority incident.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the incident is a first incident, further comprising:
 identifying, by the incident handling system, a second incident requiring resolution; and   associating, by the incident handling system, the second incident with the incident queue based at least in part on the queue assignment rule, wherein the one or more incidents further includes the second incident.