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ServiceNow

The platform for digital workflows: IT service management first, then HR, customer service and more.

  • Workflow platform (SaaS)
  • Typical project: 3–6 months
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Overview

ServiceNow began as an IT help-desk tool and became the standard for IT service management (ITSM): incidents, requests, changes, and the CMDB that records everything IT owns. The same platform now runs HR service delivery, customer service, security operations and IT operations.

Its Now Platform lets you build your own workflow apps with low-code tools, and its AI features (Now Assist) summarise cases, draft replies and power agents. Two releases a year keep every customer current.

Names you'll meet

  • ServiceNow
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Jira
  • Workday
  • Azure

What's inside

  1. 1

    IT service management

    Incidents, problems, changes, requests and the service portal.

  2. 2

    CMDB & IT operations

    What IT owns, how it connects, and event monitoring.

  3. 3

    HR & customer service

    Employee and customer cases on the same workflow engine.

  4. 4

    App Engine

    Low-code tools to build your own workflow apps.

  5. 5

    Now Assist

    Generative AI for summaries, search and agents.

Is it right for you?

Best for

  • Large IT organisations standardising on ITIL processes
  • Joining up IT, HR, facilities and customer service workflows
  • Replacing several help-desk tools with one

Think twice if…

  • Your IT team is small; lighter tools such as Jira Service Management cost far less
  • You plan to rework core tables and processes; it complicates every upgrade

Typical projects

  1. ITSM implementation3–6 months
  2. CMDB and discovery2–6 months
  3. HR service delivery rollout3–6 months
  4. Platform managed serviceOngoing · 3–12 months

Typical ranges, not quotes. Scope, data and team size move them most.

Roles you'll hire

  • ServiceNow developer
  • ServiceNow architect
  • Platform owner / administrator
  • ITIL process consultant
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Questions to ask a vendor

  1. 1What's your ServiceNow partner level, and how many certified implementation specialists do you have?
  2. 2How will you keep us close to out-of-the-box?
  3. 3How will the CMDB stay accurate after go-live?
  4. 4How do you test and apply the twice-yearly upgrades?

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