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Queue Site Operational Dashboard

Turning restricted telephony data into shared, in-shift decision support.

Approximately 75 users; written historical evidence records refresh improving from about 120 seconds to about 5 seconds.

Context
Large technical-support operation
Period
Earlier-career internal product
Professional signal
Operational decision support

At a glance

Problem

Useful telephony data existed, but most employees and supervisors could not see it while they could still act.

My role

I identified the need and built the internally hosted HTML/CSS team views, navigation, refresh behavior, and continuing improvements.

Key decision

Reuse the platform’s approved export capability and a lightweight browser interface rather than replace the source system or broaden privileged access.

Outcome

Approximately 75 users gained shared in-shift visibility; written evidence records refresh improving from approximately 120 seconds to approximately 5 seconds.

Overview

A large technical-support operation had useful queue and agent-status data, but most people who could act on it lacked practical access. Phones showed limited context, the richer interface was restricted, and supervisors often learned about problems through later reports.

I built a lightweight internal Queue Site from scratch. Automated telephony exports fed internally hosted HTML/CSS team views that refreshed automatically.

Approximately 75 agents, leads, and supervisors used it to coordinate availability, adjust staffing and breaks, and spot unusual call spikes sooner. The project predates ChatGPT; its value came from proportionate product judgment.

The Problem

The operation already had data. It lacked shared in-shift visibility. Retrospective reports could not help resequence a break, move coverage, check an unusually long status, or investigate a surge while it was happening.

The solution also could not simply grant everyone the restricted management tool.

Why It Was Difficult

I did not control the telephony platform. The solution had to use an available export, separate team views, refresh automatically, and stay clear during a busy shift.

Status duration can support coordination but can be framed as surveillance. The design focused on context that helped employees and leaders protect coverage and recognize abnormal conditions.

My Role

Contemporaneous evidence describes me as building the Queue Site from scratch without guidance. I identified the need, used Avaya’s built-in export automation, consumed the data from an internal location, built HTML/CSS pages, implemented refresh and team navigation, hosted it internally, and improved it.

The original source and server configuration are unavailable, so I do not infer a database, another language, a particular server, or undocumented polling.

How I Approached It

I reused the existing export rather than replacing Avaya or expanding restricted access. A simple browser layer was proportionate, team views reduced noise, and automatic refresh kept the screen useful.

An older written accomplishment record documents improvement from approximately 120-second refresh to approximately 5-second refresh. That record governs the metric; I do not reconstruct the exact cadence.

The product connected information to decisions: agents coordinated breaks, leads checked long states, supervisors moved resources, and unusual spikes could trigger wider investigation.

Recreated and sanitized project evidence

Sanitized representation

A proportionate information flow

  1. Telephony platform
  2. Automated export
  3. Internal location
  4. HTML/CSS team views
  5. Browser audience
Existing export capability became a safe bridge to a shared operating view.
Illustrative interface

Fictional Queue Site team view

Fictional Queue Site team view
Team memberStatusTimeQueue condition
Alex MorganAvailable00:48Stable
Jamie ParkerAfter-call work02:16Rising
Riley ChenBreak07:40Coverage check
Jordan EllisAvailable01:03Volume alert

All names, values, and conditions are invented.

Illustrative interface showing availability, status duration, and queue conditions.
Sanitized representation

Information connected to in-shift action

Long status
Check coverage or assist
Rising volume
Adjust breaks
Uneven queues
Shift resources
Unusual spike
Investigate a wider issue
The dashboard supported decisions while conditions could still change.
Written historical evidence

Refresh improvement

BeforeApproximately 120 seconds
AfterApproximately 5 seconds

Written accomplishment record—not recovered telemetry.

Written historical evidence records refresh improving from about 120 seconds to about 5 seconds.

No real employee status history, queue, client, volume, folder, server, schedule, export, URL, or performance record is shown.

The Solution

Avaya telephony platform → automated export → designated internal folder → HTML/CSS team views → internally hosted Queue Site → automatically refreshed browser.

The site exposed team-relevant context. It did not replace the source system, change routing, or become a workforce-management suite.

Results

Approximately 75 people used the site. Agents gained coverage context; leaders gained in-shift visibility; managers could move resources or resequence breaks; and spikes could signal a wider issue.

Written evidence records refresh improving from approximately 120 seconds to approximately 5 seconds. No recovered telemetry supports SLA, abandonment, occupancy, adherence, uptime, or financial claims.

It changed when information became useful: during the shift, not only after it.

Continuing Ownership

I continued improving refresh behavior and operational usefulness. Surviving evidence does not establish the exact lifespan but documents an important operating tool, not a prototype.

Technology / Systems

Avaya automated exports, an internal data location, and internally hosted HTML/CSS pages with automatic refresh. The small stack fit the problem.

Avaya exportsHTMLCSSInternal browser delivery

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