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Project and Portfolio Updates and Best Practices

At OneDesk, we recognize that each of our customers has unique needs when it comes to managing their Projects. You might be thinking that the Helpdesk features are all you need, and wonder why you should bother with Projects. Here’s why: Projects serve as powerful containers that help you organize and share items effectively. They allow you to control visibility, ensuring that only the right users or customers can see the information they need.

Create and Manage Unscheduled Tasks and Projects in OneDesk

In the world of Project Management, not every Task or Project fits neatly into a pre-planned timeline. Sometimes, Projects arise unexpectedly or need to be handled on the fly. And if you’re using Projects to organize your Helpdesk (which we recommend), you might not have a need for scheduling in the first place as you respond to requests in real time.

Seamlessly modify all your items using our selection tool

There is no limit on how many items you can have in OneDesk. As such, you can create custom work views that filter, group, and sort your items according to your needs. OneDesk now offers the ability to select all, deselect all, and multi-select in a given view. The feature enables you to quickly select all items to modify or move them. You can also clear your selection by deselecting all.

We've improved our Mobile-Friendly customer portal applications

Would you like to offer an external portal to an unlimited number of users and customers? With new styling and improved performance, our Mobile-Friendly customer applications offer your external users seamless access to a central hub for tickets, webforms, articles, and useful links. Our Mobile-Friendly Applications are included with any subscription to OneDesk, including an unlimited number of customers or external users at no additional cost. Below are some useful features available with our MFA.

Cingulum Health Uses OneDesk to Enhance their Patient Management Workflow

For the Cingulum Health team, the highest level of patient care and attention is a must. We recently spoke to the practice manager at Cingulum Health whose clinic has recently switched over to using OneDesk. With OneDesk’s combination of support and project management features, this leading clinic has been able to streamline their operations, allowing them to focus on providing the best patient care.

10 Help Desk Metrics to Measure Support

Help desk metrics, also called help desk KPIs, are quantifiable indicators, such as charts, graphs, or reports used to measure the performance of your support. Help desk metrics are crucial to tracking the performance of your team and ensuring you are providing quality service. You can use help desk metrics to measure support in virtually any industry. If you perform services for customers or internal end-users, you should consider using the following help desk metrics to measure support.

Block of Hours Agreement

A block of hours agreement can be referred to by a number of other terms, such as a block of time, block contract, or prepaid hours agreement. Some client billing agreements involve invoicing upon completion of a project, or on a monthly or other scheduled basis. In most of these cases, the billing occurs after completion of some work. With a block of hours agreement, the company receives payment from a client prior to the completion of work, for a specified price and number of hours.