Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Reimagining ITSM With Online Communities | Community Matters ft. Stephen Mann

In this episode of Community Matters, IT Analyst Stephen Mann discusses recent IT trends and the influence of online communities in fostering peer-to-peer support among IT professionals. IT service management is continuously evolving. Organizations are taking steps to ensure meeting higher employee expectations while adapting to workplace reconstruction. A critical piece of the puzzle, sometimes overlooked, involves sharing resources and engaging with peers to achieve efficiency.

10 Ways to Align Your Teams for Optimized Service Management

The benefits of optimized Customer Service Management are becoming more widely understood every day. Of course, within any given organization, not everyone will recognize the value at the same time—in which case you may be interested in some communications tips we've seen from our clients.

Teamwork Project Management (Key Statistics)

Teamwork project management is critical to the success of your organization. If you have the right project management tools in place, these will give your team a strategic advantage. A team can only ever be as good as the tools it utilizes. Organizations committed to delivering incredible customer experiences are actively investing in teamwork project management solutions.

Best Customer Service Software For Your Business

When you have access to the best customer service software, you can enhance the overall customer experience and deliver greater levels of customer satisfaction. Customer service software can help to bridge the gap between customer expectations and your existing workflow. If you’re committed to delivering incredible experiences, you must invest in the right tools. 90% of Americans use customer service as a factor in deciding whether or not to do business with a company.

My experience of designing for Alert Management

Alert management allows users to identify critical alerts before it impacts business outcomes. A good design is all about logic or the thought process behind the unique solution to user needs. When it comes to alert management, designers need to consider that constantly switching between monitoring tools can be exhausting for the user. With such high stakes, at times, it is not easy to derive a perfect design solution at the very first try.

Workflow Management Tools (Potential Benefits)

Workflow management tools can have a tremendous impact on team performance. Is your team failing to live up to expectations? Do you have a clear plan to drive productivity and improve customer satisfaction? If you’re struggling to get more from your team, we would recommend implementing StartingPoint into your operations for a streamlined workflow. When it comes to finding a comprehensive solution for workflow automation, StartingPoint ticks all the boxes.

4 Questions To Ask Your Vendor About Security

Security concerns continue to be in the news around the world with the White House issuing an executive order earlier this summer about cybersecurity and the European Union proposing a Joint Cyber Unit to respond to the rising number of security incidents. And the hacking story that won't go away with the "SolarWinds" hackers launching a new global cyberattack at the end of May.

Do You Treat Your Best Customers the Same as Your Worst Customers?

If you're using one of the big "standard-issue" service management platforms. You might be forced into some very costly Customer Service practices. For B2B companies, in particular, it is critical to be able to segment the allocation of your firm’s time and attention to your most valuable customers. The issues might include being able to address each customer with individual rules and to accommodate dynamic re-prioritization.