In a method for managing a contact center system, the method includes: retrieving, by a processor, performance metric data for a plurality of performance metrics of the contact center system; initiating, by the processor, a text-based chat communication with a first electronic device operated by a first agent; displaying, by the processor, an alert during the text-based chat communication, the alert being indicative that a first performance metric from among the plurality of performance metrics is outside a predetermined range of values; and displaying, by the processor, the first performance metric in a chat interface of the text-based chat communication.