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Key conversations                                                                                                      Questions to Ask







            Contact Center KPIs Showed Signs of Pandemic-induced Strain                                                            01                                04                                07


                                                                                                                                   What are the challenges to        How is the access experience      Is there any security risk with
                                                                                                                                   data security?                    for branch offices and            remote user access?
                                                                                                                                                                     external organizations?

                                Average handle time (AHT) increased from 3 – 6 minutes to                                          02                                                                  08
                                more than 10 minutes.                                                                                                                05
                                                                                                                                   Is the enterprise considering                                       What are the challenges
                                                                                                                                   implementing centralized          How to quickly deploy and         faced by the IT administrators
                                                                                                                                   data control?                     update core applications and      when the requirements on the
                                                                                                                                                                     patches? Is the operation         number of customer service
                                                                                                                                                                     and maintenance efficiency        staff elastically increase or
                                                                                                                                                                     satisfactory?                     decrease due to events such
                                First call resolution rates fell as new multi-step workflows                                       03                                                                  as pandemic or holidays?
                                left agents unable to complete transactions and caused                                             Is there any requirement for      06                                09

                                repeat customer calls.                                                                             cross-network access, such
                                                                                                                                   as simultaneous access to the
                                                                                                                                   office network, production        As the business and the number    How does the customer
                                                                                                                                   network and the internet?         of staff continue to grow, is     service staff adjust the
                                                                                                                                   How are these issues being        there any need to increase the    organizational structure to
                                                                                                                                   resolved now?                     dedicated bandwidth?              ensure quick access and
                                                                                                                                                                                                       response on the workspace?
                                Average queue/hold times (AQT/AHT) rose as call volumes

                                increased, either due to the acute phases of the crisis, as
                                policy changes were implemented, or because there were                                           Listen
                                fewer agents due to absenteeism.


                                                                                                                                 Notes                             •  PC replacement

                                Customer experience declined as new processes to handle                                                                            •  New branch offices
                                quickly implemented policies turned agents into call                                                                               •  More customer service staff
                                routers, making the process more difficult and frustrating
                                for customers.                                                                                                                     •  Inefficient VPN access
                                                                                                                                                                   •  Information leakage prevention

                                                                                                                                                                   •  Increasing dedicated bandwidth for branch offices
                                Transfer rates increased as an effect of longer                                                                                    •  Network isolation requirements, such as isolation of office network,
                                AHT and AQT.                                                                                                                         production network and the internet
                                                                                                                                                                   •  Agile office

                                                                                                                                                                   •  Secure access for external organizations
                                                                                                                                                                   •  At-home customer service

                                                                                                                                                                   •  Secure access for contractors
                                Abandonment rates rose from a target of 2 – 5 percent to
                                more than 10 percent in some cases as AQT increased.                                                                               •  School-business partnerships










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