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    Reply to your emails! Customerservice, trouble tickets, and replying

    to emails James Michael DuPont

    Flossk.org Member

    OTRS system for customer service

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    Kosovo and the Global market

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523978/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523978/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523978/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523978/
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    Delivering value to the customer is the keyto success for Kosovo.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675
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    Dedication and Responsiveness are someof the key values

    http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1653876

    http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1653876http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1653876http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1653876
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    How to make money on theinternational market

    1. Better Skills2. Lower Cost3. Faster Response4. Use Less Resources5. More Reliability

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/

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    Better Skills

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    Lower Cost

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecastro/3053916892/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecastro/3053916892/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecastro/3053916892/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecastro/3053916892/
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    Faster

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/10421701/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/10421701/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/10421701/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/10421701/
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    Use Less Resources

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonfomkin/5243218781/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonfomkin/5243218781/http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonfomkin/5243218781/http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonfomkin/5243218781/
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    More Reliability

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/webb-zahn/4503643657/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/webb-zahn/4503643657/http://www.flickr.com/photos/webb-zahn/4503643657/http://www.flickr.com/photos/webb-zahn/4503643657/
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    Time = Money

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/servus/16117730/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/http://www.flickr.com/photos/servus/16117730/http://www.flickr.com/photos/servus/16117730/http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/http://www.flickr.com/photos/servus/16117730/http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/
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    TIME=Money

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapers/6089257678/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapers/6089257678/http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapers/6089257678/http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapers/6089257678/
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    Time=Money 2

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyskatie/5422122142/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyskatie/5422122142/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyskatie/5422122142/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyskatie/5422122142/
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    Single Point of Failure

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Single_Point_of_Failure.png

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    Responsible

    Responsible

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkn/6065970748/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkn/6065970748/http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkn/6065970748/http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkn/6065970748/
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    Responsible

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcz/274368898/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcz/274368898/http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcz/274368898/http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcz/274368898/
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    How to get started

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancefisher/2548341737/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancefisher/2548341737/http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancefisher/2548341737/http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancefisher/2548341737/
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    The Problem : Unanswered Emails

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosedeniz/2307491776/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosedeniz/2307491776/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosedeniz/2307491776/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosedeniz/2307491776/
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    The Solution: Trouble Ticketing

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031723@N06/6066855558/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031723@N06/6066855558/http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031723@N06/6066855558/http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031723@N06/6066855558/
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    One Good Solution :OTRS

    Open Source Ticket Request Systemhttp://otrs.org/

    A Web framework built in Perl that provides aHelp Desk system.

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    Key Time measurements

    1. First Response Time3. Update Time4. Solution Time

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    Key Time :First Response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecannon/5628816590/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecannon/5628816590/sizes/l/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecannon/5628816590/sizes/l/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecannon/5628816590/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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    Key Time : Updates (Patches)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyssssyla/3081007512/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyssssyla/3081007512/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyssssyla/3081007512/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyssssyla/3081007512/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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    Key Time : Solution Delivered

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675
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    Good Responses

    FAQ SPLIT IT UP

    Response Pending

    Escalation

    Delagation Feedback

    Respond to Moving Goals

    Acknowledge Receipt

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    Moving Goals

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/
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    RTFM / FAQ

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/5397530925/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/5397530925/http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/5397530925/http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/5397530925/
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    Chop Up Big Problems

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulk/3167787796

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulk/3167787796http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulk/3167787796http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulk/3167787796
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    Response Pending is a Response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/palmdiscipline/75511425/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/palmdiscipline/75511425/http://www.flickr.com/photos/palmdiscipline/75511425/http://www.flickr.com/photos/palmdiscipline/75511425/
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    Escalation

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/h4ck3rm1k3/3624394759/sizes/m/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/h4ck3rm1k3/3624394759/sizes/m/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/h4ck3rm1k3/3624394759/sizes/m/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/h4ck3rm1k3/3624394759/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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    Delegation

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/5736676296/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/5736676296/http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/5736676296/http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/5736676296/
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    Short Response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/subspace-eddy/2382656103/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/subspace-eddy/2382656103/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/subspace-eddy/2382656103/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/subspace-eddy/2382656103/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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    SPAM

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/519906069/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/519906069/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/519906069/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/519906069/
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    Provide Feedback

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltron/3132662146/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltron/3132662146/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltron/3132662146/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltron/3132662146/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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    Moving Goals

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/
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    Internal Workflow

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/scallop_holden/2323763642/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/scallop_holden/2323763642/http://www.flickr.com/photos/scallop_holden/2323763642/http://www.flickr.com/photos/scallop_holden/2323763642/
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    Intern

