Support is a process blade of Disciplined DevOps. Your support activities, sometimes called Help Desk or End-User Support, focus on helping customers to work with the solutions produced by your delivery teams. Ideally your solutions should be designed so well that end users don’t need anyone to help them but unfortunately it doesn’t always work out that way. In many ways your support strategy is your “last line of defense” in your efforts to Delight Customers.
We extend the DA mindset with philosophies specific to support.
DA support teams work in a highly collaborative and evolutionary manner.
There are several common strategies for an effective support team.
Support can and should be an integral part of your DevOps strategy.