IT Support Performance Audit

Find the biggest problems slowing down your IT service in 7 days.

An independent review of your service desk performance, processes and operating model — with a prioritised 90-day improvement plan.

£995one-off assessment

Delivered within 7 days of receiving the agreed audit evidence.

Symptoms

You probably already know something isn't working.

Response looks acceptable, but resolution takes too long

The backlog never meaningfully falls

The same requests keep coming back

Analysts spend too much time routing and chasing

Service reports are full of metrics but drive few decisions

Users quietly bypass the service desk

SLAs have become the target instead of the user outcome

Automations exist, yet manual work keeps increasing

What I review

The whole operation, not just the ticket queue.

The exact checks depend on the evidence available, but the audit covers five areas:

Demand and workload

  • Ticket volume
  • Repeat demand
  • Contact reasons
  • Request vs. incident mix
  • Trends over time

Service performance

  • First response
  • Resolution
  • Ageing
  • Backlog
  • SLA performance
  • Reopen patterns

Process and workflow

  • Categorisation
  • Routing
  • Escalation
  • Prioritisation
  • Handoffs
  • Approvals

Efficiency

  • Automation
  • Manual activity
  • Knowledge
  • Service catalogue
  • Self-service

Operating model

  • Ownership
  • Reporting
  • Team processes
  • Service review
  • Continual improvement

What I need from you

Evidence, not access to everything.

  • An initial discovery questionnaire
  • A service desk data export (ticket-level metrics, not full ticket bodies)
  • Your existing service reports
  • SLA configuration and policy information
  • Relevant workflow and process detail
  • An optional read-only connection where a platform integration is already supported
  • A discovery conversation with me

Keeping your data safe

  • Never send passwords or API credentials by email or through a form.
  • Ticket data can contain personal or sensitive information — anonymised or minimised data is preferred wherever the full content isn't needed.
  • Most analysis runs on ticket-level metrics and metadata rather than the contents of individual tickets.
  • Any read-only integration is exactly that — read-only — and optional.

What you receive

A diagnosis and a plan you own.

Performance Scorecard

A clear view of where the service is performing well and where it's being constrained.

Priority Findings

The highest-impact problems, ranked so the team knows where to focus first.

Evidence

The operational signals or data behind each finding — no unsupported opinions.

Quick Wins

Changes you can potentially implement straight away, without a project.

90-Day Roadmap

Recommendations sequenced into a practical improvement plan.

Leadership-Ready Report

A concise document you can take straight to IT leadership.

Review Call

A walkthrough with me to discuss the findings, challenge assumptions and agree the priorities.

Human-led methodology

The software supports the analysis. It doesn't replace the assessment.

Service Desk Builder's technology processes your service evidence, identifies patterns and makes the checks consistent and repeatable. That's the leverage. But it isn't the judgement.

  • I review the evidence myself
  • Findings are put into the operational context of your service
  • Recommendations are prioritised based on what your team can realistically do
  • The final report is reviewed before it reaches you

Yes, AI and automation are part of how the analysis is done. They're a tool in the process, not the selling point.

Why me

I run an IT operations team supporting around 450 users in a complex engineering environment. I've owned service performance and delivered real improvement — a programme that contributed to a 91% reduction in average resolution time and a 90% reduction in first-contact time, and a Windows 11 rollout across 538 laptops. This audit is the assessment I'd run if you brought me in.

Max Hazell

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Price

£995one-off

One-off IT Support Performance Audit — everything above included.

I only take on a limited number of audits at one time, because every report is personally reviewed. There's no artificial discount and no countdown — just a fixed price for a piece of work done properly.

Nothing is invoiced when you apply. I confirm the audit is a genuine fit for your service first — the £995 is only charged once we've agreed scope.

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What happens after

The report is yours to run with.

Once you have the findings and the roadmap, you can:

  • Implement the roadmap internally with your own team
  • Hand it to an existing partner or MSP to deliver
  • Discuss a Service Desk Reset or ongoing improvement support with me

There's no obligation to purchase implementation support.

FAQ

Commercial questions

Get an independent view of your IT service.

£995, delivered within 7 days of receiving the agreed audit evidence. Independent, human-led, and yours to keep.

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