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ITIL is the most widely adopted approach for IT Service Management in the world. ITIL provides a practical, no-nonsense framework for identifying, planning, delivering and supporting IT services to the business. more >>
Calculating the running costs of the Service Desk and the cost per incident to the organisation can be like Pandora's Box depending on the level of detail required and what it is you are trying to justify or prove. Below are some calculators to assist.
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HDAA’s online Membership Knowledge Base provides subscribers access to information on contemporary Service and Support issues across the IT industry. more >>
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These templates provide you with a starting point for your own policies, processes and procedure documentation for your organisation - why reinvent the wheel? These templates are based on best practice frameworks, principles and methods used in the Service and Support Profession. more >>
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HDAA is Australasia's leading resource for service and support centre training, emerging trends and best practices. Our training courses, in ITIL, DevOps and HDI Service and Support Centre Certifications, are established by an international panel of industry experts and practitioners. more >> 2019 Training Calendar
HDAA provides public training courses in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne as well as onsite and online training courses.
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HDAA provides a number of benchmarking reports for the Australian and New Zealand Service and Support industry. If you are a Silver Level Member or above you also have access to HDI’s reports. more>>
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HDAA (formerly Help Desk Association Australasia) is a Gold Partner of HDI (formerly Help Desk Institute) and with HDAA Silver Level membership and above Members can access all the research from HDI, such as: more >>
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The first major update to ITIL since 2011.
We are in a time of unprecedented change, known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is characterized by the digital transformation of our world and the unavoidable interaction between humans, digital technologies and physical assets.
In this fast-paced and complex environment, organizations need to:
ITIL 4 has been designed to help organizations meet the increasing demand from the current complex digital environment.
Contact HDAA now to discuss you ITIL 4 training needs or phone 1800 243 821.
The Consortium is a non-profit alliance of organizations focused on innovation for the support industry. Members create innovative ideas through a process of collective thinking and experience. further KCS Resources >>
Knowledge Management ROI Calculator - Click here Introducing to KCS v6 video - Click here Introduction to KCS video - Click here
Other Support Centre Training Courses & Certifications.
Use our vendor directory and obtain information about possible vendors and their products.
Please note that HDAA remains neutral to its members, the industry and vendors and does not have any affiliation with or endorse any particular product.
Looking for a New Vendor/Supplier?
Held in HDAA's Knowledge Base is a variety of information to assist you with the vendor selection process that every service desk has to go through. Here are a few samples for your review:
Telling Your (Business Value) Story... by HDI Support World Magazine Wed 06 March 2019 What is “value?” Think back to the last time you made a major purchase, like a car. Why did you choose the car you did? Perhaps it was because of the features insta... Read More Login or register to post comments
Managing the Changes Deployed by Your Cloud Vendor... by HDI Support World Magazine Wed 27 February 2019 Yikes! My Cloud host service made a change; now my services aren’t working anymore! Let’s say you have outsourced at least some of the services you provide to your... Read More Login or register to post comments
Diversity and Inclusion in a Digital Age... by HDI Support World Magazine Tue 26 February 2019 We are in an interesting time in the world of service and support, where digital transformation (and AI, particular) is rising at the same time a focus is being placed on transform... Read More Login or register to post comments
Metric of the Month: Agent to Supervisor Ratio... by HDI Support World Magazine Wed 20 February 2019 Each month, I highlight one Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for service and support. I define the KPI, provide recent benchmarking data for the metric, and discuss key correlations... Read More Login or register to post comments
Incidents or Requests: How to Classify Service Performance Issues... by HDI Support World Magazine Tue 19 February 2019 Recently, a question came in asking about the best way to classify and handle performance issues. Performance for the purpose of this discussion is the availability, reliability, o... Read More Login or register to post comments
The Foundation of a Team: Trust and Respect... by HDI Support World Magazine Thu 14 February 2019 When I was in second grade, my father frequently told me, “You can’t put the roof on a house until the foundation is complete.” While I understood the physical co... Read More Login or register to post comments
Internal Customer Experience: Is This Even a Thing?... by HDI Support World Magazine Wed 13 February 2019 The first time I heard about “customer experience” was in a course about knowledge management. It was almost a throwaway line in that the speaker was referring to how k... Read More Login or register to post comments
Build a Cybersecurity Program... by HDI Support World Magazine Wed 06 February 2019 Communicate the Risks to End Users Let’s face it, everywhere we turn, we are being inundated with attempts from cyber criminals to hack our identities and even more so, ou... Read More Login or register to post comments
Metrics and Storytelling... by HDI Support World Magazine Tue 05 February 2019 Part of running a service desk is having to ask for more: more resources, more tools, and more time. One of the top challenges our community has is the dreaded doing more with ... Read More Login or register to post comments
Start Your Engines: How to Use Visual Indicators to Ramp Up New Hires... by HDI Support World Magazine Fri 01 February 2019 There are many hidden costs in onboarding new talent. From HR salaries, to the nuts and bolts of your HRIS system (annual application spend; infrastructure costs), to the more amor... Read More Login or register to post comments
Real Life: The Turn-Based Game... by HDI Support World Magazine Thu 31 January 2019 Strategic Interaction in Relationships I am not a gamer! There’s no pride or shame in that statement. I simply have a different lifestyle. But, every time I take my ne... Read More Login or register to post comments
The Myth of Proactive Problem Management - Part 4... by HDI Support World Magazine Thu 20 April 2017 This post is part of a 4-part series by Adam Krob and Bill Stockton. See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In Alice in Wonderland, Alice has a specific end in mind. In the end, all sh... Read More Login or register to post comments
The Myth of Proactive Problem Management - Part 3... by HDI Support World Magazine Wed 12 April 2017 This post is part of a four-part series by Adam Krob and Bill Stockton. See also Part 1 and Part 2. When we left Alice in the last blog post, she was trying to use the same cate... Read More Login or register to post comments
The Myth of Proactive Problem Management - Part 2... by HDI Support World Magazine Thu 06 April 2017 This post is part 2 of a four-part series by Adam Krob and Bill Stockton. See Adam Krob’s Part 1 and Part 3. The content assumes a modicum of familiarity with ITIL® and t... Read More Login or register to post comments
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HDAA Workshop topics are chosen for their relevance to the industry as well as from our members. Whether revitalising a topic due to industry evolution or bringing you something totally new, HDAA. more >> To view a demonstration video on how to register, click here
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When HDAA receives a Member Request (MR) for advice from a member, we manage and coordinate its definition, distribution, collation, analysis and response. These become published 'MR Outcomes' which are distributed to all members as a major source of collective information, knowledge and experience. more >>
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