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Metric of the Month: First Contact Resolution Rate

FCR is a measure of how effectively your service desk conducts its business, and customer satisfaction is strongly correlated with FCR.
Date Published July 12, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Lessons in Leadership: Reflections from Jeff Rumburg

Jeff Rumburg was named one of HDI’s Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support and Service Management. Learn what motivates Jeff to be involved in the community.
Date Published June 20, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

Metric of the Month: Customer Satisfaction

Customer satisfaction is the percentage of customers who are satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of support they receive. It is the most common measure of quality.
Date Published June 7, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

The Word Is Optimism

The mood at HDI 2017 Conference & Expo was upbeat. Participants seemed optimistic about the future of tech support.
Date Published May 23, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017

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