Managed Support Desk Standup (10-15 days)
Stand up a client-ready helpdesk and ticketing operation: routing logic, escalation paths, knowledge base, and reporting that a retainer can run on. The offer productizes the operating layer for managed support rather than the widget itself. Time: 10-15 days.
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Managed Support Desk Standup (10-15 days)
Stand up a client-ready helpdesk and ticketing operation: routing logic, escalation paths, knowledge base, and reporting that a retainer can run on. The offer productizes the operating layer for managed support rather than the widget itself.
- A named client-side process owner who can approve routing and escalation rules Access to the client's live channels (shared inbox, chat widget, social inboxes, phone line) and historical ticket export covering at least 90 days Written service-level targets for first response and resolution by ticket tier Agreed definition of which request types are in scope for the desk and which route elsewhere A decision on whether the desk is white-labeled under the agency brand or the client's
- 1.Export 90 days of historical tickets and tag them by request type, channel, and resolution time
- 2.Interview two agents and one client stakeholder on where handoffs currently stall
- 3.Document the current time-to-first-response baseline by channel
- 1.Map every inbound channel to a single intake queue and flag duplicates
- 2.Draft the routing matrix: request type to queue, queue to owner, owner to backup
- 3.Identify which request types should never reach a human agent
- 1.Configure the chosen platform's shared inboxes and connect each live channel
- 2.Set ticket fields for priority, tier, and client account so reporting works later
- 3.Test inbound delivery from each channel with a real message
- 1.Build escalation rules with time-based triggers for first response and resolution
- 2.Define the human-handoff destination for any chat or voice automation already running
- 3.Assign on-call ownership for after-hours escalations
- 1.Draft the first 15 knowledge base articles from the top recurring ticket types
- 2.Write canned responses for the five highest-volume requests
- 3.Set the review cadence and owner for knowledge maintenance
- 1.Configure the AI triage layer: intent classification, suggested replies, and confidence thresholds
- 2.Set the threshold below which a ticket routes to a human without an AI draft
- 3.Log every AI-suggested reply for a two-week quality review
- 1.Run 20 representative test tickets through the full path, including two edge cases
- 2.Time each test ticket from intake to resolution and compare against the SLA targets
- 3.Fix routing gaps found in testing before the client sees the desk
- 1.Build the reporting dashboard: volume by channel, first response, resolution time, reopen rate
- 2.Add a weekly client-facing summary view with the four metrics the retainer will be judged on
- 3.Schedule the automated report delivery
- 1.Train the client's agents on queue ownership, escalation, and the AI draft review process
- 2.Record a short walkthrough for onboarding future agents
- 3.Publish the internal runbook covering routing changes and outage steps
- 1.Run a live pilot day with real tickets and the full team on the desk
- 2.Collect agent feedback on friction points and adjust queue assignments
- 3.Confirm the escalation path fires correctly under real volume
- 1.Hand over the runbook, routing matrix, and knowledge base to the client owner
- 2.Agree the 30-day optimization window and what gets reviewed at the end of it
- 3.Set the retainer scope: what the agency maintains versus what the client owns
The platform subscription is a commodity the client can buy directly, so the fee sits on routing design, escalation quality, and knowledge maintenance, which is where resolution times actually move. Agencies that own the routing matrix and reporting cadence become the system of record for support, which converts a one-time build into a monthly retainer. Scope stays defensible because the pilot day produces measured first-response and resolution numbers the client can compare against their prior baseline.
- Routing matrix mapping every request type to a queue, owner, and backup Escalation rule set with time-based triggers and after-hours ownership Knowledge base seeded with the top 15 recurring ticket types and canned responses Reporting dashboard covering volume, first response, resolution time, and reopen rate Agent runbook plus a recorded onboarding walkthrough for future hires
The client's live channels route into one queue, 20 representative test tickets complete the full path within the agreed SLA targets, and the client owner signs off on the routing matrix and reporting dashboard.