ITIL® and Me

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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 […]

I just read the IT Skeptic’s post about how APGM is raising the limit of students for an ITIL v3 intermediate course from 12 to 18.  The IT Skeptic makes a very good argument in his blog about how this is degrading ITIL standards and will only hurt the industry (http://www.itskeptic.org/apmg-further-degrade-standards-itil-v3-certificati).  I couldn’t agree with […]

Often in my job I’m referred as a “bad guy” (since I’m 6’4″ I’ve considered wearing a Darth Vader costume to work, but that’s a topic for another day).  The idea of being a bad guy at my job is something I’ve been used to ever since I started working in my department, and my […]

I’ve been working to help a coworker resolve an issue on a Service that’s involved with multiple systems.  At one point an email was sent from an analyst and they gave the “it’s not me” response.  This is where Customer Service suffers at the hands of the “not my department” mentality.  Too often analysts/programmers/support staff […]