CSA · Question #67
An IT manager is responsible for the Network and Hardware assignment groups, each group contains 5 team members. These team members are working on many tasks, but the manager cannot see any tasks on…
The correct answer is B. The manager does not have the itil role. The manager likely cannot see tasks on the 'My Groups Work' list because they lack the essential 'itil' role, which is required to access and view IT service management tasks.
Question
An IT manager is responsible for the Network and Hardware assignment groups, each group contains 5 team members. These team members are working on many tasks, but the manager cannot see any tasks on the Service Desk > My Groups Work list. What could explain this?
Options
- AThe Service Desk > My Groups Work list shows active work tasks that are not yet assigned.
- BThe manager does not have the itil role.
- CThe manager is not a member of the Service Desk group.
- DThe manager is not a member of the Network and Hardware groups.
- EThe Assignment Group manager field is empty.
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(26 responses)- B88% (23)
- D8% (2)
- E4% (1)
Why each option
The manager likely cannot see tasks on the 'My Groups Work' list because they lack the essential 'itil' role, which is required to access and view IT service management tasks.
The 'My Groups Work' list shows active tasks assigned to the user's groups, regardless of whether they are assigned to a specific person within the group, not just unassigned tasks.
The 'My Groups Work' module, part of IT Service Management applications, requires the 'itil' role (or an equivalent ITIL-specific role) to access and view tasks assigned to groups. Without this role, the manager lacks the necessary permissions to see ITIL-related work.
The manager needs to be a member or manager of the *assignment groups* (Network and Hardware) they oversee, not necessarily a separate 'Service Desk group' to view their teams' work.
The question states the manager is 'responsible for the Network and Hardware assignment groups', implying they are correctly configured as a manager or member of those groups; the issue is usually with a missing role to *view* the work.
While the 'Assignment Group manager' field affects specific management capabilities, the primary reason for a complete lack of visibility to ITIL tasks in a common list is almost always a missing 'itil' role.
Concept tested: ITIL role for Service Desk visibility
Source: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/utah-it-service-management/page/use/incident/concept/c_RolesAndPermissionsIncidentMgmt.html
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