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Benchmark 2014
Global Results for Desktop Support
Jeff Rumburg
27 Years of IT Service and Support Benchmarks
More than 3,000 IT Service and Support Benchmarks
Global Database
70+ Key Performance Indicators
More than 120 Industry Best Practices
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2014 Benchmarking Data: 138 Data Records from 31 Countries
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The Benchmarking Methodology
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Samanage Customer
Service Desk
Performance
Performance of
Benchmarking Peer
Group
Determine How Best in Class
Achieve Superiority
Adopt Selected Practices of
Best in Class
Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
The ultimate
objective of
benchmarking
COMPARE
The Goal of Benchmarking
Cost per Ticket HigherLower
HigherBEST-IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCE CURVE
AVERAGE PERFORMANCE CURVE
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AFTER BENCHMARKING
STARTING POINT: BEFORE
BENCHMARKING
KPI’s Used in MetricNet Desktop Support Benchmarks
Cost per Ticket
Cost per Incident
Cost per Service Request
Cost ProductivityService Level
Quality
Ticket Handling
Technician
Average Incident Response Time (minutes)
% of Incidents Resolved in 1 Business Day
Mean Time to Resolve Incidents (business hours)
Mean Time to Complete Service Requests (business days)
Technician Utilization
Tickets per Technician-
Month
Incidents per Technician-
Month
Service Requests per
Technician-Month
Ratio of Technicians to
Total Headcount
Customer Satisfaction
First Contact Resolution Rate
(Incidents
% Resolved Level 1 Capable
Technician Satisfaction
New Technician Training
Hours
Annual Technician Training
Hours
Annual Technician Turnover
Technician Absenteeism
Technician Tenure (months)
Average Incident Work
Time (min)
Average Service Request
Work Time (min)
Average Travel Time per
Ticket (min)
Workload
Tickets per Seat per Month
Incidents per Seat per
Month
Service Requests per Seat
per Month
Incidents as a % of Total
Ticket Volume
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Tickets, Incidents, and Service Requests
Incident Volume + Service Request Volume = Ticket Volume
Tickets
Incidents Service Requests
Unplanned work that requires a physical touch to a device
Hardware break/fix
Device failure
Connectivity failure
Planned work that requires a physical touch to one or more devices
Move/Add/Change
Hardware or software upgrade
Device refresh
Device set-up
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Benchmarking Results Organized Into Three Categories
High Density
Medium Density
Field Services
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Benchmarking Data Summary: High Density
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Average Min Median Max
Cost per Ticket $84.42 $31.98 $82.03 $179.33
Cost per Incident $69.79 $18.27 $69.35 $148.92
Cost per Service Request $118.10 $48.89 $102.56 $260.27
Tickets per Technician per Month 142.8 54.4 124.9 276.4
Incidents per Technician per Month 100.2 19.2 88.4 230.7
Service Requests per Technician per Month 42.6 10.8 41.5 100.1
Technicians as a Percent of Total FTE's 85.5% 74.8% 84.6% 94.8%
Technician Utilization 54.8% 33.8% 56.5% 70.9%
Mean Time to Resolve Incidents (business hours) 6.5 1.0 5.0 24.1
% of Incidents Resolved in 1 Business Day 74.9% 18.7% 79.0% 94.8%
Mean Time to Fulfill Service Requests (business days) 2.9 1.0 2.6 5.7
% of Service Requests Fulfilled in 3 Business Days 56.3% 16.8% 59.2% 82.5%
Customer Satisfaction 83.6% 54.9% 86.5% 95.8%
Incident First Visit Resolution Rate 83.7% 66.7% 84.3% 97.2%
% Resolved Level 1 Capable 20.2% 3.8% 19.8% 35.4%
Annual Technician Turnover 31.4% 13.1% 27.8% 58.0%
Daily Technician Absenteeism 4.6% 0.8% 4.1% 11.4%
New Technician Training Hours 57 0 48 140
Annual Technician Training Hours 9 0 3 61
Technician Tenure (months) 43.6 17.6 43.9 88.4
Technician Job Satisfaction 78.9% 67.3% 79.7% 89.3%
Average Incident Work Time (minutes) 24.1 8.0 19.9 53.7
Average Service Request Work Time (minutes) 46.3 20.0 40.0 140.0
Travel Time per Ticket (minutes) 9.4 7.0 8.5 19.0
Tickets per Seat per Month 0.54 0.20 0.47 1.01
Incidents per Seat per Month 0.38 0.11 0.35 0.86
Service Requests per Seat per Month 0.16 0.04 0.14 0.42
