When Elon University decided to implement change management, the biggest problem was getting stakeholders on board with the process.
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, ITSM, ITIL, IT service management, change management
Date Published August 31, 2017 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Change management process design and execution depend on a number of factors. Here are some of the do’s and don’ts for success.
Tag(s): supportworld, ITIL, IT service management, service management, change management, process
Date Published August 24, 2017 - Last Updated April 25, 2024
Too often, organizations oversimplify and understrategize the move to enterprise service management. Here are five things you should do before tackling ESM.
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, business of support, business value
Date Published August 23, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
There’s a term floating around the development world that the service desk can adopt. It’s called microservices.
Tag(s): supportworld, desktop support, technical support, service desk, service management
Date Published July 27, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
It’s time to examine the tiered support model and determine where and when an alternative model such as swarming makes sense.
Tag(s): supportworld, ITIL, ITSM, service management, service strategy, future of support
Date Published July 20, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
Consider all the costs, including personnel and dollars, before you decide whether to purchase a tool for your support center.
Tag(s): supportworld, support center, support operations, value-add, business value, costs, tools
Date Published June 22, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
Customer satisfaction is the percentage of customers who are satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of support they receive. It is the most common measure of quality.
Tag(s): supportworld, customer satisfaction, customer-satisfaction-measurement, metrics and measurements, desktop support, support center
Date Published June 7, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
John Custy was named one of HDI’s Top 25 Thought Leaders in Technical Support and Service Management. Learn what motivates John to be involved in the community.
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, knowledge management, KCS, technical support, ITSM, ITIL, lean, devops, agile
Date Published June 6, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
The mood at HDI 2017 Conference & Expo was upbeat. Participants seemed optimistic about the future of tech support.
Tag(s): supportworld, support center, service management, metrics and measurements, workforce enablement, technology, customer experience, desktop support
Date Published May 23, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
It should not take a crisis to generate a meeting between support center and desktop support managers to keep the relationship between the two groups on track.
Tag(s): desktop support, support center, supportworld, forums, forums-desktop, forums-sclf
Date Published May 17, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017