The Help Desk Manager position at any IT organization is absolutely essential to their longevity and success. They are, above all, team workers, insightful advisors, and solid organizers who are able to—of course, as their name suggests, manage workgroups.
Service level agreements (SLAs), if used correctly, can be one of the most important tools in a service-oriented organization. Done well, they communicate what’s expected of all parties and can go a long way to improving the relationship between the business and its IT organization. Some would even argue that good IT service management (ITSM) is built on a bedrock of SLAs (as well as continual improvement). Here are four tips for building more effective SLAs.
Gamification has become a go-to tool to improve participation and engagement in many contexts. Education is a big one: apps like Duolingo use game elements such as badges, streaks, and leaderboards to encourage learners and increase their engagement. With the shift to remote work, employers and HR managers have been looking into ways to improve employee engagement. Gamification is one of the best options for this.
Whether it’s managing workgroups in an efficient way or spotting and solving issues that might arise when dealing with large groups of team members and customers; Help Desk Managers are, above all, problem-solvers, motivators, and all-around natural leaders.
Peoples Bank is one of the leading locally-owned and operated community banks in Washington state, meeting the financial needs of businesses and families in Whatcom, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, King, Chelan, and Douglas Counties. The bank is closely held and operates three principal business units: business banking, retail banking and home lending.
Grupo Cepas, an Argentine company dedicated to the production of beverages, invested a lot of time and effort in the manual management of IT processes. The use of paper forms and ineffective communication through email created a bottleneck effect where processes were slowed down with any delay. They had a ticket system, but it was used to manage IT industry requirements, not end-user orders.
If you read our earlier blog “The Common Issues with Operating Multiple IT Service Desk Tools,” then you’re hopefully better aware of all the issues caused by running multiple service desk tools and potentially now looking at how to justify an ITSM tool consolidation project. To help, this blog shares some of the key opportunities to create a compelling business case for change.
Harmony Public Schools is a system of 58 Texas charter public schools, providing rigorous, high-quality, education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Through a collaborative environment, Harmony offers students from traditionally underserved communities the opportunity to excel with project-based learning, developing the necessary skills to become global citizens.
SEiT is a Chilean company dedicated to helping organizations maintain operational continuity through its technological platforms, with support, monitoring, backup and cybersecurity services. Thus, it advises them in making decisions to increase their profitability and maintain their focus on the business.
Does your organization operate multiple IT service desk tools? Perhaps as a result of merger and acquisition activity. Perhaps because different IT teams have made their own decisions about what best suits their needs.