Incidents as a % of Total Ticket Volume 68.0% 33.6% 69.6% 91.6%
2014 Benchmarking Statistics (High Density)
Cost
Productivity
Workload
Metric Type Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Service Level
Quality
Technician
Ticket Handling
Benchmarking Data Summary: Medium Density
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Average Min Median Max
Cost per Ticket $125.13 $56.46 $116.46 $288.99
Cost per Incident $112.42 $44.13 $105.45 $279.28
Cost per Service Request $158.84 $75.29 $144.92 $348.39
Tickets per Technician per Month 88.1 37.7 83.0 149.7
Incidents per Technician per Month 65.1 26.9 61.5 118.7
Service Requests per Technician per Month 22.9 4.6 23.0 52.1
Technicians as a Percent of Total FTE's 85.1% 72.1% 83.8% 97.4%
Technician Utilization 55.8% 36.2% 56.0% 72.2%
Mean Time to Resolve Incidents (business hours) 9.6 3.0 8.1 22.1
% of Incidents Resolved in 1 Business Day 35.7% 18.9% 38.3% 44.4%
Mean Time to Fulfill Service Requests (business days) 5.1 2.1 5.1 11.1
% of Service Requests Fulfilled in 3 Business Days 26.2% 2.4% 25.6% 39.6%
Customer Satisfaction 85.1% 51.3% 87.1% 99.1%
Incident First Visit Resolution Rate 84.9% 68.0% 86.3% 97.8%
% Resolved Level 1 Capable 21.5% 4.8% 21.7% 33.7%
Annual Technician Turnover 25.3% 2.5% 24.8% 53.7%
Daily Technician Absenteeism 4.7% 0.1% 3.7% 13.4%
New Technician Training Hours 62 0 65 135
Annual Technician Training Hours 13 0 7 59
Technician Tenure (months) 53.9 18.2 47.3 110.3
Technician Job Satisfaction 81.1% 68.2% 80.6% 97.6%
Average Incident Work Time (minutes) 21.2 8.0 19.7 51.3
Average Service Request Work Time (minutes) 45.1 20.0 38.5 124.0
Travel Time per Ticket (minutes) 37.6 20.0 37.5 78.0
Tickets per Seat per Month 0.56 0.21 0.57 1.16
Incidents per Seat per Month 0.42 0.12 0.42 1.00
Service Requests per Seat per Month 0.13 0.04 0.12 0.45
Incidents as a % of Total Ticket Volume 73.0% 40.8% 76.9% 94.7%
2014 Benchmarking Statistics (Medium Density)
Cost
Productivity
Workload
Metric Type Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Service Level
Quality
Technician
Ticket Handling
Benchmarking Data Summary: Field Services
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Average Min Median Max
Cost per Ticket $249.27 $97.12 $243.90 $508.45
Cost per Incident $232.62 $88.75 $220.48 $477.79
Cost per Service Request $282.58 $103.01 $266.42 $577.19
Tickets per Technician per Month 46.6 26.6 44.9 85.5
Incidents per Technician per Month 31.4 13.0 28.7 64.9
Service Requests per Technician per Month 15.1 4.2 13.1 40.4
Technicians as a Percent of Total FTE's 85.0% 71.9% 85.0% 96.9%
Technician Utilization 57.7% 35.7% 58.9% 72.5%
Mean Time to Resolve Incidents (business hours) 13.9 5.7 12.9 31.2
% of Incidents Resolved in 1 Business Day 24.3% 10.6% 25.0% 32.7%
Mean Time to Fulfill Service Requests (business days) 7.3 3.0 6.9 13.3
% of Service Requests Fulfilled in 3 Business Days 16.4% 1.5% 17.7% 26.3%
Customer Satisfaction 81.4% 48.0% 85.0% 98.0%
Incident First Visit Resolution Rate 83.4% 70.0% 82.8% 97.3%
% Resolved Level 1 Capable 19.7% 7.6% 19.9% 32.9%
Annual Technician Turnover 27.8% 11.0% 28.5% 55.6%
Daily Technician Absenteeism 4.7% 0.7% 4.0% 11.1%
New Technician Training Hours 62 0 61 185
Annual Technician Training Hours 10 0 8 46
Technician Tenure (months) 47.3 21.5 41.4 96.2
Technician Job Satisfaction 79.6% 68.7% 79.4% 89.8%
Average Incident Work Time (minutes) 19.8 8.0 16.9 44.5
Average Service Request Work Time (minutes) 44.7 20.0 39.0 113.0
Travel Time per Ticket (minutes) 99.4 60.0 92.0 181.0
Tickets per Seat per Month 0.53 0.21 0.47 1.19
Incidents per Seat per Month 0.36 0.11 0.31 0.95
Service Requests per Seat per Month 0.16 0.04 0.14 0.40
Incidents as a % of Total Ticket Volume 66.5% 39.8% 67.6% 91.4%
2014 Benchmarking Statistics (Field Services)
Cost
Productivity
Workload
Metric Type Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Service Level
Quality
Technician
Ticket Handling
Benchmarking Data Summary: Comparative Averages
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High Density Medium Density Field Services
Cost per Ticket $84.42 $125.13 $249.27
Cost per Incident $69.79 $112.42 $232.62
Cost per Service Request $118.10 $158.84 $282.58
Tickets per Technician per Month 142.8 88.1 46.6
Incidents per Technician per Month 100.2 65.1 31.4
Service Requests per Technician per Month 42.6 22.9 15.1
