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The repeat rate

How often the same person returns about the same thing — the closest available measure of whether anything was solved.

The deliverable

What it is

Repeat contact is hard to game and easy to compute. A closure that produces a second contact about the same thing was not a resolution.

It also identifies the categories where the first answer is systematically inadequate, which is where the improvement is.

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What it is made of

Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.

  1. The rate

    How often people come back.

    3 attributes: Repeat rate · Window · Case type

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  2. The worst categories

    Which kinds of case produce most repeats.

    3 attributes: Category · Repeat rate · Reason

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  3. The cost

    What repeats cost.

    3 attributes: Cost per repeat · Repeats per period · Annual cost

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Repeat contact rate is hard to game and easy to compute, which is why it is the honest resolution measure.