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How Does YOUR Service Desk Stack Up?

Part 1: Benchmarking Defined

How World-Class Service Desks Use Benchmarking to
Continuously Improve Their Performance

Introduction

Benchmarking is a well-established tool for measuring and managing Service Desk performance. Effective benchmarking enables you to quantify the performance of your Service Desk, compare your Service Desk to others in your industry, identify performance gaps, and define the actions necessary to close the gaps.

The power of benchmarking is that it enables a company’s Service Desk to save enormous amounts of time and energy by building upon the know how of its peers, competitors and world-class companies. Service Desks that are focused exclusively on their internal operations tend to make progress at an evolutionary pace. But, benchmarking forces an organization to look externally – at the competition. By studying the competition, and selectively adopting practices from the best-of-the-best, Service Desks that successfully employ benchmarking are able to improve their performance at a revolutionary pace.

In this article, MetricNet, a leading source of online benchmarks and a pioneer in Service Desk benchmarking, provides a working definition of benchmarking, defines a proven methodology for achieving world-class performance through benchmarking, and discusses the key success factors for effective benchmarking.

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Angela Irizarry

Angela Irizarry is the President and Chief Operating Officer at MetricNet, where she is responsible for managing day-to-day operations, strategic planning, and new client acquisition. She also oversees the company's sales and marketing efforts and manages its intellectual property and online resources. Angela has been with the company for 10 years and has over 20 years of experience in business development and strategy. She has been featured in Fortune magazine and has received recognition for her work in competitive and trends analysis from executives at a variety of Fortune 100 companies. Angela is a dynamic and accomplished professional who consistently delivers exceptional results for MetricNet and its clients. She has a wealth of industry experience and a track record of success in driving business results, particularly in the financial services, insurance, and healthcare sectors. Angela is highly skilled in communication, problem-solving, and project management, and is committed to delivering the highest level of service to MetricNet's clients.

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