Slide 1: SPS Help Desk Presentation
SPS Help Desk Presentation Lynn McKnight and Greg Summer SPS Help Desk – 2003 Army Users’ Conference Customer Support July 15 2003 American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 2: Agenda
Agenda SPS Help Desk Mission Defining The SPS Help Desk Support What’s new in the 2003 –2004 Help Desk Agreement Issue flow SPS Help Desk Metrics AcquiLine Help Desk Support Remote Desktop Sharing Tools Help Us Help The SPS User Community SPS Help Desk Future Initiatives Question
Slide 3: SPS Help Desk Mission
SPS Help Desk Mission American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 4: Mission
SPS Help Desk Mission The Standard Procurement System (SPS) Help Desk provides customer support to the Department of Defense paperless acquisition community by assisting users with operational issues related to their use of the SPS software suite We are committed to delivering world- class custo
Slide 5: Defining SPS Help Desk Support
Defining SPS Help Desk Support American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 6: Defining The SPS Help Desk Support
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support The responsibilities and tasks of the SPS Help Desk are defined by the Help Desk Agreement found at http://kb.ams.com/ID/26971 The SPS Help Desk is funded by the SPS Joint Program Management Office (JPMO) to provide support, including web-based support for the
Slide 7: Defining The SPS Help Desk - Supported Versions
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support - Supported Versions The SPS Help Desk provides support for SPS program production baseline software for licensed PD2 sites. This includes DoD deployed versions of: — PD version 4.1e 2 — PD version 4.2x 2 — SPS-I version 4.1e — SPS-I version 4.2 Increment 1 — FPD
Slide 8: Defining The SPS Help Desk - Software Support Conditions
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support - Software Support Conditions SPS Help Desk support applies to PD², FPDS, Adapter, and SPS-I software applications that have: — Received SPS JPMO acceptance — Received a component decision to deploy — Are in operation at a government site following an SPS JPMO de
Slide 9: Defining The SPS Help Desk - How does it Work
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support - How does it Work Provides 24 hour support, 5 days a week (SPS Help Desk is closed from 2100 Friday through 2100 Sunday) support through: — Toll-free phone – fax line — Web – e-mail Assists Authorized Callers with their operational issues in response to a PD2,
Slide 10: Defining The SPS Help Desk - How does it Work
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support – How does it Work Provide a Knowledge Base of frequently asked questions (FAQs), technical white papers, and work solutions Provide forums for communication of customer needs within the SPS organization (e.g., SPS Web sites, Info- Mails, chat sessions) Assis
Slide 11: Defining The SPS Help Desk - Authorized Caller Process
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support – Authorized Caller Process The number of PD2 Authorized Callers per Government Site is determined by the total number of user licenses purchased for the Site In addition, each Government Site that has SPS-I Software that has been initially installed by AMS and
Slide 12: How to become a PD2 Authorized Caller
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support – How to become a PD2 Authorized Caller Attend AMS/AMS-Certified Instructor Led Training (ILT) System Administrator Course Attend AMS/AMS-Certified ILT Contracts, Contract Administration, or Simplified Acquisition Course At least one Authorized Caller must at
Slide 13: How to become a SPS-I/Adapter Authorized Caller
Defining The SPS Help Desk Support – How to become a SPS-I/Adapter Authorized Caller To qualify as a SPS-I Authorized Caller, the user must meet one of the following criteria: — Attend AMS’s ILT SPS-I Administrator Training — Receive waiver approval for specific individual from the JPMO To quali
Slide 14: What's New in the 2003-2004 Agreement
What’s New in the 2003 - 2004 SPS Help Desk Agreement American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 15: What's new in the 2003-2004 Help Desk Agreement
What’s new in the 2003 –2004 Help Desk Agreement Support for software upgrades including Maintenance and Service Releases Support for Contingency Contracting EOFY Weekend support for the last three weekends of September JPMO Adapter support – with the exceptions of connectivity, mappings, an
