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Help Desk Training and Development Program: Are They Worth It?

August 7, 2021 Wayne 1

Help Desk managers know that company success is a result of knowledgeable and engaged workers. To develop and keep top talent productive, you need a comprehensive Help Desk training and development program. Help Desk Training and Development Program Question 1 – Do you have a Help Desk training and development program? Investing into a help desk training and development program can save money while improving the customer experience. Help desk agents also benefit through improvement […]

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Help Desk Reporting Metrics: The top 10 questions

August 5, 2021 Wayne 0

There are specific industry-standard Help Desk reporting metrics based on commonly accepted key performance indicators (KPI). These Help Desk reporting metrics are used to understand how the agent and the team are performing against a baseline. The baseline is a snapshot of current performance and similar industry Help Desks. This means a manager of Help Desk agents can review performance with quantifiable data and make decisions. Help Desk Reporting Metrics Process Question 1 – Do […]

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Help Desk Workforce Management: Are you using it effectively?

July 30, 2021 Wayne 0

The Help Desk workforce management system is used to maximize employee productivity forecasting staffing levels using job and employee variables. One trait of a Help Desk is the work intake can vary by day and even the time of day. Workforce management can be very complex and never perfect. The utilization of a Help Desk agent is never 100%. The volume of work on Monday mornings can be quite different than the volume of work […]

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Help Desk call handling process will reduce handle time.

July 29, 2021 Wayne 2

Help Desk call handling is the entire phone interaction between Help Desk agent and customer from start to end. This includes customer greeting, validating the identity of the customer, providing issue support, and ending the call. While every interaction can have unique properties, the call sequence should follow a call handling procedure. Help Desk Call Handling Question 1 – Does your help desk have a clearly defined call handling process? If Help Desk agents are […]

Help Desk Improvement plan

10 step Help Desk improvement project plan

December 13, 2020 Wayne 0

Implementing a Help Desk improvement project will most likely lead to significant improvement. You will see increases in efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction. This quick start guide will help you determine which core areas of your Help Desk require improvement. We will create and prioritize a list of Help Desk improvement projects. We will then work through the process to implement the most urgent improvement project. Implement a service desk implementation project plan today. Note: […]

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Help Desk Maturity Assessment Guide

September 15, 2019 Wayne 2

Yes, our IT Help Desk maturity assessment is free. For an organization initially setting up their Help Desk, there is a lot of industry-standard process information available to build a strong foundation. If you have an established Help Desk, you can have your current processes and practices assessed against these industry standards using an IT Help Desk maturity assessment. This will assist the Help Desk manager to understand how they are doing and what needs […]

Help Desk Glossary of Terms

Help Desk Glossary of Terms

May 18, 2019 Wayne 0

Understanding IT industry jargon used by customer support professionals can be challenging. Look up help desk terminology and abbreviations in our extensive help desk glossary of IT support terms. Most of the common IT terms used by the help desk are also used by general call centers. Whether you are a Help Desk manager, agent, or customer, this glossary of technology terminology will help you. Help Desk Glossary of Terms 24 x 7 This is […]

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IT Change Management Process Best Practices

December 27, 2018 Wayne 2

In IT Service Management there is a process called IT Change Management. The IT Change Management process is based on the ITIL framework. The IT Change Management process standardizes changes to the IT infrastructure by managing the change lifecycle. Standardizing the change management workflow process is important to be efficient, accurate and to minimize the negative impact on customers, IT services and operations. Having a rigorous change control process is an important factor to be […]

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Problem Management Best Practices

November 4, 2018 Wayne 0

One of the more overlooked ITIL processes is Problem Management. Many companies implementing ITIL, will focus on Incident and Change Management first. What companies realize after implementing Incident and Change Management is, they need a Problem Management program to improve the overall availability of IT services. A mature program managing problems will lead to preventing reoccurring incidents or at least reducing the impact. Focusing on problems in your environment will increase the uptime of your […]

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IT Service Request Fulfillment

October 19, 2018 Wayne 0

What is a Service Request? A Service Request is a process for your Help Desk customers to request system access, information or a standard low-risk change to be fulfilled. Let’s break that down a little more. First, customers requesting access to an application, file system or website is a service request. For example, if a customer needs access to a specific financial directory, they will contact the Help Desk to have this request fulfilled. Secondly, customers will call the […]