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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO STOP DOING 
in your 
service desk
Follow ITIL 
BLINDLY 
1
IT should adapt to your business 
NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND. 
One size does not fit all.
Take all metrics to heart 
2
Click here to join us 
on a webinar on 
Define what you want to improve. 
Measure accordingly. 
“All metrics are born equal, 
this topic. 
but some metrics are more equal than the others.” 
George Orwell
3 
USE 
EXCESSIVE 
JARGON
Protip: Talk human language. 
USE 
EXCESSIVE 
JARGON 
It might be cool to talk tech, but to your 
customer, it is just a ******** reset.
Deploy a new feature 
& 
4 
expect people to start using it.
Educate 
Engage 
Involve. 
Deploy a new feature 
& 
expect people to start using it.
5 
Build 
& 
forget
Service desk is a journey, 
not a destination. 
Build 
& 
forget
6 
MISSING MISSING 
Office chair 
Responds to the name Chairry 
Please return if found 
Nuclear war head 
Please return to the army if lost 
Call 800-THE-ARMY 
Having similar SLAs for ever23hing
MISSING 
Office chair 
Responds to the name Chairry 
Please return if found 
MISSING 
Nuclear war head 
Please return to the army if lost 
Call 800-THE-ARMY 
Having the same SLA for two different processes is a crime.* 
*Just kidding about the crime part. But you get it, don’t you? 
6 
Having similar SLAs for ever23hing
7 
NOT COMMUNICATE
Your customers deserve to know, even if it’s bad news. 
NOT COMMUNICATE
Give users a self 
service portal that 
looks like it was 
built in the 80’s. 
Just like the font used in this slide. 
8
Your customers are used to modern apps. 
They deserve a 
well designed 
service desk.
Bureaucracy 
9
THE CUT DOWN RED TAPE 
Bureaucracy
And, finally…
10 
STOP HAVING FUN.
STOP HAVING FUN.
10 THINGS YOU NEED TO STOP DOING 
in your 
service desk 
Good deed of the day.

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