Systems and methods for modifying contact center queue assignments

Abstract

A method, system, and article of manufacture for modifying a queue assignment for a contact center are provided. At least one computing device determines, by solving for constraints, at least one staffing change for at least one of the first queue or the second queue, using as inputs (a) first time-based service metrics, (b) second time-based service metrics, (c) data describing eligible staffing changes, and (d) at least one predetermined constraint. The at least one staffing change is a modification to the queue assignment of a subset of the computing device instances that is predicted to improve net staffing relating to service targets selected from (a) an average speed of answer (ASA) specifying an average time for one of the computing device instances to initiate handling of a particular task after the particular task has been assigned to the relevant queue and (b) a service level specifying a percentage of tasks for which handling is initiated within a specified time frame after the tasks are assigned to the queue. The at least one staffing change can be implemented by modifying the queue assignment of the subset of the computing device instances.