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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
David C. Bengtson, Aurora, CO (US);
James E. Ertel, Aurora, CO (US);
Robin H. Foster, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Eugene P. Mathews, Barrington, IL (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A call selection process in a call center is controlled so as to ensure the achievement of target values for one or more interval-based performance metrics. In an illustrative embodiment, a memory in the call center is used to store information regarding contractual target values of one or more interval-based performance metrics such as, for example, an average speed of answering metric, or a percent in service level metric. The call selection process is then adjusted within a given performance interval based at least in part on a comparison of a value of the metric actually achieved during the interval to the corresponding stored target value. For example, a service objective of the call selection process may be adjusted at one or more designated points in the interval if the value of the metric actually achieved to a given one of the points will not allow achievement of the target value within the interval.