    * Organize Queues

    * Dont wait for responses

    * Use Priority

    * Use Time Limits

    * Time Tracking

    * Pending Reminder

    * Learning Organization

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    Dont wait for response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_momento_i_sitio_apropiados/4196408399/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_momento_i_sitio_apropiados/4196408399/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_momento_i_sitio_apropiados/4196408399/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_momento_i_sitio_apropiados/4196408399/sizes/z/in/photostream/
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    OTRS Attachments

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/4987283722/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/4987283722/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/4987283722/http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/4987283722/
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    High Priority

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmgimages/4660619662/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmgimages/4660619662/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmgimages/4660619662/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmgimages/4660619662/
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    Time Limits

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgordon/5944446567/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgordon/5944446567/http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgordon/5944446567/http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgordon/5944446567/
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    Pending Reminder

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    Low Priority

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/australianshepherds/6108930845/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/australianshepherds/6108930845/http://www.flickr.com/photos/australianshepherds/6108930845/http://www.flickr.com/photos/australianshepherds/6108930845/
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    Time Tracking

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    Usage of a wiki

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    Ticket ownership

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5132652314/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5132652314/http://www.flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5132652314/http://www.flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5132652314/
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    Have resources available

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/3427530637/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/3427530637/sizes/l/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/3427530637/sizes/l/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/3427530637/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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    Queues 2

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/2037670398/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/2037670398/http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/2037670398/http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/2037670398/
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    A Learning Organisation

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpoh/4404925960/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpoh/4404925960/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpoh/4404925960/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpoh/4404925960/
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    OTRS integration

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    OTRS Interfaces

    Web Interface for Customers

    Web Interface for AgentsEmail Interface (auto responders)Ticket System

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    1

    Reply to your emails! Customerservice, trouble tickets, and replying

    to emails James Michael DuPont

    Flossk.org Member

    OTRS system for customer service

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    2

    Kosovo and the Global market

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523978/

    Kosovo is entering into the globalmarket.

    When dealing with internationalcustomers and companies, it isimportant to understand what

    the customers expect andvalue. the CustomersViewpoint.

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    Delivering value to the customer is the keyto success for Kosovo.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675

    Delivering value to the customeris the key to success forKosovo.

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    4

    Dedication and Responsiveness are someof the key values

    http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1653876

    Dedication and Responsiveness are some of the key values : havesomeone working on their problems, dedicated to the task and

    not giving up, Delivering a Solution. Customers want dedicated staff to work on their problems. You need to make the Investment of time to learn the

    important skills for the future. One person can be working on many projects, one ticket at a

    time, this is possible because many times you have waitingperiods for feedback from customers. In this waiting periodyou can be working on other tickets.

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    How to make money on the

    international market1. Better Skills2. Lower Cost3. Faster Response4. Use Less Resources5. More Reliability

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/

    Provide services online for the

    international market. Provide Solutions to customers

    problems 1. Skills - Have better skills than

    others.

    2. Cost Have a lower cost 3. Faster Deliver the results faster. 4. Less Resources use less

    resources in delivering service 5. Reliability - How reliable is that

    solution. How often is it available,how often does it fail. Whatalternatives does a customer havewhen it fails.

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    Better Skills

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    Lower Cost

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecastro/3053916892/

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    Faster

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/10421701/

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    Use Less Resources

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonfomkin/5243218781/

    Time and Money. Space. These are limited resources. Need toidentify critical resources and plan their usage and allocation.

    This includes the critical resource ofexpert knowledge.Control of these resources is critical.The auditing of all changes to

    them. The locking of them to prevent acess to them at thesame time. The security of those resources. Ownership andResponsiblity are key, so that you have one person who ispersonally responsible at each time for a given resource.Make sure that each person knows what they are resposiblefor and for this to be clear and visible.

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    More Reliability

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/webb-zahn/4503643657/

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    Time = Money

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/miran/5792635506/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/servus/16117730/

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    TIME=Money

    Click to add text

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/slapers/6089257678/

    Things take time to develop

    Plants take time to growEmployees take time to become

    productiveTime in the day is limited

    Customers don't want to wait forlong timesComputers use Power even

    when not workingYou have to pay the rent every

    month. If you miss your plane or train,

    you will have a lot more costs.

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    Time=Money 2

    Click to add text

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyskatie/5422122142/

    You have to pay your

    employeesFood only lasts for so long in

    your bellyWaiting for people costs you

    moneyMaking your customers waitcosts you customers

    Global Financial Crisis is pushingdown costs and that meansalso response times.

    Prices are rising, and Oil andGas are becoming more

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    Single Point of Failure

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Single_Point_of_Failure.png

    Protect your company against single

    points of Failure.

    entire company depends on oneperson.

