Center of Excellence and Innovation Maturity Assessment Accelerator

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Center of Excellence and Innovation Maturity Assessment Accelerator

    The Center of Excellence and Innovation (CoEI) Maturity Assessment Accelerator is designed to evaluate your current ServiceNow CoEI processes and functional maturity. It provides targeted, prescriptive recommendations to help you unlock additional value from your ServiceNow platform investment. This accelerator is available exclusively for Impact Guided+ (Strategic Value add-on), Advanced, and Total Packages customers.

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    Key Features

    • Maturity Assessment Kick-off Session: A 1.5-hour meeting to set expectations, clarify the process and deliverables, and request necessary data and inputs from your team.
    • CoEI Maturity Assessment Questionnaire: Participants independently complete a structured questionnaire designed to evaluate gaps and opportunities in your CoEI deployment.
    • Questionnaire Results Analysis: The Impact Squad reviews scores, analyzes findings, and compiles targeted recommendations along with ServiceNow leading practices to maximize your CoEI investment.
    • CoEI Maturity Assessment Report: A comprehensive report including a maturity score, top five recommendations, relevant content and accelerators, and a full list of observed recommendations.
    • Customer Read-out Session: Up to 1.5 hours to present and discuss the assessment results, targeted recommendations, and a suggested implementation plan with resource considerations.
    • Optional Follow-up Session: Upon request, an additional 1-hour session to review progress, discuss further resources, and provide guidance on leading practices.

    Customer Participation and Responsibilities

    Successful completion of the assessment requires active engagement from your organization, including:

    • Main Customer Contact/PMO: Acts as the primary engagement contact, coordinates assessment participants, ensures completion of the questionnaire, and sponsors deliverables.
    • Assessment Participants: Complete the questionnaire by the agreed deadline and communicate any questions or issues promptly.
    • Process Owner: Represents ownership of the assessed processes.

    Important Considerations

    • The CoEI Maturity questionnaire should be completed virtually at least two weeks before the customer read-out session.
    • This accelerator focuses solely on CoEI process and functional maturity; it does not include a technical review or assessments beyond CoEI capabilities.
    • ServiceNow does not provide implementation services for recommendations arising from this assessment.

    What You Can Expect

    Engaging with this accelerator enables you to obtain a clear, data-driven snapshot of your CoEI maturity level, understand prioritized improvement areas grounded in ServiceNow best practices, and receive actionable guidance to enhance your CoEI processes. This structured approach helps maximize ROI from your ServiceNow platform by focusing efforts on impactful areas and aligning resources effectively.

    This accelerator assesses your current ServiceNow  CoEI processes and functional maturity within ServiceNow, providing targeted recommendations on next steps to unlock additional value from the platform

    Accelerator Overview

    Center of Excellence and Innovation (CoEI) Maturity Assessment provides Impact customers with prescriptive recommendations based on a structured assessment conducted by key stakeholders within the customer’s business. By offering customers a snapshot of their current process maturity and targeted next-step recommendations, this accelerator helps maximize the value of their ServiceNow investment.

    Package Availability

    Note:
    This Accelerator is available for Impact Guided+ (Strategic Value add-on), Advanced and Total Packages.

    What You Get

    Maturity Assessment kick-off session (up to 1.5 hours)
    • Set expectations on the process and depth of deliverable
    • Communicate expectations for customer participation
    • Request data and any other inputs
    CoEI Maturity Assessment questionnaire
    Your assessment participants will each be asked to independently fill out a pre-built CoEI Maturity Assessment Questionnaire that asks them to grade targeted statements that assess gaps and opportunities with your CoEI deployment.
    Questionnaire results analysis (time as determined per Impact Squad)
    The Impact Squad performs the following:
    • Reviews and analyzes the questionnaire scores
    • Compiles targeted recommendations and leading practices
    • Provides guidance that will help you understand how to best maximize your CoEI investment
    CoEI Maturity Assessment report
    The assessment report is compiled from the responses to the questionnaire and includes the following:
    • Maturity score
    • The top five recommendations grounded in ServiceNow leading practices 
    • Content, accelerators, and next steps where applicable
    • A complete list of recommendations observed
    Customer read-out session (up to 1.5 hours)
    • Deliver CoEI Maturity Assessment report
    • Review CoEI Maturity Assessment report
      • Present the assessment results
      • Discuss targeted recommendations
      • Provide a suggested plan and resources to help you decide which recommendations to implement
    Follow-up customer session (optional on Customer request– up to 1 hour)
    • Review Customer progress
    • Identify additional resources to achieve Customer goals
    • Provide additional guidance on leading practices

    Requested customer resources

    One or more customer resources are requested. The specific number of resources provided is Accelerator and customer specific.

    Table 1. Customer resource and responsibilities
    Customer Resource  Responsibilities 
    Main Customer Contact, PMO Primary contact for the duration of the engagement and carries out the following responsibilities:
    • Gather and share the list of assessment participants.
    • Ensure completion of the assessment by participants.
    • Provide sponsorship for outputs based on the recommendations.
    		 ✓
    Assessment Participants People within your organization who complete the assessment. Their responsibilities are:
    • Complete the assessment by the agreed deadline.
    • Raise any questions or concerns as soon as possible.
    		 ✓
    Process Owner Owns the process being assessed. ✓

    Requested Information / Access

    We request that the CoEI Maturity questionnaire is completed by the customer virtually at least two weeks prior to the customer readout session.

    Exclusions

    • This Impact Accelerator does not include a technical review of CoEI.
    • Assessment of capabilities and processes beyond CoEI is not included.
    • ServiceNow is not responsible for implementing the recommendations made based on the CoEI Maturity Assessment.