[THIN] Re: OT: Recommendations for Decent Affordable Help Desk

Ok, just wondering. Even though the others do most of the accounting
questions all support requests filter through me first (supposedly) though
once a phone number gets out......

But for having over 200 people on at any one time I think that having only 6
open tickets is great (especially when 2 of those are due to problems that
really arent ours at all)


670,616,629 mph.  Its not just a good idea, its the law.



-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 4:53 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Recommendations for Decent Affordable Help Desk


Depends on who you talk to.  Some say 1 per 50 is minimum, others says 1
per 100 is adequate, and some say 1 per 150 is plenty.  Depends on the
knowledge of the end user and the type of apps supported.  If all they
use is MS Office and IE , you can get away with far less staff then if
there are a set of other apps that need to be supported, like HR,
Accounting, etc.



-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jason Patten
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 4:48 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Recommendations for Decent Affordable Help Desk

On average what is the ratio of helpdesk to users(active/concurrent)?

Right now we have almost 2500 users, but peak at about 250 on at any one
time.  And while I am the Only "official" tech support, we actually have
about 3 people who answer questions.  I do the tech support, the other 2
mostly answer Accounting questions about the software




670,616,629 mph.  Its not just a good idea, its the law.



-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Riggins [mailto:roger.riggins@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 4:44 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Recommendations for Decent Affordable Help Desk


Holy IT people, Batman!



-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Snyder
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:24 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Recommendations for Decent Affordable Help Desk

--- Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How about Track-It! (now being developed by Intuit since they baught 
> Blue Ocean).  Not sure what it
would cost for 60 users.

Thanks!
> 
> On an unrelated note, you have 60 help desk personal for 2000 
> employees?
> Wow. 

No no, we don't use os/2 here! :) We just have 5 help desk personnel,
but 55 IT people take their calls from the help desk software, so 60
total users of the software supporting 2,000 users. (wasn't sure how
some vendors may license their product)

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