Effective Service Delivery: 
Streamlining Your 
Workflows 
Squish the cyber-slacking-staffers, 
crush the costly clients, 
and establish your path 
to measurable success. 
THOMAS CLANCY, JR 
AUTOTASK CCP
Who is @ClancyJr? 
• Autotask CCP 
• Founder: 
– Valiant Technology 
– 4th Bin 
– Valiant Cloud
Objectives 
• Know the right Questions to ask 
• Know how to find the Answers 
• Create Strategies for improvement 
• WORKBOOK LINK: www.whatever.com
Kaizen 
• Plan 
• Do 
• Check 
• Adjust
Staff: TIME 
• Utilization Rate 
– 75% minimum (122 per month, 1460 per year) 
– 80% goal (130 per month, 1560 per year) 
– 90% bonus! (146 per month, 1750 per year) 
• % of Tracked : Missing 
• % of Client : Internal 
(ideal 36hrs/90%) 
(ideal 32hrs/90%)
Staff: COST 
• Basic Burden 
– Hourly rate ($10k annum = $5 hourly) 
– +25% Taxes/Bennies 
• Fully Loaded Burden 
– All fixed expenses (all salaries, rent, auto, 
electric, insurance) 
– Divide across TECHS & Offset by Util. Rate
Staff: REVENUE 
• Fiscal Goal for 2014? 2015? 
• Is That Possible? Realistic? 
– Current MRR * 12 = ? 
– MRR Increase rate? 
– MRR Annualized Increase? 
– Pro Services as % of MRR? 
– Hardware Sales as % of MRR?
Staff Autotask Strategies (1) 
• Knowledgebase: Rewards for new articles. 
• Workflow Rules: 
– If idle for 12 hours alert dispatcher & acct mgr. 
– If idle with status “Waiting Customer” for 24, alert 
client, 48 hours, close ticket! 
– If Complete, send note WITH SURVEY! 
– General: If status = “whatever”, relocate queue, 
alert, change status, start timer
Staff Autotask Strategies (2) 
• Templates (Favorites/Speed Codes): 
– Enter time, put in notes and TRIGGER WFR 
– Use as checklist solution 
– Track Travel Time/Apply Flat Rates 
• Notifications: 
– New ticket, work done, finished=survey
Staff Autotask Strategies (3) 
• Regular Time: be granular 
• Misc = Alert to boss, then categorize. 
• Track Internal dev work for You as Client
Clients: TIME 
• # Reactive Tickets 
– Per endpoint (use RMM results) 
– Per person (use AT contacts as a guide) 
• # Proactive Tickets 
• # Change Orders
Clients: $$$ 
• MRR Profit= MRR – ((Time x Burden)1.1) 
• Ratio of Project Rev : MRR 
• Keep AISP over $100
Client Autotask Strategies 
• Associate Ticket with Contact and Asset 
• Post-mortem every Project (twice) 
• Weekly Live Report of All Tickets
Client Operational Strategies 
• QHR with Client 
– What we’ve done for you lately 
– What’s next for your business 
– What is expiring/aging out this quarter 
– How you stack up to standards 
– What our plan is for next quarter
General Strategies 
• FREQUENT REVIEWS! 
– Daily Download (boss report, mgr. huddle) 
– Weekly Workload 
– Monthly Metrics 
• Sales, Acct Mgr, Projects, Service Desk, $$$
Remember!!! 
• Do the Math 
• Face The Facts 
• Be dedicated to improvement 
-whatever your #’s are, make them better 
• That’s Kaizen! 
• Smart Step Program 
– Hire me @clancyjr 
– Hire another CCP (bit.ly/1nesaBl)

Effective Service Delivery - Streamlining Your Workflows

  • 1.
    Effective Service Delivery: Streamlining Your Workflows Squish the cyber-slacking-staffers, crush the costly clients, and establish your path to measurable success. THOMAS CLANCY, JR AUTOTASK CCP
  • 2.
    Who is @ClancyJr? • Autotask CCP • Founder: – Valiant Technology – 4th Bin – Valiant Cloud
  • 3.
    Objectives • Knowthe right Questions to ask • Know how to find the Answers • Create Strategies for improvement • WORKBOOK LINK: www.whatever.com
  • 4.
    Kaizen • Plan • Do • Check • Adjust
  • 5.
    Staff: TIME •Utilization Rate – 75% minimum (122 per month, 1460 per year) – 80% goal (130 per month, 1560 per year) – 90% bonus! (146 per month, 1750 per year) • % of Tracked : Missing • % of Client : Internal (ideal 36hrs/90%) (ideal 32hrs/90%)
  • 6.
    Staff: COST •Basic Burden – Hourly rate ($10k annum = $5 hourly) – +25% Taxes/Bennies • Fully Loaded Burden – All fixed expenses (all salaries, rent, auto, electric, insurance) – Divide across TECHS & Offset by Util. Rate
  • 7.
    Staff: REVENUE •Fiscal Goal for 2014? 2015? • Is That Possible? Realistic? – Current MRR * 12 = ? – MRR Increase rate? – MRR Annualized Increase? – Pro Services as % of MRR? – Hardware Sales as % of MRR?
  • 8.
    Staff Autotask Strategies(1) • Knowledgebase: Rewards for new articles. • Workflow Rules: – If idle for 12 hours alert dispatcher & acct mgr. – If idle with status “Waiting Customer” for 24, alert client, 48 hours, close ticket! – If Complete, send note WITH SURVEY! – General: If status = “whatever”, relocate queue, alert, change status, start timer
  • 9.
    Staff Autotask Strategies(2) • Templates (Favorites/Speed Codes): – Enter time, put in notes and TRIGGER WFR – Use as checklist solution – Track Travel Time/Apply Flat Rates • Notifications: – New ticket, work done, finished=survey
  • 10.
    Staff Autotask Strategies(3) • Regular Time: be granular • Misc = Alert to boss, then categorize. • Track Internal dev work for You as Client
  • 11.
    Clients: TIME •# Reactive Tickets – Per endpoint (use RMM results) – Per person (use AT contacts as a guide) • # Proactive Tickets • # Change Orders
  • 12.
    Clients: $$$ •MRR Profit= MRR – ((Time x Burden)1.1) • Ratio of Project Rev : MRR • Keep AISP over $100
  • 13.
    Client Autotask Strategies • Associate Ticket with Contact and Asset • Post-mortem every Project (twice) • Weekly Live Report of All Tickets
  • 14.
    Client Operational Strategies • QHR with Client – What we’ve done for you lately – What’s next for your business – What is expiring/aging out this quarter – How you stack up to standards – What our plan is for next quarter
  • 15.
    General Strategies •FREQUENT REVIEWS! – Daily Download (boss report, mgr. huddle) – Weekly Workload – Monthly Metrics • Sales, Acct Mgr, Projects, Service Desk, $$$
  • 16.
    Remember!!! • Dothe Math • Face The Facts • Be dedicated to improvement -whatever your #’s are, make them better • That’s Kaizen! • Smart Step Program – Hire me @clancyjr – Hire another CCP (bit.ly/1nesaBl)