Role Competency Technical Support Availability

Process Component Technical Support Availability


Description

This involves having available a support Consultant to call upon while onsite to solve emergency or important issues that can derail the assignment, such as:
- Software not installed properly or is not licensed
- A serious bug that is preventing planned work - this might not be fixable, but the client needs to know what the situation is and whether it is a problem with the software, with the consultant's lack of knowledge, or their own environment

Processes (that produce or use this component)

Deliver Consulting Services

  • Category: Resource
  • VSM Role: System 2 - Co-ordination
  • Feedback Notes:

    Provide feedback on how useful any help given was. Also, if help was not available, raise this as an issue as it has a potential revenue cost.

  • Potential Issues:

    Technical Support working practices are geared to their own internal targets and not to "revenue generating" processes. For example, if a consultant on-site urgently needs a license, surely this is more important than more routine request that may be ahead in the queue.

  • Evaluation: 2

Identify Client Requirements

  • Category: Output
  • VSM Role:
  • Feedback Notes:
  • Potential Issues:
  • Evaluation:
Appears On

IGOE Scope Diagram Deliver Consulting Services

VSM View Deliver Consulting Services