Most organizations think about communication best practices with reference to major outages, and events, but don’t consider the impact good communication can have on first contact resolution (FConR) and mean time to resolve (MTTR), even in a day-to-day context. Large outages attract a great...
Tag(s): communications skills, best practice, webinars, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated October 13, 2015
The current world of IT is complex, and getting more complex every day. The business appetite for information is increasing, and our traditional approach to managing and curating demand must accelerate in response. To satisfy this demand, many are looking to adopt agile development...
Tag(s): webinars, framework and methodologies, framework, service management, ITSM, IT service management, it governance
Date Published - Last Updated March 17, 2015
If you agree with ITIL, successful service management is the result of “an appropriate mix of people, process, and information technology.” While ITIL is touted as a systematic approach that treats all three components equally, in practice it often focuses more heavily on the process side....
Tag(s): ITIL, leadership, process management, people, workforce enablement
Date Published - Last Updated April 19, 2019
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Configuration management is about...
Tag(s): supportworld, webinars, asset management, configuration management
Date Published - Last Updated July 21, 2016
Catalog sprawl, or the existence of many service catalogs in a single organization, was identified as a problem by 66 percent of respondent organizations in recent HDI research (a further 19 percent identified it as "somewhat of a problem"). However, even though many organizations consider it...
Tag(s): webinars, supportworld, service catalog
Date Published - Last Updated February 23, 2016
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Many change programs start on the heels of one-too-many disastrous change-related failures. Your CIO wants IT change management, and tag, you’re it!
If you’re new to...
Tag(s): community, membership, service management, continual service improvement, webinars, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated April 4, 2017
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The HDI Knowledge-Centered Support Award recognizes an organization that has successfully implemented or improved upon a Knowledge-Centered Support...
Tag(s): community, KCS, KM, knowledge management, membership
Date Published - Last Updated January 17, 2017
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The HDI Service Improvement Award recognizes an organization that has successfully implemented or improved one or more service offerings. Attend this webinar to learn how the 2016...
Tag(s): community, membership, service management, continual service improvement, webinars, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated January 24, 2017
One of the most important things we’ve learned so far is that ITSM isn’t just about the process and the tools; it’s also about engaging and delighting customers.
Tag(s): case study, service quality
Date Published - Last Updated June 2, 2016
Supporting Office 365 is no easy task, especially in a university setting with a diverse audience of end users. But the University of New Mexico Information Technologies (UNM IT) is doing just that—and achieving exceptionally high first contact resolution rates, as well as huge growth in the use...
Tag(s): case study, desktop support, first call resolution, infrastructure change management, knowledge management, KM, release management, service desk
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016