# Closure Groups

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#### Continuous Improvement: Best Practice

The ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) framework emphasizes the importance of having dedicated Closure Groups (See **Closure Groups** for more information) within the IT service management process. These groups are responsible for several critical tasks:

1. **Checking Closed Tickets:** They ensure that all the solutions provided and the steps taken to resolve the issues are thoroughly documented and meet the established service quality standards.
2. **Validating Resolutions:** Validation involves confirming that the resolutions have indeed solved the problems from the users' perspectives, ensuring that the services are restored to their desired operational statuses.
3. **Continuous Improvement:** By analyzing the resolutions and the problems, Closure Groups identify trends, recurring issues, and areas lacking in service provision, contributing to the continuous improvement of IT services.
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### Setting a Closure Group for a Partition

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### Before you start

* For more information on partitions, please see **Partitions**
* You must **create the Closure Group** in **System Administration>Security>IPK Groups** before you can configure the Call Closure Group Settings.
* You must **assign at least 1 Analyst** to the IPK Group.
* As some parameters are read from the database at application start-up, we recommend that there are no Analysts logged on when you make changes to system settings.
* If your system is partitioned, **ensure you are in the correct partition** before applying the settings.
* You must have **IPK Setup** selected in the Admin tab of your **General Access Security Role** in order to configure any IPK administration settings.
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#### Closure Group must be selected in the IPK Settings (Partitioned) window.

1. Select ≡ > **Admin** > **System Administration**. The System Administration window appears.
2. In the Explorer pane, expand **IPK Management**.
3. Select **IPK Settings (Partitioned).**
4. Select the Closure Method **Rules.**  This will enable the next section, **Closure Rules.**
   * Choose **Logged by** to send the ticket back to the logging analyst to complete the closure process
   * Choose **Log Group** to send it back to the group queue that logged the ticket
   * Choose **Closure Group** to send it to a predefined Call Close Group that will carry out the closure actions.
5. Using the drop down list, select the **Closure** **Group** to which calls in that partition must be forwarded for closure. 
6. Save the changes. 
7. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so