Technicians as a Percent of Total FTE's 85.5% 85.1% 85.0%
Technician Utilization 54.8% 55.8% 57.7%
Mean Time to Resolve Incidents (business hours) 6.5 9.6 13.9
% of Incidents Resolved in 1 Business Day 74.9% 35.7% 24.3%
Mean Time to Fulfill Service Requests (business days) 2.9 5.1 7.3
% of Service Requests Fulfilled in 3 Business Days 56.3% 26.2% 16.4%
Customer Satisfaction 83.6% 85.1% 81.4%
Incident First Visit Resolution Rate 83.7% 84.9% 83.4%
% Resolved Level 1 Capable 20.2% 21.5% 19.7%
Annual Technician Turnover 31.4% 25.3% 27.8%
Daily Technician Absenteeism 4.6% 4.7% 4.7%
New Technician Training Hours 57 62 62
Annual Technician Training Hours 9 13 10
Technician Tenure (months) 43.6 53.9 47.3
Technician Job Satisfaction 78.9% 81.1% 79.6%
Average Incident Work Time (minutes) 24.1 21.2 19.8
Average Service Request Work Time (minutes) 46.3 45.1 44.7
Travel Time per Ticket (minutes) 9.4 37.6 99.4
Tickets per Seat per Month 0.54 0.56 0.53
Incidents per Seat per Month 0.38 0.42 0.36
Service Requests per Seat per Month 0.16 0.13 0.16
Incidents as a % of Total Ticket Volume 68.0% 73.0% 66.5%
2014 Benchmarking Averages
Cost
Productivity
Workload
Metric Type Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Service Level
Quality
Technician
Ticket Handling
Key Metrics Magnified
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High Density Medium Density Field Services
Cost per Ticket $84.42 $125.13 $249.27
Travel Time per Ticket (minutes) 9.4 37.6 99.4
Average Incident Work Time (minutes) 24.1 21.2 19.8
Average Service Request Work Time (minutes) 46.3 45.1 44.7
Customer Satisfaction 83.6% 85.1% 81.4%
Tickets per Technician per Month 142.8 88.1 46.6
Technician Utilization 54.8% 55.8% 57.7%
Mean Time to Resolve Incidents (business hours) 6.5 9.6 13.9
Mean Time to Fulfill Service Requests (business days) 2.9 5.1 7.3
% Resolved Level 1 Capable 20.2% 21.5% 19.7%
Tickets per Seat per Month 0.54 0.56 0.53
2014 Benchmarking AveragesKey Performance Indicator (KPI)
The Desktop Support Balanced Scorecard
Step 1
Eight critical
performance
metrics have been
selected for the
scorecard
Step 2
Each metric has been
weighted according to its
relative importance
Step 3
For each performance metric,
the highest and lowest
performance levels in the
benchmark are recorded
Step 4
Your actual
performance for
each metric is
recorded in this
column
Step 5
Your score for each
metric is then
calculated: (worst case
– actual performance) /
(worst case – best
case) X 100
Step 6
Your balanced score for each
metric is calculated: metric
score X weighting
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Worst Case Best Case
Cost per Incident 15.0% $312.00 $19.00 $48.00 90.1% 13.5%
Cost per Service Request 15.0% $556.00 $41.00 $113.00 86.0% 12.9%
Customer Satisfaction 25.0% 67.0% 94.0% 83.0% 59.3% 14.8%
Technician Utilization 15.0% 36.0% 84.0% 59.0% 47.9% 7.2%
First Contact Resolution Rate (incidents) 15.0% 38.0% 84.0% 61.0% 50.0% 7.5%
% of Incidents Resolved in 24 Hours 5.0% 19.0% 71.0% 58.0% 75.0% 3.8%
Mean Time to Complete Service Requests (days) 5.0% 18.4 1.8 5.8 75.9% 3.8%
Technician Satisfaction 5.0% 59.0% 93.0% 84.0% 73.5% 3.7%
Total 100.0% N/A N/A N/A N/A 67.1%
Balanced
Score
Your Actual
Performance
Metric
Score
Performance RangeMetric
WeightingPerformance Metric
The Scorecard Allows a Fair Benchmarking Comparison
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High 86.2%
Average ----- 51.9%
Median 50.1%
Low 16.0%
Your Score 67.1%
Desktop Support Balanced Scores
Key Statistics
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Desktop Support Scorecard Trend
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12 Month Average Monthly Score
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Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
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1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
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1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
Metrics as a Fundamental Building Block in IT Support
METRICS
PEOPLE
PROCESS
TECH
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n = 143
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Two Paradigms for Desktop Support KPI’s
The Historical Approach The Holistic Approach
Measurement
(75%)
Analysis
(15%)
Prescription
