Crafting a service for a support readiness function
Determined the current state of a support readiness function to identify gaps and design a new service offering at a financial services company.
Background
Support readiness, a pivotal function within a technical support organization, ensures consistency and delivers comprehensive training across newly deployed technologies for employees. Employing service design methods, we assessed existing program gaps and delineated an improved service model.
METHODS USED
Stakeholder interviews, user interviews, service blueprinting workshops, alignment workshops
INDUSTRY
Financial Services
Business Goals
- Identify specific challenges within the technical support readiness function.
- Develop an optimized support readiness framework.
- Formulate deployment and change management strategies.
The Process
The lead researcher developed a study plan to explain the approach and methodologies used to achieve project goals.
- Conducted a comprehensive baseline of the existing service, involving a review of existing documentation and interviews with stakeholder.
- Led user interviews with service owners to get an understanding of what was working, what wasn’t, and what could be changed.
- Facilitated a workshop to engage stakeholders in creating a service blueprint to conceptualize improving the baseline.
- Following the identification of gaps and challenges, a subsequent workshop formulated a blueprint for the ideal service.
- Collaborated with stakeholders on a change management plan to deploy the improved service.
The Outcome
This project resulted in the creation of a new service offering for the support readiness function.
- The technical support readiness function was revamped resulting in program improvements to end users.
- 12 process deficiencies were identified and 100% of them were resolved.
- This project resulted in exposure of service design processes for the support readiness organization.