Larger organisations may have dedicated major incident management teams available 24/7 who take control of incidents that have been designated major. One of the important roles that major incident managers undertake is to protect those (frequently IT operations management, Technical management and application management staff) who are trying to restore service from the communication demands being made on them. During a major incident, there will be many demands and requests for updates which need to be managed. Major incident management teams will have established routes for communication and escalation (both functional and hierarchical).
A major incident management process is similar to the incident management
process, but is progressed with greater urgency and with higher profile within the organisation. Activities undertaken must still be logged, but the focus is on restoring the service as quickly as possible with the minimum of disruption.