How to manage Resolution with different support availability

[Kos]

If you have different location-based support teams with different capabilities to provide support, how do you manage SLAs?

For example a 1-person support team may only be capable of looking at a P2 within 8 hours, whereas a team of 6 could look at it within 2 hours.

Customers expect the same SLA irrespective of which support team is engaged.

[ClaireAgutter1]

Hi Kos, the ideal approach is to look at your customer requirements (what they NEED, not what they want in a perfect world) and then allocate resources accordingly. What is the impact to your business if your 1 person support team is taking longer to resolve a P2? Does the cost to the business justify a different resourcing model? How much of the work needs to be done locally - can your 6 person team provide virtual support?

Creating SLAs that can't be delivered only leads to arguments, so it's better to under-promise and over-deliver, but everything should come back to the business requirements.

What happens when your 1 person goes on leave?