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3. For business-to-business companies, two additional dimensions are recommended: Customer Value and Customer Severity. Customer Value refers to how important a customer is to the business, while Customer Severity refers to how a problem affects a specific customer's product/service.
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2) Key points include interacting as much as possible with customers before product-market fit, preparing recruitment and onboarding processes during product-market fit, and automating and measuring during scaling.
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1. The document provides a method for support teams to scope issues by developing a priority matrix with two dimensions: Impact and Severity.
2. Impact refers to how many users are affected, while Severity refers to how the product/service is affected. Different levels such as small, medium, large are defined for each.
3. For business-to-business companies, two additional dimensions are recommended: Customer Value and Customer Severity. Customer Value refers to how important a customer is to the business, while Customer Severity refers to how a problem affects a specific customer's product/service.
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Ìý
This document discusses using narrative to effectively communicate data and information within an organization. It introduces the five elements of a data narrative: characters, setting/context, plot, conflict/resolution, and theme. For each element, it provides a brief explanation of how to incorporate that element when telling a data narrative. The overall message is that applying these narrative elements can help non-technical audiences better understand and remember insights from data.
1) The document discusses how to scale customer care as a company grows. It emphasizes interacting with customers before product-market fit, creating processes during product-market fit, and automating and measuring during scaling.
2) Key points include interacting as much as possible with customers before product-market fit, preparing recruitment and onboarding processes during product-market fit, and automating and measuring during scaling.
3) The document also provides examples of responding to customer emails by apologizing, investigating issues, making changes or refunds requested, and wishing the customer a good day.
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Presented at Support Driven Expo in Portland, Oregon, July 2019.
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Title:
Lecture Notes - Unit IV - The Network Layer
Description:
Welcome to the comprehensive guide on Computer Network concepts, tailored for final year B.Sc. Computer Science students affiliated with Alagappa University. This document covers fundamental principles and advanced topics in Computer Network. PDF content is prepared from the text book Computer Network by Andrew S. Tenanbaum
Key Topics Covered:
Main Topic : The Network Layer
Sub-Topic : Network Layer Design Issues (Store and forward packet switching , service provided to the transport layer, implementation of connection less service, implementation of connection oriented service, Comparision of virtual circuit and datagram subnet), Routing algorithms (Shortest path routing, Flooding , Distance Vector routing algorithm, Link state routing algorithm , hierarchical routing algorithm, broadcast routing, multicast routing algorithm)
Other Link :
1.Introduction to computer network - /slideshow/lecture-notes-introduction-to-computer-network/274183454
2. Physical Layer - /slideshow/lecture-notes-unit-ii-the-physical-layer/274747125
3. Data Link Layer Part 1 : /slideshow/lecture-notes-unit-iii-the-datalink-layer/275288798
Target Audience:
Final year B.Sc. Computer Science students at Alagappa University seeking a solid foundation in Computer Network principles for academic.
About the Author:
Dr. S. Murugan is Associate Professor at Alagappa Government Arts College, Karaikudi. With 23 years of teaching experience in the field of Computer Science, Dr. S. Murugan has a passion for simplifying complex concepts in Computer Network
Disclaimer:
This document is intended for educational purposes only. The content presented here reflects the author’s understanding in the field of Computer Network
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