Additional business values
Interviewed organizations stated the following reasons they chose ServiceNow IT solutions to address their challenges:
Cloud-first strategy
A director of service management in the computer software industry said: “ServiceNow was built natively in the cloud; the speed of our business is growing, we needed a cloud-native platform with broad adoption and an agile delivery model. The alternative hosted solutions weren’t able to compete.”
Extensible platform
A director of IT strategy and planning stated: “What sold it for us was the wider platform capability; the ServiceNow platform is highly extensible. It operates like a genuine mobile platform where we can build whatever we want on it. It’s the qualitative promise there in terms of wider integration, automation, and simplification. We built a business case, but those factors we didn’t quantify are what sold us on ServiceNow.”
Robust nature that is continuously updated
A platform architect for a conglomerate told Forrester: “The other cloud systems we looked at were too lightweight. We needed a real enterprise solution that would not only replace our ITSM system but have more capabilities around the ServiceNow configuration management database (CMDB), a good service catalogue and user request portal, automation, etc. ServiceNow is very robust in all of those things. Additionally, we saw growth and investment in the platform, and that really excited us as well.”
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Model values
Reminder: Here are the values that you provided and are being used to drive the business value analysis and estimated outcomes.
Variable
Total number of employees (FTE)
Number of projects annually
Default Value* Your Value**
17,500
100
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Results are based on research performed in 2019 by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by ServiceNow and calculated in May 2019. All values are estimates and should not be considered promises of realized value. * This is the default value. ServiceNow provides this value based on the commissioned study. ** This is the value used in your calculation. If you didn’t enter any value, the calculation is based on the default value.
[#AAA] 17,500
Number of service requests and incidents (annual)
262,500
[#BBB] 262,500
Average time in hours to resolve IT tickets
0.5
[#CCC] 0.50
Number of employees (FTE) supporting audits
4[#DDD] 4Average fully burdened IT Support (fulfiller) salary (USD)
$96,000
[#EEE] $96,000
Average hours to resolve a high-priority incident
4
[#FFF] 4[#GGG] 100
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About the Forrester TEI study
The TEI methodology helps companies demonstrate, justify, and realize the tangible value of IT initiatives to both senior management and other key business stakeholders.
1. Due Diligence
We interviewed Forrester analysts and ServiceNow staff to gather data as to the business value of switching to ServiceNow IT solutions.
2. Customer Interviews
We interviewed 10 organizations using ServiceNow solutions to obtain real-world data with respect to the costs, benefits, and risks of switching to ServiceNow IT applications.
3. Composite Organization
We designed a composite organization based on the characteristics of the interviewed organizations.
4. Financial Model Framework
We constructed a risk-adjusted financial model representative of the interviews using the TEI methodology.
Disclosures Readers should be aware of the following:
This analysis is based on a study commissioned by ServiceNow and delivered by Forrester Consulting. It is not meant to be used as a competitive analysis.
Forrester makes no assumptions as to the potential value that other organizations will receive. Forrester strongly advises that readers use their own estimates within the framework provided in the report to determine the appropriateness of switching to ServiceNow IT solutions.
5. Case Study
We employed three fundamental elements of TEI in modeling the impact of switching to ServiceNow IT solutions: benefits, flexibility, and risks. Given the increasing sophistication that enterprises have regarding ROI analyses related to IT investments, Forrester’s TEI methodology serves to provide a complete picture of the total economic impact of purchase decisions.
ServiceNow reviewed and provided feedback to Forrester, but Forrester maintains editorial control over the study and its findings and does not accept changes to the study that contradict Forrester’s findings or obscure the meaning of the study.
ServiceNow provided the customer names for the interviews but did not participate in the interviews.
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