(7.5%)
Action
(2.5%)
Measurement
(5%)
Analysis
(20%)
Prescription
(30%)
Action
(45%)
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The 80/20 Rule for Desktop Support KPI’s
Cost per TicketCost
Productivity
Quality
Call Handling
Technician Utilization
Customer satisfaction
First contact resolution rate (incidents)
Technician Technician Satisfaction
Aggregate Balanced scorecard
TCO % Resolved Level 1 Capable
Service Level Mean Time to Resolve
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Cost and Quality: Nothing Else Matters!
Lower CostCost per Ticket (Efficiency)
Cu
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Sati
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(Eff
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Top Quartile
Efficient and Effective
Lower Quartile
Middle Quartiles
Effective but not Efficient
Middle Quartiles
Efficient but not Effective
World-ClassDesktop Support
Peer Group
Higher Cost
Lower
Quality
Higher
Quality
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Desktop Support KPI’s: Cause-and-Effect
Cost per Ticket Customer Satisfaction
Technician
Utilization
FCR
(Incidents)
Technician
Satisfaction
Coaching Career Path Training Hours
SL’s
MTTR
Work/
Travel TimeTechs/
Total FTE’s
Absenteeism/
Turnover
% Resolved
Level 1
Capable
Scheduling
Efficiency
Service
Levels: MTTR
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1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
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Desktop Support KPI’s: Cause-and-Effect
Cost per Ticket Customer Satisfaction
Technician
Utilization
FCR
(Incidents)
Technician
Satisfaction
Coaching Career Path Training Hours
SL’s
MTTR
Work/
Travel TimeTechs/
Total FTE’s
Absenteeism/
Turnover
% Resolved
Level 1
Capable
Scheduling
Efficiency
Service
Levels: MTTR
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New Technician Training Hours vs. Technician Satisfaction
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30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0
New Technician Training Hours
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Annual Training Hours vs. Technician Job Satisfaction
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100%
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Annual Technician Training Hours
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Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
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Cost of Resolution: North American Averages
Support Level Cost per Ticket
Vendor
Level 2: Desktop Support
Field Support
Level 3 IT
(apps, networking, NOC, etc.)
Level 1: Service Desk
$471
$196
$85
$62
$22
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Cost of Resolution: North American Averages
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The Tao of SPOC (Single Point of Contact)
User CommunityLevel 1
Service Desk
Desktop
Support
Field
Support
Level 2 IT
Support
Vendor
Support
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Key SPOC Principles
Key SPOC Principles
Enterprise takes an end-to-end view of user
support
User/Customer has a single point of contact
for all IT-related incidents, questions,
problems, and work requests
The Level 1 Service Desk is the SPOC
Level 1 is responsible for:
Ticket triage
Resolution at Level 1 if possible
Effective handoffs to n level support
Resolution coordination and facilitation
Ticket closure
Desktop “Drive-bys”, “Fly-bys”, and “Snags”
are strongly discouraged
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SPOC Support Reduces Total Cost of Ownership
0%
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30%
35%
40%
% R
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Level
1 C
ap
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% Resolved Level 1 Capable with SPOC % Resolved Level 1 Capable without SPOC
Average = 22.8%
Average = 15.3%
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Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
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1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
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Two Metrics You Should Know
% Resolved Level 1 Capable (PRLC)
The percentage of tickets resolved by desktop support that could
have been resolved at level 1 support.
