2022 Tech Economic Sentiments Survey
If you are looking for visibility on how the current economy is impacting the technology industry, this is the survey for you (less than 20min to complete): https://survey.tsia.com/s3/6917452
If you are looking for visibility on how the current economy is impacting the technology industry, this is the survey for you (less than 20min to complete): https://survey.tsia.com/s3/6917452
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How have you optimized cross-org councils (product, process, experience, etc.)?In the age where cross-organization participation is key, we often lean on councils to guide and prioritize strategic work: new products, process and flow optimization, customer and employee experien…Answered Brian Rudy 31 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by LauraFay Product Management & Strategy -
Is business sentiment changing?Despite the flare ups and second wave concerns in many places I am sensing a general improvement in business sentiment. In our case we are seeing deals that had been stalled for months begin to move … -
Categories for 360 Customer ReviewHello Everyone, In order to do a customer 360 review healthscore card I consider the following dimensions: Overall Sentiment Customer Readiness Product Sentiment Bugs Implementation Readiness Support…Answered Jaime Farinos 102 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by DarrylBenjamin Service & Delivery -
Customer Effort Score - Are you measuring it? If so, how and when?Hello TSIA Community, We are looking into incorporating the Customer Effort Score into our transactional surveys (once cases are closed) and I was curious to see if, how and when you were measuring t… -
**Alert** TSIA is conducting a Change Management Quick Poll | Please Participate!Hello TSIA community! We need your help! Over the next several weeks we will be conducting two very short polls (8 questions each) to gather precise information on ITIL Change and Problem Managemen… -
State of the Handshake between Service Portfolio Management & Technology Product ManagementAre your product management and services product & Portfolio management teams collaborating well or poorly when it comes to designing recurring revenue solutions for awesome customer experience a…Answered LauraFay 41 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by StevenForth Product Management & Strategy -
With high variabilty data, how do you choose between ETS and ARIMA?Accuracy measures are often interpretive making it hard to choose which model is the best. The rule of thumb is to have lowest numbers possible associated with percent of error. With that said, numb… -
Non-Inclusive LanguageDell, as well as many other technology companies, has accelerated its efforts to eradicate non-inclusive language in our content and our code. Is anyone else out there working on this that would lik…Answered Mary Cay Kosten 221 views 6 comments 1 point Most recent by LeeAnnLuck Diversity & Inclusion -
How do you maintain employee culture with everyone working remotely?This was the number one question from our business challenge session last week with 40+ member companies: "How do you keep culture building, relationship building events, or get togethers going … -
How can a Quality Specialist perform QAs when they are not an expert on the work?Looking to see how other professional groups handle the following: 'How can a Quality Specialist perform QAs when they are not an expert on the work? For example ... how can I confirm that the agent…Answered Tracy Moore 14 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by AlexanderZiegler General Technology & Services -
Delivery of remote certification examsHello, With current situation with Covid-19, the delivery of proctored certification exams to customers or Partners is a real challenge: safety measures, travel restrictions, all trainings delivered …Answered ✓ Thierry GUENNEGUES 63 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by AlexanderZiegler Remote Services -
Are you RMCP certified? If so, where did you certify?I'm asking as I'm curious about the Resource Management Certified Professional path. Thank you! -
Post Questions for our August 27th Virtual Summit: Findability, The Search for Enterprise ContentOn August 27th I will be moderating a two-hour virtual summit, "Findability: The Search for Enterprise Content." The focus is knowledge management across the enterprise, and as part of this…Answered JohnRagsdale 75 views 4 comments 2 points Most recent by JohnRagsdale General Technology & Services -
What is your North Star Metric for Service & Support?What is the key measure of success for your support services team? What is the one metric that is supported by all the other ones? Is it a process measurement, like cycle time or first-pass yield? Or… -
What does a good 'offer' look like to bring to life the MS Offer ContinuumHi Folks, We are on the MS transformation journey and have adopted the TSIA MS Offer Continuum. Being a traditional Product-led organisation we are grappling with what a good offer looks like, say f…Answered Matt Saggers 61 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by CarlosAlves Product Management & Strategy -
Innovative approaches to deploying technology to work-at-home users?Are you seeing any creative service providers offering innovative approaches (packages) to deploying technology to user's working at homes - unique technology; creative use of tools; innovative supp… -
Prepaid or Deferred?Outcome services. Do you predominantly sell prepaid or deferred engagements? Do you give customers the choice or provide incentives/disincentives?Answered ✓ JimBignell 12 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by CarlosAlves Product Management & Strategy -
PS Margins Calc AssistanceHi there! I have services resources that 1) do some configuration work that's included in the license for our subscription product (its a saas marketing tech), 2) deliver on the professional services…
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Does anyone have a referral for a consulting firm that helps with Zuora implementations?Looking for anyone that has had a good experience with an independent consultant or a 3rd party consulting firm in implementing Zuora. Someone in the network is looking for a referral and I would lo…Answered Neil Jain 61 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by SpencerHancock General Technology & Services -
What is the COVID-19 Impact to your Delivery Operations?Hi Community, hope you are all staying safe and healthy! By now we hope you've seen our Rapid Research Response content and polls at: In this community, we'd love to hear how COVID-19 is impacting …Answered GeorgeHumphrey 52 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by GeorgeHumphrey Service & Delivery
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How have your customers' expectations changed in the COVID-19 environment?What are your customers asking you to do differently?
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Are you delivering immersive training for your software solution(s)?What level of immersive training do you deliver? What tools do you use and how engaging do you make it? -
Microlearning & Educational ServicesToday those in the education space see that the popular topic is shifting towards microlearning content. Any tips or recommendations on resources for newbies? If you have taken this approach, any tre… -
Working session on remote employee wellnessOn August 26th, I will be hosting a 90 minute working session on how companies are improving the wellness of their remote employees. If you are a TSIA interested in joining this session, email me at …
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Is anyone adjusting PS incentive comp plans with different measures or lower ute targets?We've seen a number of companies start to de-emphasize utilization as a primary driver of incentive compensation for PS individual contributors. Given COVID revenue and cost pressures, wanted to see …
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How are you coordinating successful training programs with Academia in the US?We are seeing a big adoption of our Academia Program offering in EMEA and APAC and a very low one in US. What is your recommendation in terms of how to connect with academic institutions in US to hav…
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Professional Services (within a Software vendor) Day rates in EuropeHi I would like to know actual day rates from Professional Services departments inside Software companies in Europe. I also would like to know average dealsize/ project size these PS departments norm…Answered Mark Schulze 33 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by PatrickCarmitchel Customer Success -
Covid - What are you doing from an employee burnout perspective?Are you finding the working scenario during pandemic leading to employee burnout? If so what ideas do people have to ensure their teams remain engaged, motivated and energised?Answered PATRICK COLLINS 42 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by PATRICK COLLINS Service & Delivery -
Do you have a learning community in your LMS (Learning Management System)?Do you have a learning community located in your LMS? If yes, how did you build it and what roles and responsabilities did you define? We have a community platform outside of LMS, but I think keeping…
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Looking for best practices around NPI for Services / Services Offerings.We would love to receive information on NPI best practices/research in the industry. We want to start crafting our POV but want to research some. Links, articles, or event contacts to speak with will…