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IT Customer Service Plans and Help Desk Management

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The Customer Service Plan Template 
The IT end-user is a special kind of customer. This simple IT service planning Quick Tool is used to document customer service scope, goals, objectives and related operational parameters for internal customers of IT services (technical, strategic and/pr project management).   download now

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Caught in a Web of Unrealistic Expectations
Customer dissatisfaction may just be the result of an expectations gap - a quantifiable mismatch between service expectations and actual obligations. full article

Easy Strategies for Optimized End-User Support
The basis of optimized technical and help desk support is simple - to provide a quality roadmap to be followed by all staff. full article

Find the Meaning Behind the Service Metrics
IT service value cannot be measured merely by the numbers.  To measure service quality and value, IT managers need to look beyond the numbers and into the intangibles. full article
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QUICK TOOLS
The Mission Statement Template
What is your mission?  Whether you are managing a project team or technical support group, operational goals and objectives should be recorded and accepted via a documented mission statement.  This PDF fill-in form will help you to quickly prepare high level "mission statements"  for a variety of purposes and services. 

The SLA Planning Worksheet
Use this handy fill-in-the-blanks form to quickly plan and document terms and requirements for the IT "Service Level Agreement".  It can be used for any type of service requirement and related technology operations. 
What are IT management models?  Designed to address both project and IT planning needs, the goal is simple - to shorten the time and streamline the effort it takes to produce required results.

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