Service Desk Articles

IT Service Desk Metrics and Benchmarks – Where’s the Value?

As to why IT service desks need metrics and benchmarks, the answer will depend on whom you ask. You don’t always get the right answer either. To help, this article looks at the potential power of, and issues with, IT service desk metrics and benchmarks.
This article explains how application security is becoming an important part of ITSM practice, common technologies and tools, and best practices that can help you enhance security for your organization’s application portfolio.
This article explains that there likely aren’t just two or three KPIs your IT service desk needs, that IT service desk metric portfolios can be problematic, and how your IT service desk can move its focus to what’s most valuable.
Avoid the perils of creating a lengthy request for proposal (RFP) spreadsheet as the primary mechanism for your ITSM tool shortlisting exercise, and instead use this alternative method.
Kotter’s 8-step Model provides a comprehensive approach to change management and has been widely adopted globally. This article explains the model and how it helps with change management and enablement.
Digital minimalism isn’t just a trend, it’s a practice that can significantly streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and, importantly, contribute to sustainability. This article explains.
Most negative service experiences are due to slowness and tickets not being completed at all – service failure. But what causes slow and failed service? This article explains the three specific causes and how to fix them.
Here we look at where incident management stops and problem management begins, and the difference between the two – with help from Batman and Columbo.
This article looks at tips for managing your change process – from successful communication, to how to handle your change advisory board, and more.
Here Vawns Murphy shares 13 top tips for dealing with a major incident that don’t involve hiding under your desk, chain smoking, or drinking a bottle of vodka. Read it here.
This article by Stephen Mann shares ten tips to follow when planning your new, or improved, IT-support chat capability. It’s more than simply implementing a new piece of technology.
The business reliance on IT means IT must take operations and ITSM very seriously. This article by Phyllis Drucker demonstrates the connectivity between existing ITSM practices and employee experience improvement.
Is the absence of experience data allowing “ill-informed” decision-making to drive the wrong IT and IT support strategies and outcomes in your organization? Check out the latest Global IT Experience Benchmark Report and see for yourself.
How should a service desk deal with end user unresponsiveness? Here we look at various opinions sourced from the Back2ITSM Facebook group. First in 2016 and now in 2023.
This “living” article has been created as a handy resource that lists the ITSM webinars ITSM.tools has participated in since 2021. It was updated during 2022 and now 2023 with new webinars as needed.