From a Toyota to a BMW

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From a Toyota to a BMW How Lonely Planet transformed their Service Desk Jay Hyett Development & Operations Manager Lonely Planet

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From a Toyota to a BMWHow Lonely Planet transformed their Service Desk

Jay HyettDevelopment & Operations Manager

Lonely Planet

1. Hire on attitude

2. Ask the right questions

Customer ServiceGive me an example of a time when you weren’t sure what a customer wanted? What did you do and what was the outcome?

What do you think is the most important aspect of a support role?

Communication SkillsTechnical information is often difficult for non-technical people to understand. What have you done in the past to ensure that what you are communicating is clear, logical and understood by a non-technical audience?

InitiativeTell me about the last time you undertook a project/task that demanded a lot of initiative. What type of project/task was it? Why was initiative called for? What was the outcome?

Teamwork & Relationship BuildingHow do you develop relationships with colleagues working directly with you or in other areas of the business?

3. Promote from Service Desk

4. Use a Queue Manager

Check Yes or No – COMMENTS:

http://servicedesk – Ensure the queue is cleared and urgent incidents are assigned and responded to.

FTP queries sent to author-tech-help – Log ticket in Service-Now and respond if urgent

Check Internal External Ticket

Number Time Team

Informed (if down)

www.lonelyplanet.com

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/

Check Yes No Ticket Number Time

Printers (Toner/Service) - \\lpozpwprnt03 (Printers and Faxes)

Check Yes No

Collect & distribute mail

Cardboard Recycling (back of tech room) + Blue Bin

Team member monitoring queue over lunch Madhavie MONDAY ONLY # of Participants Time Induction 0 0 COMMENTS: On call numbers if required - http://theloop/support/it/ For more information on Incident Management see - http://stonehenge/it/GT/itoperations/csi/Incident%20Management/Forms/AllItems.aspx 5. Implement checklists

Quick wins that have a big impact

Focus on people Be proactive Look beyond ITILListen & act on

customer feedback

6. Implement stand ups

7. Use Agile for projects

Quick wins that have a big impact

Focus on people Be proactive Look beyond ITILListen & act on

customer feedback

8. Implement periodic surveys

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What could we do to make your IT

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9. Implement transactional surveys

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For this call, was there anything we could have done

better?

Quick wins that have a big

impact

Focus on people

Be proactive

Look beyond ITIL

Listen & act on customer feedback

1. Hire on attitude

2. Promote from Service Desk

3. Use a Queue Manager

4. Implement checklists

5. Implement stand ups

6. Use Agile for projects

7. Implement periodic surveys

8. Implement transactional surveys

THANK YOU

Jay [email protected]

@jhyett /jayhyett http://about.me/jayhyett