Adjustment of contact routing decisions to reward agent behavior
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining by a server of a contact center that an agent of a plurality of the contact center agents has met a performance goal defined by one or more thresholds;
based on determining that the agent has met the performance goal, the server identifying a reward which the agent is eligible to receive, the reward being a preferred work item in a work pool over at least one other work item in the work pool, wherein the work items in a work pool are each associated with contacts of the contact center;
altering a routing logic of a work assignment mechanism in the contact center so as to provide the agent with the reward; and
identifying a plurality of work items from the work pool;
wherein the plurality of work items correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher wait time than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process; and
wherein the plurality of work items further correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher projected revenue than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process.
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Abstract
A contact center is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. The contact center proposed herein provides the ability to, among other things, reward positive agent behavior and performance by providing the agent with rewards and incentives. The rewards and incentives are provided to the agent by altering one or more aspects of the routing logic in the contact center.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining by a server of a contact center that an agent of a plurality of the contact center agents has met a performance goal defined by one or more thresholds; based on determining that the agent has met the performance goal, the server identifying a reward which the agent is eligible to receive, the reward being a preferred work item in a work pool over at least one other work item in the work pool, wherein the work items in a work pool are each associated with contacts of the contact center; altering a routing logic of a work assignment mechanism in the contact center so as to provide the agent with the reward; and identifying a plurality of work items from the work pool; wherein the plurality of work items correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher wait time than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process; and wherein the plurality of work items further correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher projected revenue than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a computing system of a contact center to execute a method, the instructions comprising:
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instructions configured to determine that an agent has met a performance goal in the contact center that is defined by one or more thresholds; instructions configured to, based on determining that the agent has met the performance goal, identify a reward which the agent is eligible to receive, the reward being a preferred work item in a work pool over at least one other work item in the work pool, wherein the work items in a work pool are each associated with contacts of the contact center; instructions configured to alter a routing logic of a work assignment mechanism in the contact center so as to provide the agent with the reward; and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have at least one of a higher wait time and higher projected revenue than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process; and wherein the plurality of work items further correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher projected revenue than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A contact center, comprising:
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a work assignment mechanism including; a work assignment engine configured to distribute work items among a plurality of resources in the contact center, the plurality of resources including a plurality of agents; and a reward module configured to determine that an agent in the plurality of agents has met a performance goal that is defined by one or more thresholds, based on determining that the agent has met the performance goal, identify a reward which the agent is eligible to receive, and then alter a routing logic of the work assignment mechanism so as to provide the agent with the reward; wherein, the reward being a preferred work item in a work pool over at least one other work item in the work pool, wherein the work items in a work pool are each associated with contacts of the contact center; identifying a plurality of work items from the work pool; and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher projected revenue than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process; and wherein the plurality of work items further correspond to a predetermined number of work items in the work pool that have a higher projected revenue than work items not in the plurality of work items and wherein the plurality of work items correspond to work items that the agent is eligible to process. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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