#TFT12: Aprill Allen

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Presentation for #TFT12: How to Put the KM Into ITSM. Why is knowledge management important (KM)? Why is it a part of everything we do in ITSM, but it's the last thing we want to turn our time and efforts to? Aprill Allen of knowledgebird.com tells you how KM can improve your operations and gives practical help on how to write a good knowledge base article and keep the troops motivated. See Aprill's TFT speaker Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/servicedesk/aprill-allen/

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How to Put the KM Into ITSM

Aprill allen

Knowledgebird.com @aprillallen

Aprill Allen

Twitter: @aprillallen

aprill@knowledgebird.com

How to Put the

KM Into ITSM

Knowledgebird.com @aprillallen

By Ecoagriculture Partners on Flickr

Why? o Ageing population

o Lower on-call costs

o Less time required for

training

o Opportunity for innovation

& improvement

o Resolution times are quicker

o Lower stress = lower

turnover

o Mobile & remote workforce

o It’s empowering

o Reduce effort wasted on

re-work.

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Why? Because any funny story you have from

your IT career could have been resolved

by an adequate knowledge base.

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Knowledge

Management &

ITSM

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Image from http://www.procolour.com.au

Who is your audience?

Assign oversight to a role

Decide on relevant

category labels

Image from http://chrisnierhaus.com

Fundamental

processes and

company information.

Commonly occurring

issues/processes.

FAQs.

Other processes.

Trivial-but-useful.

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Writing for your

knowledge base

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Golden Rules

1. Be clear & concise

2. Beware the curse of

knowledge.

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Tailor your

language

Follow up

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Categories and

tags

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Formatting

Stick to one style of font, in black and opt for

one other colour to highlight important

points.

Blockquote a command list to set it apart

from informational text.

Don’t just cut and paste haphazardly. Invest

the time to reformat it.

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From the KCS Practices Guide 5.2 www.serviceinnovation.org

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empowerment

Knowledge

management =

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Stem cells from http://www.topnews.in

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Small steps

Simple language

Bribery

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Questions?

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WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR

bmc FOOTPRINTS

#TFT returns may 2013