KCS® RoundtableLaurel Poertner | Director, Education Services Coveo
June 7, 2018
Laurel PoertnerDirector, Education Services, Coveo
Laurel leads Coveo’s Education Services team and is a KCS v6 Certified Trainer.
Rocco CervantesSr. Advocate, Technical Support Operations, MEDALLIA
Rocco leads Medallia’s knowledge practice on their Technical Support team, and
is KCS v6 Certified.
HEADING
Agenda
7:45
7:30 Introduction
Medallia’s story
Open discussion
Future topics
8:15
8:45
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Where are you on your journey?
Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS®)
Talk to your neighbor(s)
Write down any burning questions
*KCS® is a service mark of the Consortium for Service InnovationTM
KCS Adoption Challenges
KCS v6 Adoption Guide
Buy-in from middle managers
FEBRUARY
Measuring KCS ROI
Self-service vs. Case Deflection
KCS ROI Model
APRIL
Executive Sponsorship
Strategic Framework
Communication plan
MAY
KCS Adoption Challenges
Coaching resources
Licensing & AQI/PII
MARCH
Join our KCS Roundtable discussion group on the Support Community.
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Our KCS JourneyRocco Cervantes
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Scaling Globally
Where we started Building Foundation
Where we are headed
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Support Complexity
Make it Engaging
Drive Operational & Strategic Action
INTEGRATE INTERPRET/ACTLISTEN
Operational DataMulti-Channel
Data Collection
Real Time DistributedAction & Improvement
Executives Insights
FrontlineManagersCall Center
Big Data EngineIn-Memory AnalyticsNative Text Analytics
Organizational Mapping
MedalliaCustomer Feedback Management Platform
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Medallia SupportAll metrics are of last year
+123,000 cases
38 Support Agents
75.7 Net Overall Satisfaction with Support Experience
1.1m Active users (per quarter)
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Where we started
Scaling Globally
Building Foundation
Where we are headed
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Our First AttemptGoal of 2 Articles per day per person, only for task-based work
No Content Standard
Siloed and tribal knowledge with no Product Documentation
No Training
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Article Creation Over Time
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Articles Attached
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What was going for us
Executive buy-in
Team Culture of Collaboration
Interested dedicated resource
Appetite for Product Knowledge
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How can we scale our team, and grow as fast as
Medallia?
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Where we started
Scaling Globally
Building Foundation
Where we are headed
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Learning KCS
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Leveraging our Tools
Keep it Simple!
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Agent Search
Self-Service Search
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KCS Workshop
4 hour, hands-on session
Content Standard and Great Article Checklist
Focused on key tenets of KCS with hands-on practice
Focus on the value
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Where we started
Global Adoption
Building Foundation
Where we are headed
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Driving Global Adoption
1. Focus on the wildly important2. Act on the lead measures3. Keep a compelling scoreboard4. Create a cadence of accountability
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Developing our ApproachIncrease number of Self-Service sessions logins without a case submission
Choose WIG Build Scoreboard Establish Cadence Launch!
Built collaborative spreadsheet to track metrics
Set up WIG Sessions and identified champions
Started tracking metrics globally
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How do you incentivize on
KCS Activities?
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Lead Metrics
Measurement MattersLag Metrics
• % of Cases with Validated External Article attached (>90%)
• Article Quality Index (>70%)• Resolution Quality Index
(>70%)
• Increase clicks in Top 5 Search Results from 110 to 330 per week
• Increase # of posts/comments in Community from non-Support members
• Increase number of sessions on the Community without Case Submission
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Using RQI
https://www.dbkay.com/kcs/from-article-quality-to-resolution-quality
Linkage Inaccurate Does the attached article inaccurately contribute to the case’s resolution?
Reuse Loss Did we miss an opportunity to attach a pre-existing article?
Improvement Loss Did we miss an opportunity to improve an article based off the Great Article Checklist?
Capture Loss Did we miss out on an opportunity to capture new knowledge (in the form of a new article)?
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RQI Flowchart
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Outcomes of 4DX
Agents were talking and thinking about KCS!
Engaged mid-manager buy-in, crucial for KCS
sustainability
Built collective culture, with an emphasis on knowledge sharing
Established consistent behaviors, and metrics
trend in the right direction
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Article Creation Over Time
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Articles Attached over Time
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RQI Over Time
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Key Learnings
Measure the right metrics
Training and Coaching is key
Don’t get stuck on the tools or process
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Where we started
Global Adoption
Building Foundation
Next steps for our org
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Strategic Goals
Drive engagement with Coveo Case Deflection
Panel
Pass Case and Article data back to Product
KCS Dashboard (Program and Individual)
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Case Deflection
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Let’s continue the conversation digitally:● [email protected]● www.linkedin.com/in/roccocervantes● Coveo Roundtable Community
Thank you!
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WEEK 2-4Analysis
Findings Report
WEEK 5KCS v6 Practices
Training
WEEK 6-8KCS Design Session
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customers’ experience and increase self-service effectiveness through knowledge sharing.
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DiscoveryReview organizational
goals, structure,
technology, success
metrics and current
processes.
InterviewsQuestions focus on gaining
perspectives of all
stakeholders on current
processes, culture and
measurements.
Self-serviceReview self-service site
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Association of Support
Professionals(ASPOnline)
criteria.
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8 KCS Practices
Process Improvement
Content Health
KCS Measures
Leadership / Communication
KCS Adoption
KCS Principles and concepts
KCS v6 Certification Exam
Agenda
Strategic FrameworkDocument the success measures of KCS and how
they align and contribute to the overall
organizational goals and objectives
Content StandardDocumentation to describe the format of an Article,
writing style, metadata and Article life-cycle states
WorkflowWorkflow diagrams to document the Solve Loop
processes for each team of knowledge workers
Performance AssessmentMeasures for individuals, teams and organizational
performance
Communications FrameworkIdentification of audiences, key messages, frequently
asked questions and objections
KCS Strategy and RoadmapIdentification of the waves of implementation and
timeline for engagement of the subsequent waves
and phases of implementation
KCS Design SessionDesign and develop all the deliverables needed to implement KCS
Process Integration IndicatorsHow to get started and utilize the PIIs within your KCS initiative
Coaching challengesWhat are some familiar ditches and how to dig yourself out
KCS Strategic FrameworkDive into different KCS contributions and how they align with business objectives for the primary stakeholders
Getting startedDiscuss best practices in determining
which groups to roll out KCS with first
Middle / Line Manager Buy-inHow to ease the challenges of
managers who feel the squeeze of implementing a new methodology
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Discuss different ways to measure and communicate self-service success
Open DiscussionBreak out into different groups by topic
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Laurel PoertnerDirector, Education Services, COVEO
Rocco CervantesSr. Advocate, Technical Support Operations, MEDALLIA
www.linkedin.com/in/roccocervantes
@laurelpoertner
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THANK YOU
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