Many organizations are starting to evaluate all the components that make up their operational model. It’s more important than ever to align your IT service mission with immediate and longterm objectives within your organization, and demonstrate that alignment to stakeholders.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, business alignment, business of support, cost models
Date Published November 3, 2020 - Last Updated November 2, 2020
The brain learns quicker and better when the learner is comfortable, so it pays to invest in making your trainees comfortable and open to learning. Here are some strategies to put learners at ease that can make training sessions more successful.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, training, employee engagement
Date Published November 3, 2020 - Last Updated October 30, 2020
Changes in scope of Service Asset and Configuration Management (SACM) can support organizations to shift rapidly to remote work when the next pandemic or disaster strikes. This is the final part of the “Bringing Service Home” series, which focuses on ways to operate IT service remotely.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, business continuity, business continuity planning, continuity management, disaster recovery, remote support tools
Date Published November 2, 2020 - Last Updated October 30, 2020
Here are instructions for how best to envision the journey of your internal or external clients from the submission of a ticket to the resolution of the problem, and beyond. By undertaking this exercise, you can reduce hurdles to great service.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, practices, business intelligence, communications skills, customer experience, customer satisfaction, customer-satisfaction-measurement, customer service, customer survey tools
Date Published October 28, 2020 - Last Updated October 30, 2020
Our team, our clients, and our organization are likely facing an unprecedented amount of stress during these turbulent times. Here are some tips for how team leaders can help a workforce to strengthen the characteristics that will see them through upheaval.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, employee engagement, employee satisfaction, practices, team building, teamwork
Date Published October 27, 2020 - Last Updated October 23, 2020
As part of our Metric of the Month series, MetricNet highlights how to measure how true artificial intelligence will help alleviate ticket volume, and free up the service team from commodity support. Now that true machine learning is possible, AI has the potential to revolutionize IT service.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, customer experience, IT service management, metrics and measurements
Date Published October 26, 2020 - Last Updated November 2, 2020
Culture matters now more than ever, as team members are geographically scattered. Communication about company culture must be as clear as possible for the top down, and organizational culture must be refined and reinforced regularly. Here’s how to ensure your company’s culture thrives during...
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, culture, employee engagement, employee satisfaction
Date Published October 20, 2020 - Last Updated October 23, 2020
Too often, metrics that are considered sacred were put in place to please a forgotten stakeholder or because they came out of the box. Here’s how to revise your approach to find and create KPIs that measure what’s needed to be measured and point the way toward key goals.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, continual service improvement, customer survey tools, gap analysis, metrics and measurements, methodology
Date Published October 20, 2020 - Last Updated October 23, 2020
Make an effort to understand the culture and conditions on the ground where your workforce is located, and communicate regularly. Here are a few concrete steps you can take now to make the world a little smaller for your team.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, employee engagement, diversity, IT service management
Date Published October 20, 2020 - Last Updated October 23, 2020
Rapid technological advancements and changing needs are requiring a new way to operate when implementing new projects and fostering change. It takes a steady hand and clear vision to ensure success, as execution is everything for so many of today’s critical business initiatives.
Tag(s): supportworld, best practice, employee engagement, project management
Date Published October 12, 2020 - Last Updated October 20, 2020