Background:

In order to achieve its overall Operational Excellence objective, an IT Services company wished to assess its Service Desk needs and develop a Service Desk Roadmap to better align and support an improved operation moving forward.

Goals:

• Improved customer satisfaction through a more structured and collaborative Service Desk approach to defining and delivering services.
• Improved repeatability and controls for Service Desk processes and procedures .
• Creation of a continuous improvement cycle to document, assess and address past successes and challenges and drive future change.

Accomplishments / Benefits:

• Conducted a Customer Satisfaction Survey to set a baseline on their current strengths and weaknesses. PPT used the data from the survey to align with the Quick Win initiatives and Roadmap Development.
• Worked with internal staff to develop a list of 21 identified Quick Wins. Four of the 21 were implemented during the course of the assessment and a basic model was established to assist the Customer in continuing the Quick Win implementations post engagement.
• Developed a Service Desk Roadmap which highlighted prioritized near-term improvement opportunities.
• Provided key input back to the Customer Senior Management in making sound decisions to support the short and long term IT Strategy.