DATE
May 2018
Improving customer incident communications for a global education company
Mitigating $50m revenue loss by improving communications to customers during disruption by smart-stitching existing strategic systems.
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Challenge
A Global Education Company had a growing number of technical incidents affecting online customers, and no way of communicating to them. $50m of revenue was at risk if the problem was not addressed within five months.
How should our client communicate with customers during major incidents?
Approach
A six-week Phase 0 challenged the conventional wisdom and identified an unconsidered way forward. A seven week Phase 1 prototype validated the approach with customers and identified a viable technical solution “in front of front” of the legacy technology estate. Counting down to the deadline, the 12 week delivery phase included a design validated with customers, an innovative technology solution applied to priority products directed to relevant customers, a team trained to improve incident response speed and quality
Value
- Very positive internal feedback from sales and from external customers
- Decreased call volume related to major incident stability issues by 75%
- Covered ~1000 business critical websites (85% coverage of customers) in the 12 week delivery phase
Improving customer incident communications for a global education company
Mitigating $50m revenue loss by improving communications to customers during disruption by smart-stitching existing strategic systems.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/insights_thumbnail_field_m/public/casestudies/improving-customer-incident-communications-for-a-global-education-company.jpg,qitok=Ncd9yGfD.pagespeed.ce.VjTvZby3GV.jpg)
DATE
May 2018
![](/sites/default/files/styles/insights_thumbnail_field_m/public/casestudies/improving-customer-incident-communications-for-a-global-education-company.jpg,qitok=Ncd9yGfD.pagespeed.ce.VjTvZby3GV.jpg)
Challenge
A Global Education Company had a growing number of technical incidents affecting online customers, and no way of communicating to them. $50m of revenue was at risk if the problem was not addressed within five months.
How should our client communicate with customers during major incidents?
Approach
A six-week Phase 0 challenged the conventional wisdom and identified an unconsidered way forward. A seven week Phase 1 prototype validated the approach with customers and identified a viable technical solution “in front of front” of the legacy technology estate. Counting down to the deadline, the 12 week delivery phase included a design validated with customers, an innovative technology solution applied to priority products directed to relevant customers, a team trained to improve incident response speed and quality
Value
- Very positive internal feedback from sales and from external customers
- Decreased call volume related to major incident stability issues by 75%
- Covered ~1000 business critical websites (85% coverage of customers) in the 12 week delivery phase