itSMF Bulletin April 2020 | Page 4

Most modern IT service desks aspire to improve across all three of “better,

faster, cheaper.” But what does your service desk need to do to jump from

good to great? There are, of course, many opportunities to improve upon

the IT service desk status quo – it’s therefore critical to understand which

improvement opportunities will deliver the greatest return on your time and

cost investments.

There are also a number of best practices which can be adopted, but

unfortunately, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach. It is still essential

to prioritize your efforts to make the maximum positive impact as early as

possible.

This paper offers ten quick tips to help drive IT service desk improvement

through three high-value IT service management (ITSM) capabilities – selfservice, knowledge management, and automation and artificial intelligence

(AI). Importantly, it explains how best to avoid the common pitfalls to success.

by Stephen Mann

Transform Your IT Service Desk Through

Self-Service, Knowledge Management,

Automation & AI