FAQs: Metrics, Measures, and KPIs

Learn the difference between a metric and measure, understand why it’s important to define metrics, and know the difference between a KPI and a metric.
Date Published May 18, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Metric of the Month: Service Desk Cost per Ticket

Cost per ticket is the total monthly operating expense of a service desk divided by the monthly ticket volume. Do you know your cost per ticket?
Date Published May 2, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Drive KCS Adoption with an UFFA Balanced Scorecard

A new UFFA scoring method could help you gain a new appreciation for KCS expectations for your tech support staff and give you an action plan for optimizing KCS.
Date Published April 27, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

#HDIchat Recap: Metrics - What Will You Stop Tracking This Year?

Metrics help us staff at the correct levels, show that we’ve improved (or not), and help keep us on track…when they are used properly.
Date Published April 5, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

#HDIchat Recap: How Do SLAs Affect Your Service to the Organization?

SLAs establish a minimum level of service a tech support organization will provide to customers.
Date Published March 22, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

The Trickiness of Benchmarking and Trending Metrics

As technology changes and the work of desktop support shifts, the metrics we report might represent something different from before.
Date Published February 15, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

#HDIchat Recap: What's the Biggest Change in Your Support Center in the Last Year?

Change is the only constant, especially if you’re in the world of technical support. Teams move and change, processes need to be changed, and technology and tools change.
Date Published February 13, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Service Level Management Basics: The Operational Level Agreement (OLA)

An operational level agreement (OLA) is an agreement between the IT service provider and customers that defines expectations for achieving SLAs.
Date Published February 7, 2017 - Last Updated April 19, 2019

Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support and Service Management

These thought leaders are practitioners and consultants in the technical support and service management community and share insights on industry challenges and the future of the industry.
Date Published January 31, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Increase in Tickets Shows Demand for Desktop Support

Since HDI started conducting research specific to desktop support, more than half the organizations responding have indicated an increase in tickets year over year.
Date Published January 25, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017