    Transparency - can anyone know

    what has been done. Only oneperson knows what is going on

    Knowledge Management, how tomanage what your employees knowand make your expert knowledge

    usable. Auditing - how to capture information

    from the system from its log files anddatabases

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    Responsible

    Responsible

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkn/6065970748/

    Wiktionary : Answerable for an act

    performed or for its consequences;accountable; amenable, especiallylegally or politically.

    Also implies Able to respond.We need to also measure the

    Response time.

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    Responsible

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcz/274368898/

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    The Problem : Unanswered Emails

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosedeniz/2307491776/

    One of the biggest Problems that I have seen in

    Kosovo is the number of Unanswered Emails. In the world of internet, your main communicationwith the outside world is email. Unansweredemails are a huge problem. Late answers are aBig problem.

    Customers will measure you on your ability toanswer emails on time.

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    The Solution: Trouble Ticketing

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031723@N06/6066855558/

    Management of the Company needs to make the

    decision to fight against late and unansweredemails. One of the best solutions for this is to use a

    Ticketing system to measure and manage allemail communcation with the customer.

    All new emails from a customer will be trackedand all problems of late responses will be

    automatically escalated

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    One Good Solution :OTRS

    Open Source Ticket Request Systemhttp://otrs.org/

    A Web framework built in Perl that provides aHelp Desk system.

    As soon as you have more than

    two people working on manysmall tasks you need a systemlike OTRS.

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    Key Time measurements

    1. First Response Time3. Update Time4. Solution Time

    1. Time to first response to customer. -

    thank you for your email.Automatically Generated.

    2. First Response time : Time of firstresponse to customer. Some Humangenerated Meaningful result.

    3. Update Time : Response to Updatesfrom customer- how can you dealwith changing requirements.

    4. Solution Time : Time till customer isfully satisfied. How long until the full

    solution is delivered. When the ticketis closed and accepted.

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    Key Time :First Response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecannon/5628816590/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    We got your email, your business is important to us. Thank you forinterest. We will process your request in the next 24 hours. If

    you need a faster response, please call our hotline

    Responsiveness is the key to Customer ServiceProblems will happen, how fast can you respond to themIf you want to say NO, but dont want to answer, try let me think

    about it

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    Key Time : Updates (Patches)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyssssyla/3081007512/sizes/z/in/photostream/

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    Key Time : Solution Delivered

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3802050675

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    Good Responses

    FAQ

    SPLIT IT UP

    Response Pending

    Escalation

    Delagation

    Feedback Respond to Moving Goals

    Acknowledge Receipt

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    RTFM / FAQ

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/42931449@N07/5397530925/

    If a customers question is not clear, then you need toask for more information and provide somedocumentation for them to read. The ticket is then setto waiting for feedback and does not count against yourtime any more.

    Documentation is important to reduce learning times.Problems that might occur at each step in the workflowneed to have answers prepared for them.Documentation of problems is important for

    learning. The ticket system is a good first step for this. There is a FAQ plugin for OTRS. Many Companiesalso use Wikis for documentation. You can also attachdocuments directly into the OTRS ticket.

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    Chop Up Big Problems

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulk/3167787796

    If the customers request is too big to handle then

    it should be broken up into smaller tickets andmanaged that way.

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    Response Pending is a Response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/palmdiscipline/75511425/

    If you cannot respond immediatly, inform the

    customer of this and tell them when they canexpect a full response.

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    Escalation

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/h4ck3rm1k3/3624394759/sizes/m/in/photostream/

    Escalation : sending the issue to ahigher instance. This can be donevia a queue. Tickets in OTRS areautomatically escalated when timelimits are reached.

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    Delegation

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassynewdelhi/5736676296/

    Delegation : assigning an issue to

    another queue, or to another person.Be careful when assigning work to aspecific person,better to use aqueue.

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    Short Response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/subspace-eddy/2382656103/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    If you cannot answer the

    question immediatelyThen give the customer a

    response that you are workingon the problem and will report

    back.That way, the customer knowsthe status, things that taketime, they take time. GoodCommunication does not haveto take up a lot of time.

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    SPAM

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/519906069/

    Not answering is only one form of

    response. This is good forspammers, scammers and otherthings. For customers and partners itis bad. But you can make a SpamQueue to put things that look like

    spam in, just in case you need themyou will find them.

    There are other reasons for notanswering, but the main point is, ifyou want to have good business

    relationships, you need tocommunicate.

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    Provide Feedback

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltron/3132662146/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    Important Steps in the processing of Problem.1. Give feedback on a regular basis

    2. Identify problems and communicate them3. Provide working versions for review and comment4. If you cannot respond immediately, tell the customer and give them

    regular status update until the job is done.5. If the job takes too long, understand that the customer might cancel

    and find another solution

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    Moving Goals

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/68505590@N05/6285099444/

    Having a limit does not mean it has

    to be kept, but it needs to be

    respected. Often we can assign time

    limits to tickets based on experience

    and description of the problem.

