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Navigation worksheet: specs/it/navigation/NAVIGATION_WORKSHEET.md

How IT operations flow

The service desk routes incoming tickets to SLA-driven resolution against asset, license, and security records. Risky changes go through CAB approval, and HR joiner-mover-leaver events drive provisioning and deprovisioning.
IT service desk ticket queue with priority, status, and assignee

What IT covers

IT Service Management runs the service desk and IT operations for Encore OS — tickets, assets, licenses, change management, security, vendor/procurement, and joiner-mover-leaver (JML) provisioning. Permissions use PF-30 keys in the form it.{entity}.{action} (see below).

Service desk

Tickets, assignment, and SLA-driven response and resolution.

Assets & licenses

Hardware and software assets with license compliance.

Change management

Change requests, templates, CAB approval, and blackouts.

Security

Patches, vulnerabilities, and security incidents.

JML provisioning

Onboarding/offboarding tasks tied to HR.

Vendors & procurement

Vendor contracts and purchase requests.

Permission keys

IT uses PF-30 permission keys in the form it.{entity}.{action}. Typical keys: Full list and nav mapping: NAVIGATION_WORKSHEET.md.

Admin setup

  • Module settings: Configure via IT → Settings (or org-level module settings). Includes SLA defaults, ticket numbering, and optional integrations.
  • SLA policies: Define response and resolution targets by priority/category in IT → Settings or via it_sla_policies (IT-02).
  • Provisioning templates: Define onboarding/offboarding task templates under IT → JML → Templates (IT-08).
  • Change templates and blackouts: Configure change types and blackout periods under IT → Changes → Templates and Blackouts (IT-09).

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