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Quality Management

Genesys Cloud Quality Management

Section Description
Module Context Part of Quality, Performance, and Engagement Management within Genesys Cloud Workforce Engagement Management (WEM).
Purpose Enables supervisors to record interactions, evaluate agents, analyze conversations, gather customer feedback, and coach agents to improve service quality and compliance.
Admin Location Admin → Quality
Core Capabilities Recording encryption, evaluations, surveys, policies, speech & text analytics, topic mining, sentiment analysis, and coaching tools.

Quality management helps organizations monitor interactions, enforce compliance, evaluate agent performance, and gain insights into customer conversations using analytics and feedback tools.


Study Notes

Topic Explanation
Quality Management Framework for evaluating and improving agent interactions and service quality.
Interaction Recording Captures voice and digital interactions for compliance and review.
Evaluation Forms Scorecards used to evaluate recorded interactions and measure agent performance.
Surveys Customer feedback collected after interactions (e.g., CSAT or NPS).
Policies Automation rules for evaluation assignment, recording retention, and surveys.
Topic Miner Identifies frequently occurring phrases or topics in conversation transcripts.
Speech & Text Analytics AI-powered analysis of transcripts to identify trends and sentiment.
Topics & Programs Structured definitions used to track business-level intents within interactions.
Sentiment Feedback Allows administrators to correct incorrectly classified phrases.
Recording Management Controls recording storage, screen recording bandwidth, and regions.

Navigation

Task Navigation
Encryption Keys Admin → Quality → Encryption Keys
Evaluation Forms Admin → Quality → Evaluation Forms
Survey Forms Admin → Quality → Survey Forms
Policies Admin → Quality → Policies
Evaluators Admin → Quality → Evaluators
Recording Management Admin → Quality → Recording Management
Topic Miner Admin → Quality → Topic Miner
Speech & Text Analytics Admin → Conversation Intelligence → Speech & Text Analytics
Sentiment Feedback Admin → Quality → Sentiment Feedback
Topics Admin → Quality → Topics
Programs Admin → Quality → Programs

Configuration Fields (UI Form Fields)

Encryption Keys

Field Description Options
Tab Default tab for encryption configuration Recordings
Key Configuration Type Encryption key management model Genesys Cloud Managed Keys / Local Key Manager / AWS KMS Symmetric
Periodic Key Change Frequency for generating new encryption keys Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly / Never
Save Saves encryption configuration Button

Evaluation Forms

Field Description Options
Create Creates a new evaluation form Button
Form Name Name of the evaluation form Text
Question Group Category grouping related questions Product Knowledge / Compliance
Scoring Tab Enables scaled scoring Toggle
Add Question Adds new evaluation question Button
Question Type Type of evaluation question Multiple Choice / Yes-No / Range
Question Name Question text shown to evaluator Text
Help Text Tooltip guidance for evaluator Text
Points Score value assigned to answers Numeric
Require Additional Comments Forces evaluator comment Toggle
Conditional Question Displays question based on previous answer Toggle
Fatal Question Incorrect answer fails entire evaluation Toggle
Save Save draft evaluation form Button
Publish Publish evaluation form for evaluators Button

Survey Forms

Field Description Options
Create Create new survey form Button
Survey Language Language used for survey Dropdown
Survey Form Name Internal survey identifier Text
Header Instructions or images displayed to customer Text / Image
Add Question Add survey question Button
Question Type Survey question format Multiple Choice / Yes-No / Range / Free Text / NPS
NPS Question Net Promoter Score question Only one per survey
Save Save survey form Button
Publish Publish survey form Button

Policies

Field Description Options
Create New Policy Creates new quality policy Button
Policy Name Name of policy Text
Media Type Interaction type Call / Chat / Email / Message
Conversation Direction Interaction direction filter Inbound / Outbound
Users / Work Teams Restrict policy to specific users Dropdown
Queues Apply policy to queues Dropdown
Wrap-Up Codes Filter interactions by wrap-up result Dropdown
Time Sets Apply policy during specific time ranges Dropdown
Date Range Policy date criteria Calendar
Recording Retention Define recording retention period Duration
Export Recordings Export recordings to AWS S3 Toggle
Screen Recording Enable screen recording Toggle
Screen Recording Duration Maximum retention Up to 365 days
Assign Evaluations by Evaluators Automatically assign evaluations Toggle
Assign Evaluations by Agents Create evaluation quota per agent Toggle
Assign Calibration Evaluations Generate calibration sessions Toggle
Send Web Survey Automatically send surveys Toggle

Recording Management

Field Description Options
Screen Recording Bandwidth Limits simultaneous screen recordings Numeric
Storage Settings Defines media storage architecture Home Region / Global Media Fabric

Topic Miner

Field Description Options
New Miner Create mining job Button
Language Transcript language Dropdown
Data Source Interaction data source Genesys Cloud
Date Range Time window to analyze Calendar
Media Type Interaction channel Call / Message
Queue Selection Select queues to mine Up to five

Speech & Text Analytics Settings

Field Description Options
Voice Transcription Enables transcription Toggle
Transcript Confidence Filter Minimum confidence level Default 40
Low-Latency Transcription Enables near real-time transcription Toggle
Content Search Enables transcript search Last 35 days

Sentiment Feedback

Field Description Options
Add Phrase Add phrase to sentiment dictionary Button
Phrase Text Phrase to classify Text
Sentiment Label Sentiment classification Positive / Negative / Neutral

