
Explore why CMDB and discovery often fall short and how to improve accuracy and reliability in ServiceNow through clear process, terminology, and non-technical guidance. Inform executives with practical guidance.
Explore the configuration management process (SACM) for CMDB with ServiceNow, covering planning, design, run and audit, data sources, baselines, ci relationships, change control, and comprehensive reporting.
Explore how cmdb and serviceNow discovery populate a hierarchical, normalized cmdb using manual data entry, imports, horizontal discovery, and integrations. Learn a service mapping approach to ensure accuracy and reliability.
What if Apple Maps routes you to an incorrect destination?
What if Amazon ships you the wrong Item?
What if Bing returns incomplete results?
What if Uber sends you the wrong Driver?
And... What if your CMDB has inaccurate and unreliable data?
Our world outside of work, doesn't work, without accurate and reliable data.
And no ServiceNow Implementation is complete without an accurate and reliable CMDB.
Every successful ServiceNow Implementation, whether it be IT Service Management, IT Operations Management, IT Business Management or Security Operations requires an accurate and reliable CMDB.
And an accurate and reliable CMDB, results in a ServiceNow Implementation, that works like the things you are used to, outside of work.
Make the world of work, work better for ‘your’ people.
This course includes topics and material based on the lessons learnt from more than 100+ CMDB Implementations done at QuickNexus.
Learn the best practices for how to approach your CMDB in ServiceNow, if you are doing it for the first time, or re-attempting it.
Note that this course doesn't contain any technical data models or examples of typical CMDBs as one size doesn't fit all.
However, it does contain functional details as it relates to the CMDB, including the what is the correct terminology, how to determine where to begin, what is configuration management and technical best practices as they apply to the CMDB and ServiceNow Discovery, including the features and the demo of our Application, Discovery Admin, that help us with a CMDB Done Right!