Most organizations think about communication best practices with reference to major outages, and events, but don’t consider the impact good communication can have on first contact resolution (FConR) and mean time to resolve (MTTR), even in a day-to-day context. Large outages attract a great...
Tag(s): communications skills, best practice, webinars, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated 8 Years, 169 Days, 13 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
The current world of IT is complex, and getting more complex every day. The business appetite for information is increasing, and our traditional approach to managing and curating demand must accelerate in response. To satisfy this demand, many are looking to adopt agile development...
Tag(s): webinars, framework and methodologies, framework, service management, ITSM, IT service management, it governance
Date Published - Last Updated 9 Years, 14 Days, 11 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
KCS was chosen as it allows for real-time knowledge management and provides a continuous feedback loop, features that are essential for successfully maintaining the information used in an IT environment.
Tag(s): case study, KCS
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 301 Days, 13 Hours, 40 Minutes ago
Improving service management requires organizations to do things differently, and doing things differently requires organizational change. This white paper describes a straightforward, reproducible method of managing organizational change that will help ensure the success of any service...
Tag(s): white paper, service management, practices and processes, change management, organizational change management, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated 8 Years, 182 Days, 17 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
When budgets are tight, it’s important that you spend money on training that builds the skills you need at the levels you need them.
Tag(s): workforce enablement, workforce enablement, training, supportworld, service desk, support center, framework and methodologies, framework
Date Published - Last Updated 7 Years, 323 Days, 11 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
As service management frameworks, concepts, and tools expand beyond the IT function, IT leaders and their teams play a critical role in helping define and explain the benefits of implementing a service-focused mindset across every business function. But it is important to...
Tag(s): webinars, supportworld, business value, IT service management, ITSM, enterprise service management
Date Published - Last Updated 1 Year, 63 Days, 9 Hours ago
Knowledge management is a hot topic in our industry, with more and more organizations making it a priority each year. And as with any enterprise initiative, such as ITIL, outsourcing, or any number of equally dynamic implementations, it’s success depends on the participation and buy-in of the...
Tag(s): KCS, KM, knowledge management, supportworld
Date Published - Last Updated 8 Years, 33 Days, 16 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
Knowledge has exploded, and by that I mean, knowledge is everywhere. Knowledge is accessible. Knowledge has been democratized, crowdsourced, repurposed, remixed, and regurgitated. Where knowledge was once scarce, it is now abundant. Where knowledge was once controlled, it is now free. It’s taken...
Tag(s): KM, knowledge management, social media, social IT, crowdsourcing
Date Published - Last Updated 8 Years, 34 Days, 3 Hours, 28 Minutes ago
Schools have long offered technology education, taught by specialist computer teachers, typically in dedicated labs, in high schools, middle schools, and even at the elementary level. But today, large and small districts across the country are adopting mobile devices as essential tools, and far...
Tag(s): ITSM, future of support
Date Published - Last Updated 8 Years, 33 Days, 16 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
ITIL, the best practice framework formerly known as the IT Infrastructure Library, has played a big role in the evolution of corporate IT. Love it or hate it, it’s hard to dispute the fact that ITIL has done much to improve the professionalism and performance of technical service and support...
Tag(s): ITIL, future of support, ITSM
Date Published - Last Updated 8 Years, 33 Days, 16 Hours, 44 Minutes ago