Topics

Field Description Options
Topic Name Unique topic identifier Text
Description Topic explanation Text
Tags Classification tags Text
Strictness Matching sensitivity Low / Medium / High
Participants Conversation participants analyzed External / Internal / Both

Programs

Field Description Options
Program Name Program identifier Text
Dialect Language dialect Dropdown
Add Topics Add topics to program Button
Merge Phrases Combine detected phrases Toggle
Queue Mapping Assign program to queues Dropdown
Flow Mapping Assign program to flows Dropdown

Dependencies

Component Purpose
Interaction Recording Required for evaluations
Speech & Text Analytics Enables transcript-based analysis
Architect Required for survey invitation flows
Workforce Engagement Management Integrates coaching and quality monitoring
AWS Storage Optional long-term recording storage

Platform Integration / Related Components

Component Relationship
Architect Sends surveys and triggers workflows
Analytics Workspace Provides reporting dashboards
Workforce Engagement Management Supports agent coaching and training
Interaction Recording Captures interactions for evaluation
Gamification Uses evaluation data for performance metrics

Related Topics / Further Reading

Topic Purpose
Speech & Text Analytics Analyze interaction transcripts
Gamification Encourage agent engagement
Performance Management Track agent productivity
Queue Analytics Monitor operational performance
Workforce Management Schedule and forecast agent activity

Implementation Checklist

Step Status
Configure recording encryption keys
Enable interaction recording
Create evaluation forms
Publish evaluation forms
Create survey forms
Configure survey invite flow
Create quality policies
Configure recording storage
Enable speech transcription
Configure topics and programs

Implementation Guide

Step Action
Step 1 Configure recording encryption keys
Step 2 Enable interaction recording
Step 3 Create evaluation forms
Step 4 Publish evaluation forms
Step 5 Create survey forms
Step 6 Configure quality policies
Step 7 Enable speech transcription
Step 8 Configure analytics topics and programs

How to Implement

Phase Description
Infrastructure Setup Configure encryption and recording settings
Evaluation Setup Create evaluation forms and scoring rules
Automation Setup Create policies for evaluations and surveys
Analytics Setup Enable speech analytics and topic mining
Continuous Improvement Use evaluation data for coaching

Workflow

Customer Interaction
        ↓
Interaction Recording
        ↓
Speech/Text Transcription
        ↓
Evaluation Assignment
        ↓
Agent Evaluation
        ↓
Customer Survey (optional)
        ↓
Analytics & Coaching

Architecture Diagrams

Quality Monitoring Architecture

Customer Interaction
      ↓
Recording System
      ↓
Quality Evaluation
      ↓
Speech Analytics
      ↓
Supervisor Dashboard
      ↓
Agent Coaching

Real Flow Scenarios

Agent Evaluation Workflow

Customer Call Recorded
      ↓
Interaction Selected
      ↓
Evaluation Form Applied
      ↓
Evaluator Scores Interaction
      ↓
Supervisor Coaching

Usage Scenarios

Scenario Description
Compliance Monitoring Ensure agents follow regulatory scripts
Customer Satisfaction Monitoring Identify negative customer sentiment
Agent Coaching Improve agent performance using evaluations
Quality Auditing Verify service quality standards
Customer Feedback Collect feedback through surveys

Implementation Examples

Resource Example
Evaluation Form Customer_Service_Evaluation
Survey Post_Call_CSAT
Policy Inbound_Call_Evaluation_Policy
Topic Billing_Dispute

Design Example

Customer Interaction
      ↓
Recording
      ↓
Evaluation
      ↓
Speech Analytics
      ↓
Performance Dashboard
      ↓
Supervisor Coaching Plan

Best Practices

Practice Reason
Standardize evaluation forms Maintain consistent scoring
Use speech analytics Detect customer sentiment trends
Regularly review evaluations Identify coaching opportunities
Combine surveys and evaluations Gain full customer experience insight
Define clear policies Automate quality monitoring processes

Naming Convention

Resource Example
Evaluation Form Support_Evaluation_Form
Survey Post_Interaction_CSAT
Policy Inbound_Call_QA_Policy
Topic Cancellation_Request

Naming Pattern:

<Department>_<Purpose>_<ResourceType>

Security Considerations

Control Description
Recording Encryption Protect interaction recordings
Access Permissions Restrict evaluation access
Recording Retention Define retention period
Data Privacy Ensure sensitive data protection

Limitations / Constraints

Constraint Description
NPS Limit Only one NPS question per survey
Policy Scope Applies only to interactions after activation
Screen Recording Duration Maximum 365 days
Topic Miner Limits Limited to selected queues and date ranges

Troubleshooting

Issue Cause Resolution
Evaluation not generated Policy misconfiguration Verify policy criteria
Surveys not sent Missing survey flow Configure Architect survey flow
Transcripts missing Transcription disabled Enable voice transcription
Evaluation form unavailable Form not published Publish form

Interview Cheat Sheet

Question Answer
What is Genesys Cloud Quality Management? A system for evaluating interactions and improving service quality.
What tools are used? Evaluations, surveys, policies, recordings, and analytics.
What is a fatal question? A question that automatically fails an evaluation if answered incorrectly.
What is Topic Miner? Tool used to discover phrases in transcripts.
What is sentiment feedback? Allows manual correction of sentiment classification.

Key Takeaways

Topic Summary
Quality Management Ensures high service standards
Evaluation Forms Structured scoring for interactions
Surveys Capture customer feedback
Speech Analytics Automated conversation insights
Policies Automate evaluations and surveys
Coaching Helps improve agent performance

Screenshots

Encryption Keys