First Level Resolution Rate (FLR)
The number of tickets resolved at level 1 divided by all tickets that
can potentially be resolved at level 1.
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Remote Diagnostic Software No Remote Diagnostic Software
The Effect of Remote Control Software on FLR
Average = 77.8% FLR
Average = 61.4% FLR
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The Effect of a Mature Knowledge Base on FLR
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1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
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Driving Individual Accountability: The Technician Scorecard
Step 1
Eight critical
performance
metrics have been
selected for the
scorecard
Step 2
Each metric has been
weighted according to its
relative importance
Step 3
For each performance metric,
the highest and lowest
performance levels in the
benchmark are recorded
Step 4
Your actual
performance for
each metric is
recorded in this
column
Step 5
Your score for each
metric is then
calculated: (worst case
– actual performance) /
(worst case –best case)
X 100
Step 6
Your balanced score for each
metric is calculated: metric
score X weighting
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Worst Case Best Case
Customer Satisfaction 20.0% 67.0% 94.0% 83.0% 59.3% 11.9%
First Contact Resolution Rate (Incidents) 20.0% 38.0% 84.0% 61.0% 50.0% 10.0%
Incidents Closed this Month 15.0% 19.9 76.9 59.8 69.9% 10.5%
Service Requests Closed This Month 15.0% 15.6 42.2 28.5 48.6% 7.3%
Unplanned Absenteeism 7.5% 0.0% 22.0% 19.0% 86.4% 6.5%
Teamwork 7.5% 0.0 5.0 3.5 69.9% 5.2%
Initiative 7.5% 0.0 5.0 5.0 100.0% 7.5%
Mentoring 7.5% 0.0 5.0 4.5 90.0% 6.7%
Total 100.0% N/A N/A N/A N/A 43.7%
Balanced
Score
Your Actual
Performance
Metric
Score
Performance RangeMetric
WeightingPerformance Metric
Monthly Technician Performance Postings
Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr
11 1 95.8% 98.0% 97.1% 95.7% 98.3% 97.3% 97.0%
32 2 92.8% 92.1% 90.3% 89.3% 84.6% 92.2% 90.2%
21 3 91.5% 88.5% 83.2% 94.0% 93.7% 93.5% 90.7%
35 4 91.0% 86.8% 85.2% 78.5% 80.5% 68.2% 81.7%
14 5 89.5% 89.1% 90.0% 90.1% 92.3% 92.1% 90.5%
26 6 83.8% 84.4% 90.2% 86.5% 77.8% 63.9% 81.1%
25 7 83.0% 73.6% 81.9% 72.1% 84.8% 87.9% 80.5%
15 8 70.4% 66.6% 53.3% 56.3% 56.6% 39.0% 57.0%
20 9 64.9% 66.5% 70.1% 56.9% 40.9% 72.7% 62.0%
31 10 62.3% 47.4% 22.7% 38.4% 26.0% 93.0% 48.3%
16 11 61.0% 62.8% 54.5% 45.9% 41.7% 62.7% 54.8%
17 12 57.9% 42.1% 32.3% 71.6% 60.3% 60.3% 54.1%
33 13 56.8% 75.5% 64.8% 80.3% 79.7% 73.5% 71.8%
13 14 52.2% 34.9% 61.0% 52.8% 58.9% 48.7% 51.4%
24 15 48.9% 66.7% 86.9% 87.7% 83.6% 74.5% 74.7%
28 16 46.4% 45.5% 19.3% 40.3% 28.8% 32.4% 35.4%
27 17 43.7% 26.5% 31.5% 24.3% 22.2% 17.2% 27.6%
19 18 41.5% 28.4% 50.1% 48.1% 71.1% 81.0% 53.4%
23 19 39.1% 52.3% 57.1% 86.4% 87.7% 88.9% 68.6%
22 20 36.8% 18.7% 19.3% 52.9% 66.4% 64.3% 43.1%
12 21 36.6% 43.2% 33.1% 65.7% 69.0% 86.0% 55.6%
30 22 36.3% 22.6% 23.5% 85.8% 81.5% 70.3% 53.3%
29 23 34.1% 44.9% 50.2% 28.3% 48.9% 36.9% 40.5%
34 24 33.4% 37.9% 23.1% 21.7% 29.7% 22.6% 28.0%
18 25 32.6% 68.4% 80.4% 88.4% 83.8% 91.6% 74.2%
59.3% 58.5% 58.0% 65.5% 66.0% 68.4% 62.6%
Monthly
Ranking
Monthly Average
Technician
Number
Monthly Scorecard Performance Six Month
Average
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1. Performance Measurement and Management as a Holistic Discipline
2. Annual Benchmarking – 1:1 Correspondence
3. Significant Investments in Technician Training
4. Understanding and Exploiting TCO and First Level Resolution
5. Selective Investments in Technology – Remote Control and Knowledge
Management
6. Process Optimization (ITIL, ITSM)
7. Driving Accountability to Technician Level
8. Marketing Service and Support
9. The Widespread Adoption of ROI Analysis
10. Managing Service and Support as a Business
