The Structure of the Program: The program spanned 12 weeks, with weekly
live sessions every Friday for two hours. Depending on the number of
groups in the cohort, the chance to present in a live sessi...
Every ServiceNow implementation eventually faces a critical integration
design decision: which pattern to use when connecting the platform to
external systems. ServiceNow offers dozens of integration ...
Having the correct AI ConversationsAs we move through 2026, the global
momentum behind Generative AI (GenAI) and the use of Large Language
Models (LLMs) is moving fast. However, within the Australian ...
At Knowledge 2026, ServiceNow positioned its platform as the AI Control
Tower for agentic enterprise action. The architecture they described
draws from the CMDB as one of its core data layers: Action ...
The Private Sector: Efficiency and GrowthIn the private sector,
ServiceNow (and any enterprise level software for that matter) is a tool
for Market Dominance. The C-Suite are interested in:Net Profit ...
The Question That Won't Stay AnsweredSpend time in the ServiceNow
community and a consistent pattern surfaces. Questions about CMDB CI
ownership recur at every maturity level, from organisations build...
Balancing OOTB Principles with Legislative RealityIn the ServiceNow
ecosystem, "Out-of-the-Box" (OOTB) is the Holy Grail. Every Australian
Federal Government RFT (Request for Tender) mandates an OOTB ...
Many organisations invest heavily in building a CMDB to support a broad
range of operational and strategic outcomes from processes including
Incident and Problem Management to Change Enablement, Opera...
Strategic Implementation Roadmapping for the Public SectorOne of the
most common pitfalls in ServiceNow implementations is the "Big Bang"
failure—which is attempting to go live with everything at once...
Winning the Work through Architectural IntegrityResponding to an
Australian Federal Government RFT (Request for Tender) is an exercise in
precision. In the public sector, it isn't always the cheapest ...
Navigating the High-Assurance Cloud for the CommonwealthThe Australian
Federal Government is currently witnessing a significant migration
trend: the move toward the ServiceNow Protected Platform (SPP)...
Security is Not a Feature; It is the FoundationIn the Australian Federal
Government, security is the lens through which every architectural
decision is viewed. As a Lead Architect, navigating the Info...
The Strategic Shift to Intelligence-First ArchitectureAs we move through
2026, the conversation surrounding Artificial Intelligence in the
Australian Federal Government has matured. The conversation a...
/Retrospective Implementation of Domain Separation in ServiceNow /
ContentsExecutive summaryUnderstanding Domain SeparationWhy retrofitting
is fundamentally differentMajor risk areasWhen is retrofitti...
Introduction In ServiceNow, data can be classified into several broad
categories depending on its nature, how it is created, updated, and used
across the platform. These classifications help in: Desig...
---Please consult security and risk organizations before proceeding with
the design below. In an ideal scenario, we don't want retirees to access
employee information. The following approach was socia...
Executive Summary ServiceNow does not natively support AVRO file
ingestion. Import Sets accept CSV, Excel, XML, and JSON only. However,
the problem should not be framed as “how do I get AVRO into Serv...
Naming conventions are one of the first things architects define and one
of the first things delivery teams quietly abandon. In theory, naming
standards bring clarity, consistency, and easier support....
Governance in ServiceNow rarely fails because it is absent. More often,
it fails because it is designed in isolation from delivery reality. I’ve
seen governance models that look excellent in steering ...
Every organisation wants a clean ServiceNow instance. In practice, no
mature platform ever truly is—and that’s not a failure. It’s a
by-product of real use. The idea of a permanently “clean” instance ...
Somewhere along the way, “customisation” became a dirty word in
ServiceNow conversations. I understand why—but the platform was never
designed to be used without customisation. It was designed to be
e...
Technical debt in ServiceNow is rarely dramatic. It doesn’t usually come
from one bad decision; it comes from hundreds of reasonable ones made
under pressure. What hurts long term isn’t that debt exis...