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On Friday I had the privilege to take part in a vendor’s local user group forum (ah heck, I won’t be vendor neutral and just tell you it was with Service-Now.com).  Service-Now showed that their next release will include a specific time management module.  This is a concept that’s not new to me, especially since […]

Today I was reading the usual technical blogs and tweets and as always there’s at least one new “ville” game that someone is developing.  Whenever I read about these new ventures there’s always a specific point to the game, such as teaching people to be more energy conscious or to think about the impact of […]

Since I’ve only worked in one health care environment (it being my current job), I’m trying to find the best way to build a category list for use in a ticketing system.  So far I’m following the thoughts that it’s going to be best to consider a health care service as a top level branch […]

Right now my manager is working on improving the first call resolution (FCR) rate for our Service Desk.  A very critical part of this improvement is to understand the types of calls that the Service Desk is taking and determining what’s being escalated and why.  Here’s the problem though; the category list that we use […]