SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEMS

A method for use in an issue creation process, before an issue is submitted, in an issue tracking system (ITS), comprises receiving an unstructured user input expressing an issue description and comprising one or more query keywords; querying a database of historic issue data to determine historic issues from the historic issue data that are relevant to the one or more query keywords and, in response to the determination, extracting request types from the historic issues; generating, from the extracted request types, a list of possible request types for allocation to the unstructured user input; receiving a user input of a particular request type selected from the list of possible request types and, in response, allocating the particular request type to the issue. The issue is submitted to the ITS for routing the issue to an appropriate service desk according to the particular request type.