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        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
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        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
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Use lessons learned from the cloud to optimize service management.
     
    
        Date Published July 12, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Jeff Rumburg explores the cause-and-effect relationships between desktop support KPIs.
     
    
        Date Published July 11, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        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
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        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
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        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
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
         
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
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        DevOps embodies the people, process, and technology philosophy by advocating that cultural transformation is as significant as digital transformation.
     
    
        Date Published June 27, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Learn how HDI members are handling SLAs for service desk call abandonment rate.
     
    
        Date Published June 26, 2018 - Last Updated December 13, 2018