Synergy: Aligning Training, Communications, and Metrics to Optimize Knowledge Management

If your service desk already has a great set of processes in place, good news: with just a little effort, you can reuse many of those same processes to optimize and improve your knowledge management program! After all, reuse is one of the main principles of Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS)....
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016

The Analytics Era: A Look at the Future of Metrics

In this webinar, HDI 2016 track chair John Custy ("Metrics and Measurements") will present a view into the future of metrics as we move out of the telephone era and into the era of multichannel and analytics, including new trends in metrics and reporting. Discover how service desk...

Date Published - Last Updated November 9, 2015

O365 + 92% FCR = Supporting Office 365 at the University of New Mexico

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...
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016

Making the Grade: Performance Management and Measurement at All Levels

If you’ve been a support center manager for more than ten minutes, you’ve probably been faced with the question, “How is your team doing?” Because of the role they play, support organizations are often large and/or highly visible. As a result, senior IT leadership wants to understand the return...
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016

Tech Is Money: Demystifying the RFP Process

The time has come for your organization to replace a key piece of technology. Senior management is on board, and money is available. Your frontline staff is thrilled that their tools will be updated. Now what?

Good technology and services cost good money, and tight budgets...

Date Published - Last Updated August 17, 2016

Sneak Peek: 2016 Desktop Support Practices & Salary Data

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In this webinar, HDI’s senior writer/analyst, Roy Atkinson, will showcase new data from the 2016 Desktop Support Practices & Salary Survey. This data, previously...

Date Published - Last Updated October 25, 2016

Major Incidents Resulting from Change: A Metric You Should Be Measuring

Major incidents resulting from change is one of the most effective metrics in your collection because it shows the service level impact of the changes being executed. It isn’t a measure of system failures; it’s a measure of departmental failures. It holds teams accountable for the impact they...
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Power of Metrics for Optimal Performance

Without clear objectives, metrics are just a pile of numbers. The good is when we beat our targets, the bad is when we fail to hit those targets, and the ugly is when we fail to set challenging objectives. Remember, like baseball, the only thing that really matters in the end is whether or not...
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016

The Obsession with Zero

One of the greatest inventions since the leaf blower is the help desk ticketing system. By tracking calls, these systems preserve solutions to previous problems and they document the number of people you helped in a given period. And that’s just the beginning. Ticketing systems also offer a...
Date Published - Last Updated May 11, 2016

Top Down and Bottom Up: Performance Metrics That Count

RedSeal Networks provides proactive enterprise security management solutions that continually assess and fortify organizations’ cyberdefenses while automating compliance. Its engineers provide global, round-the-clock support, troubleshooting any obstacles to the analysis and improvement of...
Date Published - Last Updated February 25, 2016