Launching and Marketing the Service Desk

by Jeff Rumburg, Managing Partner at MetricNet Benchmarking is a proven, mature methodology for measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the Service Desk, and adopting industry best practices. Effective benchmarking enables a service desk to quantify its performance, objectively compare itself to industry averages and best practices, identify performance gaps, and define the steps necessary to

This is part 8 in the Naked Service Desk Series. The original Naked Service Desk Blog explores the concept of stripping back the service desk to its basic components and identifies the top 10 steps which are key for providing brilliant service. Of the 10 steps, step 7 focuses on developing and documenting the customer experience. Customer

by Scarlett Bayes, Industry Analyst, SDI   Will Customer Experience begin the demise of SLAs? SDI research shows that customer satisfaction and the customer experience is becoming increasingly relevant with the industry, which has led to the hypothesis that Experience Level Agreements (XLA) will become more commonplace in the near future. Similar to the Service Level

 by Kerry Burgess, Service Desk Assistant Manager at UKN Group People power businesses. We do business with those we get along with. In this age of technology and digital connections, it’s those personal relationships that drive growth and achieve strategic objectives. However, when it comes to delivering client needs and keeping businesses operational, we would

This is part 6 in the Naked Service Desk Series The original Naked Service Desk Blog explores the concept of stripping back the service desk to its basic components and identifies the top 10 steps which are key for providing brilliant service. Of the 10 steps, step 5 focuses on customer communication channels. Keeping up with growing

by Scarlett Bayes, SDI Analyst   SDI and Ivanti hosted a forum for service desk professionals to voice and express their concerns and ideas surrounding Digital Transformation. The purpose of the day was to give a voice to industry professionals that are not usually heard. The day was led by audience group discussion, where participants