META Reps, and the Inevitable Convergence of Level 1 and...
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SESSION 104 Wednesday, November 1, 10:15am - 11:15am
Track: The Specialist
META Reps and the Convergence of Level 1 and Desktop Support
Jeff Rumburg Managing Partner, MetricNet, LLC [email protected]
Session Description An increasing number of support organizations have merged Level 1 and desktop support into a single support entity. These organizations train and develop a class of META Reps with skills far beyond what;s typically seen in service and support. This includes the ability to resolve issues both remotely and at the deskside, a deep understanding of performance metrics, expertise in business case analysis, and a knack for generating positive ROI. In this session, you;ll learn from those who’ve successfully undertaken the transformation and find out how it leads to lower overall support costs, quicker resolution times, and much higher customer satisfaction levels.
Speaker Background Jeff Rumburg, winner of the 2014 Ron Muns Lifetime Achievement Award, is cofounder and managing partner of MetricNet, where he is responsible for global strategy, product development, and client fulfillment. Jeff authored a best-selling book on benchmarking, has been retained as an IT service and support expert by more than half of the Fortune 500 companies, including American Express, Hewlett-Packard, General Motors, and IBM. He was formerly CEO of the Verity Group, where he syndicated the industry’s first service desk benchmark. Jeff received his MBA from Harvard University and his MS from Stanford University.
META Reps, and the Convergence of Level 1 and Desktop Support
Jeff Rumburg
Managing Partner
MetricNet, LLC
28 Years of Service and Support Benchmarks
More than 3,700 IT Service and Support Benchmarks
Global Database
70+ Key Performance Indicators
More than 120 Industry Best Practices
Mega Trends in IT Service and Support The Rise of the Strategic Service and Support Organization
Holistic Use of Key Performance Indicators
Benchmarking to Improve and Optimize Performance
Maturing Chat and User Self-Help
Understanding of TCO and Shift Left Strategies
Process Rationalization and Maturity (ITIL, ITSM)
Improved Knowledge Management and Remote Diagnosis
Convergence of Level 1 and Desktop Support
The Emergence of META Reps in Service and Support
Service Desk vs. Desktop Support
Service Desk Provides Support
RemotelyRequires no physical touch to the device
Desktop Support Provides Support
DesksideRequires a physical touch to the device.
A New Industry Vernacular
Remote Desktop Support
Level 1.5 Support
Field Services
Shift Left Has Empowered Level 1 Reps
The Proliferation of Remote Diagnostic Tools
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Average = 61.4% FLR
Knowledge Centered Support is Maturing
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Hybrid Support is Increasingly Common
Mega Trends in IT Service and Support The Rise of the Strategic Service and Support Organization
Holistic Use of Key Performance Indicators
Benchmarking to Improve and Optimize Performance
Maturing Chat and User Self-Help
Understanding of TCO and Shift Left Strategies
Process Rationalization and Maturity (ITIL, ITSM)
Improved Knowledge Management and Remote Diagnosis
Convergence of Level 1 and Desktop Support
The Emergence of META Reps in Service and Support
Newer and less evolved support
organizations are in this category
A reactive “fire-fighting”
mentality prevails at this stage
Focus tends to be almost
exclusively on service level
compliance
Support is continuously playing
catch-up with user needs and
expectations
The primary purpose of a strategic support organization is to make end users more productive, and to drive
a positive view of IT
A preventive, proactive culture
prevails
Support anticipates user needs and
expectations, and provides services accordingly
Customer enthusiasmand value creation is the goal!
Heavy investments in training, tools, and metrics characterize this stage
A knowledge base of problem solutions is typically established
An expert network of problem solvers is developed outside of support
User self-help begins: user-enabled password resets, user searchable knowledge base
Reactive Stage Growth Stage Strategic Stage
The Maturity Continuum in IT Support
Value Focused
Leverage Metrics
Process Maturity
Marketing
META Reps as Business People
Shift Left Has Empowered Level 1 Reps
Contact Deflection into Lower Cost Channels
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Quality of Support Drives End-User Productivity
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Customer Satisfaction 93.5% 84.5% 76.1% 69.3%
First Contact Resolution Rate 90.1% 83.0% 72.7% 66.4%
Mean Time to Resolve (hours) 0.8 1.2 3.6 5.0
Customer Satisfaction 94.4% 89.2% 79.0% 71.7%
First Contact Resolution Rate 89.3% 85.6% 80.9% 74.5%
Mean Time to Resolve (hours) 2.9 4.8 9.4 12.3
Service Desk
Desktop Support
Performance QuartileSupport Function Key Performance Indicator
37.4 46.9Average Productive Hours Lost per Employee per Year 17.1 25.9
Performance Quartile n = 60
META Reps Leverage KPIs
Cost per Ticket
First Level Resolution Rate
Cost
Service Level
Quality
Call HandlingAgent
Average speed of answer
(ASA)
Call abandonment rate
% Answered within 30
Seconds
Average hold time
Average time to abandon
Percent of calls blocked
Contacts per Agent per Month
Agent Utilization
Agents as % of Total FTE’s
Customer Satisfaction
Call Quality
First Contact Resolution Rate
Agent Occupancy
Annual Agent Turnover
Daily Absenteeism
New Agent Training Hours
Annual Agent Training Hours
Schedule Adherence
Agent Tenure
Agent Job Satisfaction
Contact Handle Time
% Escalated Level 1
Resolvable
User Self-Service
Completion Rate
And there are hundreds more!!
