Rick Joslin

ITIL® + KCS® = Success

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Doing more with less. You have heard this phrase and many of us live it. Each year service desks are asked to satisfy higher demands without rapidly expanding their organizations. I have met very few service desk managers that claim to have enough people to exceed their service level targets while managing all the projects and operational tasks on their plates. So how do you satisfy your customers, your employees and the needs of your organization? You begin by learning from the experiences of others.

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Helene Källgården

How to increase knowledge base searchability

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To succeed with self service, the knowledge base needs good searchability and to generate relevant hits. In ComAround Knowledge™ it is the search bar, which is based on the powerful search engine Microsoft Azure Search, that technically enables the search itself. The searchability of the content is largely determined by structure and wording, and this is where you and your colleagues can make a difference. In this article you will get several handy tips!

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Lena Stormvinge

Top 4 reasons for having a Knowledge Management strategy

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An effective knowledge management strategy can transform both your organization’s customer experience and employee loyalty.

The organization can also develop more innovative products and services and drive the kind of positive change that leads to great results. Working with KCS® (Knowledge-Centered Service) can make the difference between being just above average and greatness. KCS is a simple idea that creates profound benefits. The idea is that you should integrate the creation and maintenance of knowledge into the daily problem-solving process. Read more

Therese Walve

What is the biggest challenge to make Knowledge Management work?

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Barclay Rae, the CEO of itsMF UK, talks to Lena Stormvinge, Head of Training & Consulting at ComAround, about Knowledge Management at SITS 17

Most of us working in a service organization are struggling with making our customers satisfied with limited resources. Using an established Knowledge Management methodology and a specialized Knowledge Management solution, streamlines our support workflow to be able to resolve more incidents with our existing resources. Adopting the KCS methodology helps service organizations to know exactly what to do to get great results.

Barclay Rae, the CEO of itSMF UK, talks to Lena Storvinge, The Head of Training & Consulting at ComAround, about Knowledge Management. The interview is divided in three parts.

Part 1 – What is knowledge management?
Part 2 – What is KCS? – the 90/90 rule? What is the biggest challenge to make Knowledge Management work?
Part 3 – About ComAround and the future of service organizations

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Per Strand

The Digital Native – A challenge or a source of power within the support organization?

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Whatever we call them, there will continue to come new younger groups of people that has a new relationship to everything that is digital and new technology then previous groups. It can be a challenge but also a great source of power.

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Lena Stormvinge

6 Valuable Tips for dealing with Legacy Data

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Working with legacy data is a common and often frustrating issue to handle. This article will give you the knowledge needed to begin dealing with it effectively.

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Lena Stormvinge

5 Essential Tips for Self-Service Success

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Whether you’re looking to implement self service for your customer, or assessing the quality of your current self-service solution, there are five key enablers that need to be in place in order to achieve a successful self-service solution.

Self service is an excellent tool that I always recommend every organization to implement as a service to their employees, as it improves service and support. A good self-service solution will also reduce support costs, decrease incoming calls to the service desk, and improve job satisfaction within the service desk. Invest some time in my five recommended  key enablers to discover how you can dramatically improve the results of self service:

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Per Strand

The support iceberg is growing 24/7 – opportunity or threat?

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As service-oriented support organizations and service desks, how do we address the new generation of employees, the old generation’s new behaviors, and new technology?

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Per Strand

That´s why you want a separate specialized knowledge tool

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The right tool supports the chosen method and reduces the need to develop workarounds. It also encourages users to follow the correct methods through having the right flow and functions.We give you three reasons to why you should use a specialized knowledge tool.

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Per Strand

HDI Orlando – “Level Zero” on everyone’s lips

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After spending three days at the HDI conference in Orlando, the world’s largest helpdesk and service desk event, I can say that American companies and organisations are currently focusing strongly on introducing Level Zero support, which is the level before first line where users can help themselves.

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