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Puzzel Ltd

Puzzel Quality Assurance

Puzzel Quality Assurance is a cloud-based quality and performance improvement platform that enables you to score customer-interactions, produce detailed reports, and quickly highlight opportunities for improvement.

Features

  • Evaluate customer interactions across all customer contact channels
  • Realtime access to performance data and coaching sessions
  • Call recording integration with Puzzel, NICE, Five9, etc
  • Automated workload assignment
  • Calibration tool
  • Fully featured feedback and acknowledgement workflow
  • Performance review module for 1-2-1's / PDP's / etc
  • CRM Integration (Salesforce, Zendesk, Freshdesk, etc)
  • Single Sign-on and Open API access for managing large teams
  • In-app, Email and Instant Messaging via Slack & Microsoft Teams

Benefits

  • Reduce Agent Attrition and Increase Employee Engagement
  • Improve Operational Efficiency of Contact Centre
  • Deliver Enhanced Customer Experience
  • Reduce Operational Costs of Contact Centres
  • Central Repository of Performance Data
  • Support Employees in the Office and in a Homeworking Setting
  • Demonstrate Compliance & Fair Treatment of Customers (TCF)
  • Actionable Metrics for Team Improvement
  • Fair, Unbiased and Consistent Auditing
  • Increase First Contact Resolution (FCR)

Pricing

£14.00 a user a month

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

4 6 3 7 3 2 3 6 4 2 3 7 9 8 1

Contact

Puzzel Ltd G-Cloud Team
Telephone: 0333 300 0066
Email: gcloud@puzzel.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
You can use Puzzel Quality Assurance to evaluate contacts generated in Puzzel Contact Centre and third party systems such as Zendesk, Freshdesk, Intercom, NICE inContact, Five9, Freshcaller, Salesforce, Aircall, Ring Central and many more.
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
None
System requirements
  • OSX Safari 11.1.2
  • IOS Safari - Any
  • Firefox v60 onwards
  • Windows Safari 5.1
  • Internet Explorer 11+
  • Chrome / Edge v65 onwards

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Within 1 hour for Priority 1 issues.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
Web chat accessibility testing
Webchat has been tested with an external consultancy company and is WCAG compliant. We do not support testing with screen readers but our services including web chat support are WCAG compliant.
Onsite support
No
Support levels
Our Basic support plan is available within business hours. Paid-for support plans below are available for increased levels of support and reporting. The Standard support plan (Weekdays 9am to 5pm) includes Written Support, Web Chat Support, Service Level reporting and full access to status pages and knowledgebase. The Premium plan (Weekdays 9am to 10pm) includes all of the above plus Phone Support. Our Elite plan includes everything above extended to 24 /7. All customers are provided a Key Account Manager and access to our remote support team. Furthermore, customers can elect to purchase additional reporting and a Service Manager for increased levels of support and attention.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We have in-app help available and in the help site https://support.evaluagent.com/.

Each customer is also assigned a Key Account Manager they can contact directly for help getting started.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
HTML
End-of-contract data extraction
Users have the ability to extract data from the account via our API's or the data export within the product.
End-of-contract process
All data extraction is included within our licence cost, however, any additional support if required may be charged at Professional Service rates per day.

A full Exit Plan will be produced and allow the customer to take their data in a machine readable format and that all other data will be deleted and purged in line with GDPR and UK Data Privacy considerations.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Our web application has been designed responsively so it can be easily viewed on the users device of choice.
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
You can administer users of Puzzel QA using our API, as well as administer user groups and you can administer roles using our API.

You can also access Contact and Evaluation data entered in to Puzzel QA using our API. You can also generate contacts using the API.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Users can set a custom colour and upload their organisation's logo to Puzzel QA. This is done via our administration area.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Puzzel QA is run within Amazon Web Services. Our partner utilises AWS's EC2's auto-scaling and EKS autoscaling features to ensure our service expands and contracts to meet user requirements.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
EvaluAgent

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Managed by a third party
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a Tigerscheme qualified provider or a CREST-approved service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Users can export their data in to a CSV format or use our public API
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
API
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
Open API to import Contacts from 3rd Party tools

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Puzzel QA availability SLA is 99.9%.
Approach to resilience
This information is available on request.
Outage reporting
Email alerts to nominated customer contacts together with a public dashboard showing service availability and status of any ongoing incidents.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
User Roles and Permissions can be customised from within Puzzel QA. Users are only able to access areas of the application that their permission allows. We provide standard roles on initial setup and these can be customer/removed as necessary.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
DnV (Den Norsk Veritas)
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
Continuous since 2014
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Puzzel QA is covered by our partner's certification and not Puzzel's which covers our processes and services.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
We are currently undergoing to process of ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification.

All of our processes and documentation follow the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard.
Information security policies and processes
We are compliant with the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard and are undertaking a project to gain certification.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
All configuration and development changes pass through stringent processes that included automated and manual testing (incl. Unit Testing, Acceptance Tests, Static Code Analysis and Browser testing), peer reviews through multiple stages of version control.

All changes are tracked using our partner's ticketing tool and are assigned a unique reference number and owner.
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Our partner gathers information regarding potential vulnerabilities via multiple sources incl. CVE registry's and automated alerts via GitHub security advisories based on components of our code.

