Traditional change management doesn’t support the rate of change required by businesses today. But DevOps can accelerate implementation of business-required changes.
Tag(s): change management, devops, business alignment, service management, supportworld
Date Published January 1, 2017 - Last Updated 7 Years, 105 Days, 13 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
Systems thinking can help you avoid costly mistakes such as introducing applications that are not compatible into an organization’s environment, interrupting workflows.
Tag(s): business alignment, collaboration, devops, organizational change management, supportworld, technology, service management
Date Published December 21, 2016 - Last Updated 7 Years, 105 Days, 13 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
The top five SupportWorld articles of 2016 cover themes tech support professionals tackle every day, including customer service, knowledge management, service metrics, gamification, shift-left, and the future of the service desk.
Tag(s): supportworld, support center, desktop support, service management, metrics and measurements, technology, customer experience, workforce enablement
Date Published December 20, 2016 - Last Updated 4 Years, 345 Days, 13 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
Desktop support is more than just the “people who repair computers.” Desktop support technicians cover a wide range of responsibilities supporting many tasks.
Tag(s): focus series, supportworld, asset management, desktop support, ITIL, mobile device support, security management, technical support, trends, VDI, virtual desktop infrastructure - VDI
Date Published December 15, 2016 - Last Updated 7 Years, 105 Days, 13 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
Who has made an impact on the technical support industry? Help us put together the list of HDI’s Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support.
Tag(s): support center, desktop support, service management, metrics and measurements, technology, customer experience, workforce enablement
Date Published December 5, 2016 - Last Updated 4 Years, 345 Days, 13 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
The coming of automation in the support center will be an evolution, and you should be thinking of ways this technology can assist you and your team.
Tag(s): automation, future of support, technology, support center, supportworld, service desk technology
Date Published November 30, 2016 - Last Updated 4 Years, 345 Days, 13 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
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 4 Years, 345 Days, 13 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
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 4 Years, 345 Days, 13 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
What if you could cut 75% of the time, cost, and distraction from the problem-solving process? By taking the best of today's collaboration tools and the war room approach, you can!
Tag(s): collaboration, communications technology, crowdsourcing, knowledge management, KM, ITSM, service desk, service management, supportworld
Date Published September 28, 2016 - Last Updated 7 Years, 105 Days, 13 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed their ongoing and upcoming Windows 10 rollouts.
Tag(s): hdichat, supportworld, technical support, technology
Date Published September 27, 2016 - Last Updated 7 Years, 105 Days, 13 Hours, 8 Minutes ago