7-1 Discussion: User Satisfaction

As an IT professional, you may find that particular user issues are beyond your ability to resolve. When those moments arise, a user’s level of satisfaction could be in jeopardy. You must be able to navigate the situation and strive to maintain user satisfaction, even if your involvement with their presented issue comes to an end.

For this week’s discussion, imagine that you’re working on a site. While you are at the user’s desk or site, you discover that the request you are trying to solve is beyond your ability to resolve it. When the user submitted the ticket for IT assistance, they expressed that they need the computing issue resolved in order to do their work. The computing issue is preventing the user from using the systems that they need on a daily basis. The user has been very receptive to your troubleshooting efforts, but as you realize that you are unable to resolve the issue, they are beginning to check their watch frequently and have become less engaged in answering your questions. Reflect on what you would or would not do to ensure customer satisfaction and to improve the user experience with IT services.

For your initial post, address the following:

· What additional steps would you take to ensure that the user/customer is satisfied?

· How would you communicate this to the user?