Threats are reviewed immediately and critical threats are patched within 3 hours.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
This information is available on request
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Users report incidents by ticket, web chat, phone or email via Puzzel's Help Portal. Incident reports are provided for all P1 incidents.

For common events our partner has pre-defined processes that their staff follow via playbooks they have stored in their Help Centre.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Fighting climate change

As a responsible provider of services, Puzzel has committed to the goal of achieving Net Zero environmental impact by no later than 2030.

To support the theme of Fighting Climate Change, we can commit to one, or a series of, actions with each buyer to positively impact the local community. The suggested actions include but are not limited to the following:

• Re-purposing IT equipment for local bodies such as Schools and VCSE’s to enable access to technology without further impacting the environment.
• Supporting schools and VCSE's with volunteering programs to assist with tree planting and other positive environmental action.
• Using our software and training teams, enabling a culture of hybrid or remote working to reduce the buyer’s environmental impact.

For each Social Value commitment, Puzzel will ensure specific, measurable criteria is agreed with each buyer and every year we shall report upon these with demonstrable reporting.

Covid-19 recovery

We are focussed on assisting buyers and their communities in recovering from the impact felt by Covid-19 with helping to enable positive social and economic impacts.

To support the theme of Covid-19 recovery, we can commit to one, or a series of, actions with each buyer to positively impact the local community. The suggested actions include but are not limited to the following:

• Re-purposing IT equipment for local bodies such as Schools and VCSE’s to enable access to technology in the community, so they are not left behind by the increasing cost of purchasing new technology.
• Supporting schools / VCSE's with digital skills training, to help upskill the young, the unemployed, the disadvantaged, and the elderly in the community.
• Using our software and training teams, enabling a culture of hybrid / remote working to assist the buyer in improving their capabilities and gaining efficiencies as they cut the cost of per employee of having to provide permanent desk space.
• Using our apprenticeship levy to fund apprenticeships in the local community to those that may still be recovering from the impact of Covid-19.

For each Social Value commitment, Puzzel will ensure specific, measurable criteria is agreed with each buyer and every year we shall report upon these with demonstrable reporting.

Tackling economic inequality

We are focussed on assisting buyers and their communities in tackling economic inequality with helping to enable positive social and economic impacts, removing barriers to employment, and helping the community to develop new skills.

To support the theme of Tackling Economic Inequality, we can commit to one, or a series of, actions with each buyer to positively impact the local community. The suggested actions include but are not limited to the following:

• Re-purposing IT equipment for local bodies such as Schools and VCSE’s to enable access to technology in the community, so they are not left behind by the increasing cost of purchasing new technology.
• Supporting schools / VCSE's with digital skills training, to help upskill the young, the unemployed, the disadvantaged, and the elderly in the community.
• Using our software and training teams, enabling a culture of hybrid / remote working to assist the buyer in improving their capabilities and gaining efficiencies as they cut the cost of per employee of having to provide permanent desk space.
• Using our apprenticeship levy to fund apprenticeships in the local community to increase opportunities for work to those that may be hindered from achieving it.

For each Social Value commitment, Puzzel will ensure specific, measurable criteria is agreed with each buyer and every year we shall report upon these with demonstrable reporting.

Equal opportunity

We are focussed on assisting buyers and their communities with increased equal opportunity for all by removing inequality in the workplace, and increasing the ability of employers to support employees from a wide-range of backgrounds and capabilities.

To support the theme of Tackling Economic Inequality, we can commit to one, or a series of, actions with each buyer to positively impact the local community. The suggested actions include but are not limited to the following:

• Re-purposing IT equipment for local bodies such as Schools and VCSE’s to enable access to technology in the community, to increase the ability of these bodies to offer access to IT equipment to more people.
• Supporting schools / VCSE's with digital skills training, to help upskill the young, the unemployed, the disadvantaged, and the elderly in the community.
• Using accessibility standards in our software development to enable the buyer to open employment opportunity and increasing the pool of people who can work using our software by using WCAG standards.
• Using our apprenticeship levy to fund apprenticeships in the local community to increase opportunities for work experience to those that may be hindered today from achieving it.

For each Social Value commitment, Puzzel will ensure specific, measurable criteria is agreed with each buyer and every year we shall report upon these with demonstrable reporting.

Wellbeing

We are focussed on assisting buyers and their communities in improving the health and wellbeing of their citizens including mental and physical health, healthier ways of living as well as access to basic foodstuffs.

To support the theme of Wellbeing, we can commit to one, or a series of, actions with each buyer to positively impact the local community. The suggested actions include but are not limited to the following:

• Supporting schools and VCSE's with volunteering programs to assist with local wellbeing projects and communities whereby we can positively impact physical and mental health.
• Supporting schools / VCSE's with mental health and other soft skill training, to help increase awareness amongst the young, the unemployed, the disadvantaged, and the elderly in the community.
• Donating to foodbanks and other local intiatives to increase the ability of the community to feed itself.

For each Social Value commitment, Puzzel will ensure specific, measurable criteria is agreed with each buyer and every year we shall report upon these with demonstrable reporting.

Pricing

Price
£14.00 a user a month
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at gcloud@puzzel.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.