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How well does your service desk communicate?

I delivered a presentation on Metrics and measurement at the Service Desk Institute conference in the UK. To my surprise, the most lively discussion topics were more about how well the service desk communicates with end users, than about metrics.

Your metrics are not your goals

It’s fine to use KPIs for planning, understanding, and discussion, just remember to maintain a focus on your real goals and don’t confuse them with your KPIs!

What behaviour do your SLA targets encourage?

Service level agreements (SLAs) should help to improve services, by making sure that both the service provider and their customer are very clear about responsibilities and expectations. Unfortunately, many SLAs have very poorly thought out targets, and these can often result in the service provider behaving in ways that are the exact opposite of what the customer wants.

AI won't fix your service management problems

AI can add a lot of value to your IT service management (ITSM), but if you get it wrong you might make your services worse! Here are some suggestions for how to use AI to support ITSM
The New ITIL

A new version of ITIL has been announced, here is my summary of what has changed, and more importantly what has not changed.
Defining your risk appetite

How to create simple definitions of risk appetite levels, and then assign these to each of your organization’s projects, services, business units or any other clearly identifiable part of your work.

Stuart Rance writes many blogs and white papers that are published on a variety of sites, you can find a regularly updated list of all of these in Stuart Rance blogs

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