Method and system for assessing and deploying personnel for roles in a contact center
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1. A method for assessing an agent for a role in a contact center comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one assessment to an agent;
storing agent assessment data produced from the at least one assessment in a storage medium;
receiving a role definition associated with the role and associated with a deployment module, wherein the role definition comprises at least one model and the model comprises at least one personal characteristic rule; and
computing an overall score for the agent by applying the role definition to the agent assessment data.
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Abstract
Improving the deployment of human resources in a work environment and particularly in a contact center environment. Agents working in a contact center are given different assignments based on their skills and proficiencies. Conventional contact centers typically use a static skills resume to evaluate their agents for particular roles. The present invention enables call centers to design customized assessment tools for evaluating their agents. By tailoring the attributes considered important for a particular role, a call center can more accurately, more efficiently, and more easily assess which agents are best-suited for a particular role.
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1. A method for assessing an agent for a role in a contact center comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one assessment to an agent;
storing agent assessment data produced from the at least one assessment in a storage medium;
receiving a role definition associated with the role and associated with a deployment module, wherein the role definition comprises at least one model and the model comprises at least one personal characteristic rule; and
computing an overall score for the agent by applying the role definition to the agent assessment data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for identifying a preferred agent for a role in a contact center comprising the steps of:
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storing assessment data for a plurality of agents in a storage medium;
receiving a role definition associated with a deployment module, the role definition comprising at least one model, the at least one model comprising at least one personal characteristic rule;
computing overall scores from the assessment data for each of the plurality of agents using the role definition; and
identifying the preferred agent for the role from the plurality of agents based on the computed overall scores. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for assessing agents for a role in a contact center comprising the steps of:
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arranging for an assessment of at least one agent, the assessment producing assessment data that is stored;
defining a role with a deployment module, the role definition comprising at least one model, the at least one model comprising at least one personal characteristic rule;
computing at least one overall score with the deployment module from the assessment data; and
identifying a preferred agent from the at least one agent based on the computed at least one overall score. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for modifying the assessment of agents for a role in a contact center comprising the steps of:
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identifying at least one favorably performing agent already in a role;
identifying at least one significant personal characteristic of the at least one favorably performing agent with a deployment module;
retrieving a role definition for the role with the deployment module; and
modifying the role definition by modifying at least one personal characteristic rule associated with the at least one significant personal characteristic of the at least one favorably performing agent. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for assessing an agent for a role in a contact center comprising:
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a data storage medium comprising agent assessment data;
a deployment module coupled to the data storage medium, the deployment module comprising a role definition and operable for relating at least one personal characteristic rule to at least one model, weighting the at least one personal characteristic rule, relating the at least one model to the role definition, weighting the at least one model, and calculating an overall score for the agent with the role definition and the agent assessment data. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for providing training to an agent in a contact center comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one assessment to an agent;
storing agent assessment data produced from the at least one assessment in a storage medium;
receiving a role definition associated with a role and associated with a deployment module, wherein the role definition comprises at least one model and the model comprises at least one personal characteristic rule;
computing an overall score for the agent by applying the role definition to the agent assessment data; and
assigning training to the agent for the role based on the overall score. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for assigning an agent to a supervisor in a contact center comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one assessment to an agent;
storing agent assessment data produced from the at least one assessment in a storage medium;
receiving a role definition associated with a role and associated with a deployment module, wherein the role definition comprises at least one model and the model comprises at least one personal characteristic rule;
computing an overall score for the agent by applying the role definition to the agent assessment data; and
assigning the agent to the supervisor for the role based on the overall score. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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