Strategic program form

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    Summary of Strategic program form

    The Strategic program form in Strategic Planning allows ServiceNow customers to create or edit detailed information about a Strategic Program. This form captures essential data that appears on the program’s full details page, enabling effective tracking and management of strategic initiatives within the platform.

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    Key Features

    • Program Identification: Fields such as Name, Description, and Initiative help define and associate the strategic program within the broader strategic framework.
    • Status and Progress Tracking: State, Owner, Percent complete, and MoSCoW Priority fields provide insight into the current status, responsible user, progress, and priority level of the program.
    • Work Notes: Capture ongoing updates and discussions to maintain clear communication and documentation during program execution.
    • Scheduling Details: Dates fields including Approved start/end and Actual start/end help manage timelines and track adherence to planned schedules.
    • Business Context: Capture relevant Business capabilities, related Business applications, and impacted applications to understand program scope and influence.
    • Business Case Details: Sections for Overview, Background, Limitations, Approach, and Benefits support comprehensive documentation of the strategic rationale and expected outcomes.
    • Financial Tracking: Fields for Planned and Actual costs, CapEx, OpEx, Benefits, and ROI allow detailed financial management and evaluation of program investments and returns.

    Key Outcomes

    • Provides a structured, centralized record for managing strategic programs, enabling better visibility and control over strategic initiatives.
    • Supports prioritization and resource allocation based on detailed progress, priority, and financial data.
    • Enhances alignment with business objectives by linking programs to initiatives, business capabilities, and applications.
    • Facilitates informed decision-making through comprehensive business case and financial information.
    • Enables ongoing collaboration and transparency with work notes and detailed tracking of program updates.

    Learn about the fields of the Strategic program form. Use this form to create or edit the details of a Strategic Program in Strategic Planning.

    These fields are displayed on the full details page of the strategic program.
    Table 1. Strategic program form
    Field Description
    Name Brief description of the strategic program.
    Description Detailed information of the strategic program.

    You can refine strategic program description using the Refine records skill, if the ServiceNow Otto for SPM application is installed.
    State Current working state of the strategic program.
    Initiative Initiative that this strategic program is associated to.
    Owner User assigned to this strategic program.
    Percent complete Percentage of work completed for this strategic program.
    MoSCoW Priority of this strategic program based on its importance. The available options are:
    • 1 - Must have
    • 2 - Should have
    • 3 - Could have
    • 4 - Won’t have
    Work notes Notes to capture the updates and discussions on the strategic program as the work progresses.
    Table 2. Details section of the Strategic program form
    Field Description
    Approved start date Approved start date for this strategic program.
    Approved end date Approved end date for this strategic program.
    Actual start date Actual date on which the work for this strategic program has started.
    Actual end date Actual date on which the work for this strategic program is complete.
    Priority Priority of this strategic program.
    Business capabilities Business capabilities of this strategic program.
    Business application Business application that this strategic program is related to.
    Other impacted business applications Business applications that this strategic program has an impact on.
    Table 3. Business case section of the Strategic program form
    Field Description
    Overview Business case overview of this strategic program.
    Background Background for this strategic program.
    Limitations Applicable limitations to this strategic program.
    Approach Planned approach to work on this strategic program.
    Benefits Business benefit from this strategic program.
    Table 4. Financials section of the Strategic program formIn this section, capture financial details for this item such as cost, CapEx, OpEx, benefit, ROI, and other estimates.
    Field Description
    Planned cost Planned cost to take up this strategic program.
    Planned capEx Planned capital expenditure for this strategic program.
    Planned opEx Planned operational expenditure for this strategic program.
    Planned benefit Planned benefit from this strategic program.
    Actual benefit Actual benefit achieved from this strategic program.
    Actual cost Actual cost on this strategic program.
    Actual capEx Actual value of capital expenditure for this strategic program.
    Actual opEx Actual value of operational expenditure for this strategic program.
    Planned ROI Planned return of investment for this strategic program.