TransportationITSM & GovernanceBusiness Applications

IT Service Management & SLA Governance

Context

The client delivers critical IT services to European clients in the railway sector. These services require high levels of availability, performance, and reliability, governed by strict contractual commitments (SLAs). To ensure service quality, manage vendor relationships, and structure operational processes, the client relies on Avaliance to oversee IT service operations and drive continuous improvement.

Challenges

The client needed to ensure compliance with SLAs and contractual commitments while maintaining high service availability and performance.

Key challenges included effectively managing client and vendor relationships during major incidents, structuring operational processes, handling client requests efficiently, and continuously improving service quality in a multi-stakeholder, multi-country environment.

Avaliance Intervention

Achievements

Avaliance deployed a structured approach to IT service operations management, built around the following pillars:
  • monitoring contractual commitments and producing SLA reporting for management

  • real-time monitoring of services and infrastructure (servers, networks, load balancers)

  • incident management and troubleshooting in coordination with vendors

  • structuring and updating operational processes, SOPs, and procedural documentation

  • facilitation of technical and business coordination forums and client request management

Governance & Technologies

ITSM SLA Governance Infrastructure Monitoring SaaS Tooling Vendor Management Railway IT Sector

Results

Thanks to Avaliance’s intervention, the client achieved concrete and measurable results:
1
strengthened compliance with SLAs and contractual commitments
2
improved availability and performance of IT services delivered to railway clients
3
reduction in major incidents and faster resolution times through improved vendor coordination
4
structuring and increased reliability of operational processes enabling further industrialization
5
continuous improvement of service quality and customer satisfaction in a demanding environment
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