Are you already keeping a close eye on Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics? As part of your IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy, these metrics help you not only meet but exceed your service delivery goals. Following the age-old rule of service delivery, “The customer is always right,” organizations worldwide strive to provide efficient service to their customers, clients, or internal stakeholders.

As the complexity of the help desk staffing model continues to grow, businesses grapple with essential questions – When is the right time to expand the team? How to identify and hire the best-fit candidates? And what's the ideal headcount for an efficient service desk?

Incorporating Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to your IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy sets common expectations for all the parties involved. They provide agents a clear framework to solve requests, helping businesses to meet customers’ needs and maintain high service standards. But how do you exactly create one? What do you need to have in mind? That’s what we’ll show you in this article!

Setting help desk priority levels ensures every ticket is categorized and solved according to urgency and relevance. It creates the foundation for a proactive support strategy, helping your team to meet resolution times and avoid major issues or disruptions. For them to work successfully, you need a clear help desk ticketing process flow and InvGate Service Desk to automate it. If you have the two, you're set to succeed. How? Keep reading to find out!

Have you ever wondered how to become a Help Desk Technician? Success in this dynamic field hinges on three crucial ingredients: adaptability, dedication, and the ability to build meaningful connections. In the 68th episode of Ticket Volume, our host and InvGate Product Specialist, Matt Beran, engages in a captivating conversation with Abby Sininger, a rising star in the world of IT.

Establishing clear help desk roles and responsibilities is crucial to IT support – especially if you're building your service desk from scratch. Otherwise, your team won't have clear guidelines, causing overlaps, misunderstandings, wasted time, and a poor service experience. The key to service desk staffing relies on two main aspects: the needed expertise to fill the different levels of support and the roles you need to cover in each tier. Here, we'll tackle the second one.

When the calendar flips to October, it reveals a special occasion that deserves attention and appreciation: Customer Service Week. From October 2-6, 2023, this week is a tribute to the unsung heroes who are behind the service desk and go above and beyond to deliver exceptional customer experiences. This year's theme, "You Make the Magic Happen," adds a touch of enchantment to the celebration, emphasizing the pivotal role of service desk agents in creating memorable interactions.

Enterprise Service Management (ESM) is a powerful and dynamic approach that empowers organizations to streamline support processes and elevate employee experience. As such, implementing an ESM strategy is paramount to remain competitive and align service delivery with overarching company goals. Because the key concepts of this practice build on IT Service Management (ITSM) principles, the tools adopted were originally designed for this field.

With mobile devices becoming ever more frequent in everyday work operations, ITSM solutions are incorporating a mobile help desk alternative to attend to the needs of remote support and faster ticket resolution. Both agents and end-users stand to benefit from its accessibility and enhanced operations. However, to work properly and encourage effective adoption, these solutions must include certain key features.

Knowing how to train help desk staff effectively can make all the difference in delivering exceptional IT services. In the ever-evolving landscape, where technologies, methodologies, and customer expectations constantly change, proficiently trained help desk teams emerge as the central pillar supporting an organization's IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy.