Consider whether reporting against knowledge article usage, as evidenced by linking articles to incidents, is a better way to prioritize incident types for problem management.
Tag(s): supportworld, problem management, knowledge management, ITIL, ITSM, service management
Date Published April 6, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
There is hope for problem management to be proactive by marrying problem management with knowledge management/knowledge sharing practices.
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, problem management, knowledge management, ITSM
Date Published March 30, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
Problem management is supposed to help identify and remediate the underlying causes of unplanned interruptions (incidents) to services.
Tag(s): supportworld, problem management, service management, support center, hdichat
Date Published March 27, 2017 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
In order for support organizations to be truly successful, ticket documentation should be an every time event, not a sometimes event.
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, support center, training, business value
Date Published March 23, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
SLAs establish a minimum level of service a tech support organization will provide to customers.
Tag(s): supportworld, SLA, service level agreement, service management, support center
Date Published March 22, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
Coaching is a critical strategy for the implementation and ongoing health of the knowledge base.
Tag(s): supportworld, workforce enablement, service management, KCS, knowledge management, coaching
Date Published March 15, 2017 - Last Updated August 15, 2018
From tax law to setting up new accounts, automation is finding its role in IT. Have you automated any processes?
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, technology, hdichat, automation
Date Published March 9, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
When support centers offer self-service, does it truly save money or merely shift the work to the customer?
Tag(s): supportworld, support center, self-service, costs, business of support, service management
Date Published March 7, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
Self-service is a top strategy for many service businesses. But the rush to offer self-service technologies comes with major obstacles and risks.
Tag(s): customer experience, service management, IT service management, ITSM, self-service, supportworld
Date Published March 2, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017
If you don’t get all the stakeholders in the room to determine requirements, that ITSM tool you are buying may only serve to frustrate other groups within IT.
Tag(s): supportworld, service management, desktop support, ITSM, IT service management, IT Service Management - ITSM, tools
Date Published February 28, 2017 - Last Updated December 6, 2017