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Title: Which is the Best Issue Tracking System


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Which Is The Best Issue Tracking System?
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Here is a five-step method
to help you find the best
  • issue tracking
    system for your business needs. You need not
    spend hundreds of dollars buying a system with
    capabilities that would not be utilized by your
    team. Extra spending does not translate into
    greater efficiency always.

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Step 1 List your requirement.
Prepare a summary of the general requirement of
your business from a issue tracking system. You
could start by summarizing how many issue
tracking calls
  • you receive every day, How
  • big is your help desk team,
  • and does your help desk
  • function round the clock?

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  • You have to clearly define why you are looking
    for a issue tracking system, and what work you
    need to handle with it.
  • This summary would help you shortlist useful
    solutions available in the market.
  • What you need is a general outline of the tasks
    you need to handle with an issue tracking system.

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Step 2 List particular needs.
  • You might need to discuss this with your help
    desk team. Every single requirement from the
    issue tracking system needs to be defined.
  • This would include how the help desk would log
    issue tracking tickets, how responses would be
    given to clients, how issues would be escalated,
    and how issues would be reported to the
    management.

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  • You should also list issues with your existing
    ticket tracking system or process. Prepare some
    sort of a checklist and the importance of each
    feature when selecting a help desk system.

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Step 3 What is your budget and deadline?
  • A budget analysis to see how much you could
    afford to spend on a new issue tracking system is
    very important.
  • The best part is that some full-capability and
    excellent help desk systems are available for
    free.
  • A great issue tracking system does not have to
    expire after the trial period is over. However,
    either way, you need to be sure if you could
    afford to spend a little on a new issue tracking
    system or not.

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  • Deadline is also important. Interestingly, some
    excellent issue tracking systems are
    browser-based and do not require any extra
    purchase of hardware or installation. These
    systems are up and running within a few minutes.

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Step 4 Find some recommendations.
  • Search on the Internet, or ask colleagues before
    you make a shortlist of the best or most popular
    issue tracking systems available in the market.
    An Internet survey is an excellent way to figure
    out which is the best issue tracking system for
    you.

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  • Features would be listed on websites, and
    excellent help desk systems come with hassle-free
    demo versions. You could evaluate the complete
    system without downloading anything.

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Step 5 Here are some additional features to
remember about short listing some issue
tracking systems.
  • Try a monthly-payment model so that you would not
    have to pay every time your clients increase.
  • Choose an SaaS system that does not require you
    to invest in hardware infrastructure.
  • Ensure that strict protocols are in place for the
    security of data and reliability of data transfer
    for any issue tracking system you purchase.

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