Slide 16: Issue Flow
Issue Flow American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 17: Issue Flow
Issue Flow Level 2 Technical Support SR Level 1 Level 3 ICG Support Support Level 2 Functional Support Web Support 17
Slide 18: Issue Flow - Initial Contact Group (ICG) Responsibilities
Issue Flow – Initial Contact Group(ICG) Responsibilities Opens new Service Requests from incoming calls, e-mails, voicemail messages, faxes, or “SR Online” Provides status on existing Service Requests Performs live call transfers to Level 1 analysts Closes resolved Service Requests Maintai
Slide 19: Issue Flow - Level 1 Responsibilities
Issue Flow – Level 1 Responsibilities Receives Service Requests from ICG Validates issues with Authorized Callers Validates processes that were followed by users when the problem was encountered Troubleshoots up to 30 minutes to identify a resolution Provides resolutions, and with Authoriz
Slide 20: Issue Flow - Level 2 Responsibilities
Issue Flow – Level 2 Responsibilities Receives Service Requests from Level 1 Troubleshoots Service Requests to provide correct resolutions Requests diagnostics from Authorized Callers to help troubleshoot issues Provides functional or technical resolutions, and with callers concurrence, clos
Slide 21: Issue Flow - Web Support Responsibilities
Issue Flow – Web Support Responsibilities Publishes Frequently Asked Questions Publishes known work solutions Posts Help Desk Service Request records Maintains documentation about the SPS products and the use of the SPS products Maintains Help Desk Service Request status tracking functiona
Slide 22: SPS Help Desk Metrics
SPS Help Desk Metrics American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 23: Metrics - Number of Service Requests
SPS Help Desk Metrics Number of Service Requests SPS Service Requests Opened by Month 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Air Force 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 Army Navy Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 ODA Air Force 127 82 72
Slide 24: Metrics - Length of Time for Service Requests Resolution
SPS Help Desk Metrics Length of Time for Service Requests Resolution 5% 11% <=2 <=7 18% 51% <=14 <=30 >30 15% Number of days Issues closed due to lack of response = 5.3% (251 issues) 24
Slide 25: AcquiLine Help Desk Support
AcquiLine Help Desk Support American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 26: AcquiLine
AcquiLine Help Desk Support The AcquiLine Help Desk can be reached Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST at 1-866-467-6311. AcquiLine support includes but is not limited to: — Developing scripts to overcome software related defects but not to address software enhancements — webMethods
Slide 27: Remote Desktop Sharing Tools
Remote Desktop Sharing Tools American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 28: Remote Desktop Sharing Tools - Benefits
Remote Desktop Sharing Tools - Benefits Immediate, on-line assistance during the initial call, by using existing web technology Visual access to the screen of the user, while still on the phone, which allows for faster issue resolution Can optionally “drive” the user’s application, if access i
Slide 29: Help Us Help the SPS User Community
Help Us Help the SPS User Community American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 30: Help Us Help the SPS User Community
Help Us Help the SPS User Community Respond back to us — Let us know if your issue is resolved — Send in script results or screen captures that the SPS Help Desk analyst requests — Positive confirmation that a provided resolution solved your issue will allow us to post the solution to the Knowledg
Slide 31: Help Us Help the SPS User Community
Help Us Help the SPS User Community Understand the SPS Help Desk manager on call process Love your Database – MAKE SURE YOU ARE PRACTICING EFFECTIVE DATABASE MAINTENANCE – Backups, DBCCs, etc. Only use scripts issued by the SPS Help Desk for their intended purpose and only use them one time, u
Slide 32: SPS Help Desk Future Initiatives
SPS Help Desk Future Initiatives American Management Systems, Inc., 2003
Slide 33: SPS Help Desk Future Initiatives
SPS Help Desk Future Initiatives Continue to work with the Army, ART, and the JPMO to provide world-class customer service to the SPS user community Re-establish Web chat sessions as a resource for the users Expand the Knowledge Base content around PD2 4.2 Increment 2 and the JPMO Adapter Ut
Slide 34: Questions
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