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Executive Sponsorship ProgramsI am looking to develop an executive sponsorship program around customer escalation. I have been conducting research over the past few days and am looking to talk with someone who has created a progr… -
How to track partial churnI was wondering if I could get some insight on best practices to track partial churn. We utilize Salesforce Opportunities to track our renewals and Gainsight as our CS tool. We can easily track full …Answered AdmirHadziabulic 51 views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by PatrickCarmitchel Customer Success -
Creating a platform to gather, build and consolidate best practices from multiple productsI am responsible for building out a platform and process for making project best practices openly available on the web. Where it becomes more difficult is that this platform would accommodate multipl… -
Is there a standard for what % of time a SW dev team works on features to satisfy existing users?Hello TSIA community! I hope you are all doing well. I am hoping to get some insight from the community regarding on average, what percentage of time a software development team is working on differe…Answered ✓ TommyGlicker 98 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by StevenForth Product Management & Strategy -
Benchmark for Email Support SLAsHi, We are a SaaS company looking at revising our SLAs for email Support cases. Looking for insight/best practices that others employ. Thanks, CorinneAnswered CORINNEFLANAGAN 66 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by SteveCloughesy Service & Delivery -
What does your Support Service incentive program look like?I would like to introduce a bonus based incentive program to Support Services. Does anyone use such a program? How is defined? I am currently thinking of including a bonus based on CSAT performanc… -
Staffing for "Floating" CSM CoverageHi, How are some of you managing if you have high attrition or churn in your CS org? Has anyone ever created a justification for a "floating" CSM? Thank you. -
Security SLAs/SLOsHello TSIA community, we saw the pandemic accelerating the digital transformation and with this also the concerns related to security on the products have either hosted on-prem or public cloud. Cust…Answered GoncaloPereira 21 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by GoncaloPereira General Technology & Services -
How do you train/improve upon the skills of your Customer Success team? Certifications?This question has come up in a lot of conversations. Organizations are wondering what others have done when putting together an onboarding program for CSMs. Also what well-known certification progr… -
We are in the process of evaluating a new Customer Success Tool.The challenge is to find all requirements in one platform. It would be interesting to get your feedback on the type of platform your Customer Success Managers use to track: Health Monitoring Lifecycl…Answered ✓ Martina Stiegler 131 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by StevenForth Customer Success -
Barriers to building an on-demand workforceSeveral speakers at TSIA Interact talked about the idea of a blended workforce-- where some of the work is done by freelancers, particularly those local to the customer and where there are dispersed … -
Data Retention TimelineHello TSIA Community! From a Support Services/IT perspective, I'm hoping to get some insight into data retention timelines. I think "case" or "ticket" data should be kept for a …Answered ✓ ChrisHolm 42 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by C. Kyle Johnson General Technology & Services -
How should service credits revenue be allocated & recognized when delivery is across departments?We have 2 general types of credits. One is used for training. Those are typically created over a certain time period and amortized monthly over that period whether or not the customer uses it. We are… -
Is there a standard approach to converting a Likert Scale to a CSAT%?Depending on the source, I get strong opinions with one of three options that seem to be commonly used. In our case, we have survey options that are roughly worded in this manner: "The service … -
Prepaying a budget for fixed-fee services?I have a fixed fee services question for the group. If you offer fixed fee services, do you let your clients pre-purchase a budget in advance? We have a fixed fee services menu and a client that want… -
What titles/role names you use in your organization for a Technical Support Engineer?Does anyone in this forum use a different title or role names for Technical Support Engineer / Product support engineer ? Also would appreciate any insights on the nomenclature used in your teams for…Answered ✓ SumitBhat 704 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Olivier Pierrot Service & Delivery -
Marketing Automation in Renewals – 30 second member pollAs a speaker on marketing automation at our upcoming TSIA Interact, I’d like to hear your thoughts on using automated emails in your renewals program. 1) Do you currently use automated emails for c…Answered ✓ DougCaviness 80 views 8 comments 1 point Most recent by StevenForth Sales & Revenue Growth -
Which global companies are recommended as a benchmark?Which global companies are recommended as a benchmark regarding the succesful transformation into a professional services & solutions company? Especially around (changing) governance and organiz… -
Anyone have experience implementing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to generate renewal quotes?Hi All, I'm doing research on this automation topic and interested in the experience of others about practical applications of RPA in the renewal sales workflow. Thanks, DougAnswered DougCaviness 79 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by DougCaviness Sales & Revenue Growth
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Project Time Tracking and Employee Time TrackingHi All, I've had previous experience using Dovico as a subscription based time tracking tool. What other products out there have you used and what kind of feedback can you share about this products?…Answered GavinMurray 35 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by PatrickCarmitchel Service & Delivery -
Where does the training and support of Partners live?Good afternoon! Due to the growth of partner selling and solution outsourcing, one topic that seems to come up often recently is how companies can best equip their partners. Does anyone have any r…Answered ✓ ChrisHolm 26 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by AlexanderZiegler Product Management & Strategy
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How are you calculating Time to Resolution (TTR)?Hello! My question is related to Time to Resolution. How are you calculating TTR and are you including weekends (i.e. business days versus calendar days)? Also, do you include time spent in "Wai… -
Knowledge Management Best PracticesBackground: We are looking to establish an improved Knowledge Management process and capabilities for collecting market and customer information, as well as internal insights from the company’s own e…Answered ✓ Thomas Sjostrom 97 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by EddieAguilar Customer Success -
Support Contract Renewal IncentivesHi Team, as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to impact our customers business, we experienced an increase in support contract cancellations in specific customer segments. Some of those businesses are … -
Where do you post your Support "rules of engagement"Hi We'd like to make information available to our customers that will set expectations for their interactions with Support. The info isn't appropriate for any legal doc as it doesn't impact T&Cs… -
Ideas for Hands-On Lab TrainingThe OneStream Certification Program exists for customer success purposes (i.e., to contribute to customer success via successful implementations as a result of establishing a thriving community of va…Answered BeverlyvandeVelde 32 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by BeverlyvandeVelde Customer Success -
SLA as Chat transitions to CaseHi All, When a case originates in Chat but can't be solved and becomes a case, what SLA do you apply at that time? Do they get priority when they enter the case queue or are your initial SLAs applie…Answered Karen Bautista 12 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Karen Bautista Service & Delivery
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Services Nomenclature - 20 Second Member PollAs a historically on-premise software company that has pivoted to being a SaaS Provider we are reviewing post sale department/team names within our organization. The goal is to ensure we are aligned …Answered Christina Luna 83 views 14 comments 2 points Most recent by Jessie Adamczyk Service & Delivery -
Market research: can you help me find a comparable use case for an open source Knowledge Base?Hi all, I am doing some market research for content strategy and am trying to find a comparable use case to my own. I am looking for examples of SaaS companies that offer both open source and enterpr…Answered Erin O'Malley 42 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by AlexanderZiegler Product Management & Strategy -
How do you categorize behavioral skills to allocate tickets to qualified staff?We are looking for frameworks/schema/approaches that other complex support organizations have used to categorize behavioral skills. In our case, we’ve developed a unified technical skills matrix that…