Excellence in five areas of customer service can contribute greatly to the effectiveness of service management, which is expanding beyond the world of IT.
Tag(s): supportworld, shadow-it, customer experience, customer satisfaction, customer service, self-service, service desk, service quality, cloud computing
Date Published November 17, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
In IT, following the process will reduce the mean time to resolve incidents, which in turn restores services to normalcy in a timely manner.
Tag(s): best practice, escalation, incident management, IT service management, ITSM, process, service desk, support center, supportworld
Date Published November 16, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Where do you spend your time in the support center? If you are a manager and doing too much operational work, you might be neglecting to build a strategy for your team.
Tag(s): service strategy, support center, support operations, supportworld
Date Published November 10, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016
Knowledge management (KM) is a touchy subject in the world of support. Many organizations struggle with it, and far fewer have managed to create a mature KM process.
Tag(s): KM, knowledge management, KCS, supportworld
Date Published November 3, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Swarming not only gets problems resolved, but also you typically get resolution much more quickly. It is also a great training mechanism for front-line employees.
Tag(s): collaboration, customer experience, customer service, employee engagement, ITSM, IT service management, practices and processes, service design, service desk, support center, supportworld
Date Published October 20, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Because rollouts require concentrated effort to complete work within a specified time, bringing in contractors to assist desktop support can be beneficial.
Tag(s): capacity management, desktop support, human resources, RESOURCES, staffing, supportworld, workforce enablement, contracting
Date Published October 19, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed the merits and applications of skills-based routing and intelligent swarming.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, knowledge management, KM
Date Published October 18, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016
The most successful incident escalation processes include a Well-defined process, Well-defined tools, and an open dialogue between the support center and all second-level teams receiving escalations.
Tag(s): escalation, KM, knowledge management, practices and processes, problem solving and troubleshooting, support operations, support center, supportworld
Date Published October 18, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
SOPs are not only a critical success factor in maintaining the quality of service level management, but also maintaining consistency between employees and departments.
Tag(s): best practice, business alignment, IT service management, ITSM, practices and processes, process management, service management, support center, supportworld
Date Published October 13, 2016 - Last Updated August 15, 2018
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed the ways in which their organizations keep raising the bar for customer service.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, technical support, service management, service desk technology
Date Published October 11, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016