Empirical Observations from the Best-in-Class
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The Paradox of IT Support
Less than 5% of all IT spending is
allocated to end-user support
Service desk, desktop support,
field support
This leads many to erroneously
assume that there is little upside
opportunity in IT support
The result is that most support
organizations are managed with the
goal of minimizing costs
But the most effective support
strategies focus on maximizing
value
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Corporate IT Spending Breakdown
4%
96%: Non support functions
End-User Support
Application
Development
Application
Maintenance
Network
Operations
Mainframe and
midrange Computing
Desktop Computing
Contract Services
(e.g., disaster
recovery)
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Support Level Cost per Ticket
Vendor
Level 2: Desktop Support
Field Support
Level 3 IT
(apps, networking, NOC, etc.)
Level 1: Service Desk
$471
$196
$85
$62
$22
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Support Has an Opportunity to Minimize TCO
Cost of Resolution: North American Averages
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
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Year
Quality of Support Drives End-User Productivity
1 (top) 2 3 4 (bottom)
Customer Satisfaction 93.5% 84.5% 76.1% 69.3%
First Contact Resolution Rate 90.1% 83.0% 72.7% 66.4%
Mean Time to Resolve (hours) 0.8 1.2 3.6 5.0
Customer Satisfaction 94.4% 89.2% 79.0% 71.7%
First Contact Resolution Rate 89.3% 85.6% 80.9% 74.5%
Mean Time to Resolve (hours) 2.9 4.8 9.4 12.3
Service Desk
Desktop Support
Performance QuartileSupport Function Key Performance Indicator
37.4 46.9Average Productive Hours Lost per Employee per Year 17.1 25.9
Performance Quartile n = 60
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84%
47%
31%29%
22%19%
8%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Service Desk Desktop
Support
Network
Outages
VPN Training Enterprise
Applications
Desktop
Software
Factors Contributing to IT Customer Satisfaction
% S
ayin
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Im
po
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n = 1,044
Global large cap companies
Survey type: multiple choice
3 responses allowed per survey
84% cited the service desk as a very important factor in their overall satisfaction with corporate IT
47% cited desktop support as a very important factor in their overall satisfaction with corporate IT
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Desktop Support Drives Customer Satisfaction for All of IT
What We Learned from Benchmark 2014
Desktop Support is now being managed as a strategic asset within the
enterprise
One that can reduce the overall cost of IT
Dramatically improve the productivity of end-users
And drive a positive view of IT
World-Class Desktop Support organizations have a number of success
factors in common
1. Part of an end-to-end support process
2. An understanding of the economics of TCO for user support
3. Active efforts to maximize First Contact, and First Level resolution rates
4. Use performance metrics diagnostically and prescriptively
5. Invest in technician training, coaching, and career pathing
6. Have active internal marketing efforts
7. And aggressively promote and communicate the value delivered by
Desktop Support
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Your Speaker: Jeff Rumburg
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Co Founder and Managing Partner,
MetricNet, LLC
Winner of the 2014 Ron Muns
Lifetime Achievement Award
Former CEO, The Verity Group
Former Vice President, Gartner
Founder of the Service Desk
Benchmarking Consortium
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Competitive Benchmarking
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