Track over time: are we closing tickets faster than they arrive, and is anything ageing past its SLA?
Aging bands mirror the Priority Action Matrix SLAs:
Median-age targets: Critical ≤ 3d, High ≤ 7d, Medium ≤ 30d. If the median for any severity band drifts above target for two weeks running, remediation capacity is the bottleneck — escalate to leadership.