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The Latest from SupportWorld

The Importance of a Service Management Roadmap

Is your support organization able to provide consistent service and deliver business value? If not, perhaps it’s time for an improvement initiative.
Date Published July 25, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

The User Experience of a Pig

How to design service portals and service catalogs so people will use them.
Date Published July 24, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

You Cannot Fix Everything

The technical environment is getting more complex and diversified, and the demands put on the support center increase daily.
Date Published July 18, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

Culture Is Core

Learn the five barometers of winning team cultures and the four components to turn a team’s culture around.
Date Published July 17, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

Clouding Your Judgement

Use lessons learned from the cloud to optimize service management.
Date Published July 12, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

Metric of the Month: Cause-and-Effect for Desktop Support KPIs

Jeff Rumburg explores the cause-and-effect relationships between desktop support KPIs.
Date Published July 11, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

Everyone Has a Role to Play

If individuals are in the wrong roles or have moved past their usefulness in a role, the processes and procedures we have so carefully aligned can fail.
Date Published July 10, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

A Foolproof Guide for Identifying and Selecting Measures

It’s one thing to define and collect measures for the service desk. It is completely another thing to identify and collect the right measures.
Date Published July 5, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

Bring DX/UX to the Service Portal

Many service management professionals struggle with designing a service portal from the customer’s standpoint.
Date Published July 3, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018

Get IT Done: Strategies for Supporting the Modern Workforce

 

More than one-third of organizations identify “managing an increased workload with existing staff” as their primary challenge, according to a recent survey of support organizations conducted by HDI. Compounding this challenge is the growing complexity of the modern...

Date Published June 27, 2018 - Last Updated September 24, 2021