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Incident Severity Classification Basics

Classify incidents consistently

Incident severity schemes define impact/urgency tiers with examples, mapping to response times, comms, and approvals so teams react consistently to outages and degradations.

Define Tiers

Set severities with clear impact examples and criteria.

Map Response

Tie tiers to paging, comms cadence, and roles required.

Review

Calibrate with postmortems; adjust as services change.

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