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1. Your company needs a lost-
and-found (for tickets that get
"lost" and are never completed)
Do you know exactly how all tickets entered into
the system are treated?
!Define!the!appropriate!ticket!routing,!and!apply!internal!
business! rules! that! determine! how! requests! should! be!
re?routed!when!employees!are!out!sick!or!on!vacation!?!
your!help!desk!process!can!be!connected!to,!so!absences!
are! taken! into! consideration.! Use! automated,! periodic!
reminders! to! alert! support! personnel! (and! supervisors)!
Does your
via! connections! to! internal! email! or! other!
communications! media! if! deadlines! enter! the! “danger!
zone”!of!possibly!being!missed.!
help desk 2. Your escalator goes to the
stars
need help? How does your escalation process work?
If! help! requests! are! escalated! too! fast,! your! deep!
support! people! are! being! bothered! unnecessarily,!
maybe!event!in!the!middle!of!the!night!!If!help!requests!
Business!Process!Management!can! are! not! being! escalated! fast! enough,! frustrated!
customers! are! wasting! their! time! talking! to! first?line!
help!improve!your!help!desk!service! support! level! techs! who! can’t! address! their! deep!
and!give!you!the!tools!to!fully!integrate! technical!issues.!Define!specific!paths!and!rules!for!issue!
it!with!other!related!processes!?!! escalation!–!send!support!tickets!to!the!appropriate!level!
in!Human!Resources,!Sales,!Support,! quickly.!
Finance,!executive!management,!!
and!more.! 3. Your customers are developing
! scary Google-fu
Is it too difficult for them to find answers in your
system?
Then!they’re!searching!publicly!for!simple!help!solutions?!
on# your# proprietary# product.! Make! it! easy! for! them! to!
send! their! issues! to! the! right! support! person! promptly,!
and!automatically!connect!customers!to!the!appropriate!
level!of!your!own!knowledge!base.!!Let!your!customers!
feel!that!their!support!needs!are!actually!well!supported.!
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4. Your account reps are actually !
base! for! future! reference,! and! make! them! available! to!
learning to use your product your! clients.! Using! BPM! to! create! and! manage! your!
process! means! you! can! update! it! easily,! so! it! stays!
Are customers asking salespeople for technical relevant! and! usable! by! both! your! customers! and! your!
help? support!team.!
Your!clients!know!that!they!can!reach!their!salesperson,!
so! that’s! who! they! start! bugging! when! they! need! 7. Problem? What problem?
technical!help!and!can’t!get!a!satisfactory!response!from!
the!help!desk.!Give!those!clients!access!to!the!help!they! You can’t fix it if you don’t know it’s broken.
need! clearly! and! simply,! through! multiple! external!
methods!?!web,!email,!phone,!and!social!media.!(Oh,!and! Use!monitoring!and!reporting!tools!to!monitor,!measure,!
keep! encouraging! the! account! reps.! Knowing! the! report! on,! and! ultimately! help! your! helpdesk! be! as!
product!is!a!good!thing.)! efficient!and!cost?effective!as!possible..!
5. Your customers have tracked IF YOU’RE NOT USING GOOD
you down and are filling your PROCESS MANAGEMENT,
tweet stream, LinkedIn groups, YOU’RE NOT HELPING YOUR
Facebook wall, Google+ circles... HELP DESK BE HELPFUL
Are customers asking everyone and anyone for Ensuring!the!technology!resources!of!an!organization!are!
managed! in! accordance! with! its! needs! and! priorities! is!
feedback about what’s happening to their
the!key!responsibility!of!IT!managers.!
support ticket?
Use! smart! BPM! processes! to! receive! issues! from!
Any!individual!in!your!!company!that!a!customer!knows! multiple!external!methods!(web,!email,!phone,!etc.!)!and!
personally! may! become! a! target! if! they! can‘t! get!! route!them!to!the!proper!support!level.!!Add!new!issues!
satisfactory!status!information!from!the!help!desk.! to! the! knowledge?base! for! future! reference,! perform!
Minimize! the! perceived! need! to! contact! an! individual! surveys,! and! generate! reports! to! ensure! service! level!
personally! –! send! personalized,! relevant! agreements!are!met.!
communications! to! inform! your! clients! of! what’s! For!more!information,!visit!our!web!site!
happening!all!along!the!process!from!the!initial!request,! http://www.bonitasoft.com/solutions/it?management!
up! to! the! resolution.! And! let! them! use! the! "public!
!
airwaves"!for!praise!instead!of!distress!signals.!
6. Your customer calls you back
to give you the answer to the
question they asked you.
How nice of them. But kind of embarrassing, no?
Streamline,! maintain,! and! update! your! process! as!
needed!to!respond!appropriately!and!promptly!to!client!
support!tickets.!Add!new!solutions!to!the!knowledge!!
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