    Sometimes these will need to be

    adjusted.

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    Internal Workflow

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/scallop_holden/2323763642/

    The workflow are the steps inside the

    company to deliver a Solution. Foreach of these steps we need to beable to train new people. Employeeswill also provide feedback, askquestions and expect answers. The

    response time to our internalemployees will also affect thecompanies performance. newpeople need questions answered.

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    Intern

    * Organize Queues

    * Dont wait for responses

    * Use Priority

    * Use Time Limits

    * Time Tracking

    * Pending Reminder

    * Learning Organization

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    Dont wait for response

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_momento_i_sitio_apropiados/4196408399/sizes/z/in/photostream/

    As soon as you send a question

    or response back to someone,you have time to start workingon the next step. Dont wait forfeedback, but keep working.

    This way you make your dayproductive. Keep track of allyour tasks in OTRS, but also inyour version control system.

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    OTRS Attachments

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/4987283722/

    Attachments of documents are stored in otrs on the file system. They can be used for

    putting in detailed specification and documenting test cases. Also source code zip files

    could in theory be attached. Of course a source code repository is the better place forsource code. A wiki might be a better place for putting documentation, But you might

    decide to use attachments as your means of communication of documents.

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    High Priority

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmgimages/4660619662/

    Giving things a priority is difficult.

    Customers will tend to give all

    things the highest priority.

    Changing the priority of a ticket

    should be done carefully and onlyby experienced people.

    We need to first understand the

    impact of the ticket, for example : is

    the customer blocked from beingable to work because of it, we

    should treat it has high priority.

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    Pending Reminder

    Sometimes you will want to

    schedule a ticket to be active in the

    future. For example, you know that

    the delivery of something you need

    is planned for some date. The

    pending reminder function of otrs is

    good for that.

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    Low Priority

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/australianshepherds/6108930845/

    For issues with no impact on

    revenue or no legal implications and

    on customer satisfaction, we can put

    them as lower priority. It is

    important to track low prio tickets

    and issues as well, when we have

    not much to do, we can work on

    them. New people can also work on

    low prio tickets.

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    Time Tracking

    See what time is spent on what

    projectsSee what customers are using

    what resourcesSee what people are working

    how fastSee how often tickets areopened again and again.

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    Usage of a wiki

    Storing common knowledge in a

    wiki.

    When a ticket is closed it's data can

    be used to update a wiki so that

    others can find it.

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    Ticket ownership

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5132652314/

    When someone is working on a

    ticket it is lockedThe ticket is owned by a person.

    You can see what tickets areopen and pick one to work on.

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    Have resources available

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/3427530637/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    Make sure you work on customer requests in the same day, same hour,immediately.

    Dont Plan your resources for 100% usage. Keep some buffer forunexpected issues. You can always do small tasks when you havetime free.

    People who come to you for help should be helped immediately. Thisimproves the entire organization. Keep your work in small workpackages. For tasks done outside the ticket system, it is hard to trackthem, you can create a ticket retroactively to track your time.

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    Queues of Work

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/newporteye/6092579233/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    Creating Queues is the key to

    organizing work.Queues are best when they are

    almost empty, when someoneis on each side of the queue

    and processing ticketsimmediately. But when workingon some task you might find aproblem that you cannotaddress immediately, then youcan create a ticket to track thatwork and come back to it later.

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    Queues 2

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/2037670398/

    Definition of a Queue : First In First Out : FIFO.

    Tickets have a Priority, so they high prio tasks are handled first.Some Group of people Submitting tasks.Some Group of people Receiving and processing them..Key measurements : Average time in queue/Reoccuring Problems. Unlock timeout after no activity. Tuning : Escalation First, Update

    and Solution Time.

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    A Learning Organisation

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinpoh/4404925960/

    Expert to N00b ratio : the amount ofnoobs that an expert can support.This is increased when you havegood communication tools. Havingan expert supporting a group of

    people who are interacting with thecustomer is a good model. Thisreduces the customer interactionwhich can be time intensive forexperts and frees them up to solve

    problems.

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    OTRS integration

    Monitoring - nagios / icingaDeployment - Puppet / Debian Packages / releases

    CRM - sugar crm / civicrm / openerpWiki - wiki pagesDocument management -

    Twitter / FacebookProcessing logfiles -Staging and testing

    Version control systems.Other Bug systems - other OTRS- Bugzilla, issue trackersetc.

    Get satisfaction. Stackoverflow. Github.IRC networks. Pastebin. Blogposts.

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    OTRS Interfaces

    Web Interface for CustomersWeb Interface for AgentsEmail Interface (auto responders)

    Ticket System


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