Handle a support ticket

Process map by Brian. 22 steps, 2 layers. Tags: business, service, support.

  1. Customer: Reports a problem
  2. Helpdesk system: Ticket created and categorized
  3. Support agent: Is the customer completely down?
  4. Support agent: Drop everything and work it now
  5. Support agent: Search the knowledge base for a known fix
  6. Support agent: Found a fix?
  7. Support agent: Walk the customer through it
  8. Customer: Is it resolved?
  9. Helpdesk system: Close the ticket and send a satisfaction survey
  10. Support agent: Add or improve the knowledge base article
  11. Support agent: Reopen, and update the customer every few hours
  12. Support agent: Gather logs, steps and screenshots
  13. Tier 2 engineer: Escalate to tier 2
  14. Support agent: Queue it with a response-time clock

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$Business $Service $Support All process maps