July 19, 2023 Does your IT service desk use a portfolio of IT metrics? I’m sure the answer is “yes,” but is it really a portfolio? Most online definitions of a portfolio relate to financial investments – where, ideally, the investor has a portfolio that balances risk and return in line with their needs (including risk appetite). So […]
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Updated on March 25, 2020 Covid-19 has necessitated change in the way that we to work in IT, along with the ways of working for the people we serve and support. [...]
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January 2, 2019 As an IT service management (ITSM) professional, what’s going to be important to you in 2019? On a personal level, you might be [...]
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December 12, 2018 There are three common IT service management (ITSM) areas where IT service desks often state that they’re struggling, or at least say [...]
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July 5, 2018 One of the most popular, and “strongest,” industry measures of IT service management (ITSM) and IT service desk performance is customer [...]
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May 30, 2018 “I love a good session on ITAM metrics!” said no one ever. But here’s the thing – IT asset management (ITAM) is such a wide-ranging and [...]
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May 2, 2018 It’s important that we, as IT service management (ITSM) pros, all know about the value stream and service quality – but sometimes [...]
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April 25, 2018 Does your IT organization measure staff morale levels, particularly IT service desk morale? The latest Service Desk Institute [...]
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December 18, 2017 Questions around the performance of IT self-service, compared to more traditional IT support access and communication channels, opens [...]
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October 25, 2017 IT asset management (ITAM) is a powerful IT management activity that saves your organization time and money and minimizes risk; but all [...]
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December 21, 2016 Using an IT balanced scorecard will help your IT organization to focus on the right things – for both delivering against business needs [...]
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July 27, 2016 It’s that time of the week, month, year; your service desk report is due and you’re drowning in spreadsheets and graphs. Yes, you could [...]
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