Introduction

A few months ago, I was entrusted with a project for the technical support organization at the company where I work. I needed some theoretical foundation for technical support as well as some insights into techniques, foundations and processes to go about doing the support work; something that did not originate with my support organization itself. I went to bookstores, libraries and search engines and found nothing of consequence. The few sources I found were on explaining what technical support consists of or how to setup a technical support operation. The rest of the sources were on how to take a lot of calls and the ways to run a helpdesk. All very practical topics but not profoundly developed ideas. I found a few books on technical ...

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