Productivity
The 80/20 Rule for Service and Support KPIs
Cost per TicketCost
Productivity
Quality
Call Handling
Agent Utilization
Customer Satisfaction
First Contact Resolution Rate
Agent Agent Job Satisfaction
Aggregate Balanced scorecard
TCO First Level Resolution Rate
Cause-and-Effect for Service and Support KPIsCost per Ticket Customer Satisfaction
Agent
Utilization
First
Contact
Resolution
Agent
Satisfaction
Coaching Career Path Training Hours
Call
Quality
Handle
Time
Agents/
Total FTE’s
Absenteeism/
Turnover
First Level
ResolutionScheduling
Efficiency
Service Levels:
ASA and AR
META Reps are ProactiveSome Common Proactive Behaviors
Root Cause Analysis / Closed Ticket Analysis
Marketing / Brand Management
Business Case Analysis for New Investments
Benchmarking
Goal-based Training
Cause-and-Effect Decision-making
Manage Agent Morale / Agent Job Satisfaction
Agent Scorecards
Benchmarking and Continuous Improvement
Yet fewer than 20% of all IT support
groups engage in benchmarking.
Yet fewer than 20% of all IT support groups engage in benchmarking!
There is a 1:1 Correspondence Between Benchmarking and
World-Class Performance.
The Benchmarking Methodology
Your IT Support
Performance
Performance of
Benchmarking Peer
Group
Determine How Best in Class Achieve
Superiority
Adopt Selected Practices of
Best in Class
Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
The ultimate
objective of
benchmarking
COMPARE
The Goal of Benchmarking
Cost per Ticket HigherLower
HigherBEST-IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCE CURVE
AVERAGE PERFORMANCE CURVE
AFTER BENCHMARKING
STARTING POINT: BEFORE
BENCHMARKING
Process Maturity Model
Proactively Managing
Stakeholder
Expectations
Stakeholder Communication
A Holistic Approach to
Performance
Measurement
Performance Measurement
Leveraging People and
ProcessesTechnology
Expeditious Delivery of
Customer ServiceProcess
Proactive, Life-cycle
Management of
Personnel
Human
Resources
Defining Your Charter
and MissionStrategy
DefinitionModel
Component
Customer
Enthusiasm
Strategy
Human Resources
ProcessTechnology
PerformanceMeasurement
Stakeholder Communication
Process Maturity Drives Overall Performance!
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Your Performance
Global Database
Process Assessment Score 66.0%
Balanced Score 68.7%
Medtronic PerformanceYour Performance
The Optimized Support Organization5 – Optimized Maturity
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Managing the Message of IT Support
We’ve all heard the expression…
“Expectations Not Set…are Expectations Not Met!
So, let’s get serious about proactively managing expectations!
Managing the Message of IT Support
LOWER COST HIGHERACTUAL VALUE
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Perceived Value < Actual Value
Managing the Message of IT Support
Where is IS failing to meet XXX needs?
Rank Fails Survey Question
1 - 22.1% 24. Availability of shared resources
2 - 16.2% 30. Your satisfaction with remote access services
3 - 14.7% 17. Continue using the IS Support Center
4 - 13.2% 28. Overall satisfaction with computing/network services
5 - 11.8% 21. The response to requested software changes
5 - 11.8% 29. Satisfaction with the current E-Mail services
7 - 10.3% 09. Current services provided by IS
8 - 8.8% 19. Developers understand your business requirements
9 - 8.8% 23. Reliability of business applications
10 - 7.4% 08. IS communication of products and services
10 - 7.4% 22. The response to requested enhancements
12 - 4.4% 07. IS value compared to the cost of services
12 - 4.4% 14. Value of IS Business Consultants
12 - 4.4% 20. Responsiveness to application maintenance requests
15 - 2.9% 12. Acquisition process for IT
15 - 2.9% 18. Applications provide the necessary functionality
12%
Avg.
2.9 % of XXX’s said issue18. failed to meet expectations.
Mean
for ALL
“fails”
Sort field
sequence
field
varriance
duplicate rank
Title of List
above
average
below
average
Selected Issues
NewslettersBrown Bag
SessionsLeave Behinds
Business Unit
Liaisons
Surveys Log-in Screens Webcasts FAQ Site
Mega Trends in IT Service and Support The Rise of the Strategic Service and Support Organization
Holistic Use of Key Performance Indicators
Benchmarking to Improve and Optimize Performance
Maturing Chat and User Self-Help
Understanding of TCO and Shift Left Strategies
Process Rationalization and Maturity (ITIL, ITSM)
Improved Knowledge Management and Remote Diagnosis
Convergence of Level 1 and Desktop Support
The Emergence of META Reps in Service and Support
The Paradox of IT Support
Less than 5% of all IT spending is allocated
to end-user support
Service desk, desktop support, field support
This leads many to erroneously assume
that there is little upside opportunity in IT
support
The result is that most support
organizations are managed with the goal of
minimizing costs
But the most effective support strategies
focus on maximizing valueCorporate IT Spending Breakdown
4%
96%: Non support functions
End-User Support
Application
Development
Application
Maintenance
Network
Operations
Mainframe and
midrange Computing
Desktop Computing
Contract Services
(e.g., disaster
recovery)
n = 1,044
Global large cap companies
Survey type: multiple choice
3 responses allowed per survey
84% cited the service desk as a very important factor in their overall satisfaction with corporate IT
47% cited desktop support as a very important factor in their overall satisfaction with corporate IT
Service and Support Drives Customer Satisfaction for All of IT