"As an RSP I should be able to see more KB, enter KB's, update KB's and
have a great deal more access to info on my incidents/bugs than the
average customer. I have INVESTED a great deal of time to become
"certified" in this stuff and that should mean that I am a good
partner for BMC to work with. ( Not that I think I should be able to
skip level one, but I should be granted more of what level one has
than "just another customer" has too. )"

Does this mean that those of us who have not gone down this path are somehow
unworthy of additional content; tickets, kb, or otherwise?  I too have
invested a great deal of time in learning this stuff.  Seems such a thing
should be driven on individual merit (tickets vs. defects, etc.) instead of
a piece of paper.

Axton Grams


On 12/11/06, Carey Matthew Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Joe,

I here you. I feel that frustration.

However the most experienced developers do still make "newbie"
mistakes from time to time. And wasting a "experts" time trying to
figure out that you really did "leave the caps lock key on" is not
good for anyone. (Even if it makes the customer on the other end of
the phone feel like they are getting better support.)


What I would like is a better "troubleshooting map" of what Level 1
will do when I contact them. That would allow me to complete more (or
all) of the "level one steps" (and check them off the list) before I
open the issue with BMC. If BMC could provide a "sure fire debugging
process" that would let me "skip" level one contacts because they see
that "all of those things are already done" would be GREAT in my book.
I also fully expect my new incident to be routed through level one,
where they verify that I did cross all my t's and dotted all of my
"i's", but if it is all in order then they can focus on working with
the level TWO and NOT working with ME to get details about what I see
in my env.

My bottom line would be:
If they can not reproduce it, then either I have a local issue, or I
did not fully describe it. (And level one needs to work with me to
figure that out.)
If they can reproduce it, and are unable to explain it, then I need
to speak with level two.
If they can not explain it, then the docs are lacking and level two
has some explaining to do.



And do NOT get me started on how RSP/RAC should be factored into this
stuff.

As an RSP I should be able to see more KB, enter KB's, update KB's and
have a great deal more access to info on my incidents/bugs than the
average customer. I have INVESTED a great deal of time to become
"certified" in this stuff and that should mean that I am a good
partner for BMC to work with. ( Not that I think I should be able to
skip level one, but I should be granted more of what level one has
than "just another customer" has too. )

However, there are days that I think that I am just certifiable for
being certified in the first place. :)

--
Carey Matthew Black
Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP)
ARS = Action Request System(Remedy)

Love, then teach
Solution = People + Process + Tools
Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two.



On 12/11/06, Joe DeSouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> **
>
>
<snip>

> What I think would work is if they were to set up level based profiles
of
> their customers.. What I mean is usually when you have an experienced
Remedy
> developer or administrator calling Remedy support on some issue, they
> usually call when they have covered most bases, and are still at a loss
at
> solving their problem. What they do not want to deal with after
contacting
> support is wasting about 6 hours shooting emails back and forth with
basic
> logs that were already looked at several times before raising some of
these
> issues..
>
> An experienced developer or consultant would rather have liked to talk
to a
> back end support personnel rather than dealing with the front end. With
all
> due respect to newer developers or administrators of the Remedy systems,
I
> think it would be fair to have the backend support more accessible to
> seasoned developers and administrators, while the front end support
could be
> more dedicated to newer or lesser experienced developers and
administrators.
>

<snip>

>
> Joe D'Souza
> Remedy Developer / Consultant,
> BearingPoint,
> Virginia.


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