Get started with Impact

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    Summary of Get started with Impact

    Get started with Impact is a curated onboarding experience designed to help new ServiceNow Impact users establish a foundation for achieving their business objectives. This experience supports Impact offerings by configuring relevant features, aligning platform activities with your priorities, and creating a personalized plan to reach your goals. The Impact Squad collaborates with you throughout the process to discuss business goals and develop a success strategy.

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    This onboarding is available for Guided and Total Impact users and focuses on three key areas:

    • Learning about Impact and its offerings
    • Setting up Impact with relevant features
    • Outlining your objectives and priorities

    Getting started activities

    Activities vary by Impact package:

    • Guided users: Impact Kickoff Meeting and Impact Product Tour
    • Advanced and Total users: All Guided user activities plus Executive Kickoff Meetings, Get Started with Instance Observer, Get Started with Developer Support, and Impact Foundations

    Impact Foundations

    Impact Foundations extends onboarding with account-level initiatives designed to accelerate time to value and maintain ongoing momentum. It provides baseline information about your current state and clear next steps, operating on a quarterly cycle to ensure continuous value realization. This framework suits both new and experienced users.

    Impact Foundations deliverables

    Deliverables differ by package but generally include:

    • Get started with Impact: Onboarding kickoff and current state evaluation
    • Customer Impact Plan: Guidelines and recommendations tailored to your organizational goals and ServiceNow product mix
    • Product Adoption Roadmaps: Recommended sequence for implementing capabilities
    • Value Management: Identification of high-level goals linked to measurable outcomes and success metrics
    • Capabilities Maps: Overview of applications and capabilities available to achieve your objectives

    All packages receive standard foundational deliverables; the Total package includes additional package-specific features.

    Key benefits

    • Personalized onboarding tailored to your specific needs and business objectives
    • Clear baseline assessment of your current state on the ServiceNow Platform
    • Defined measurable outcomes aligned with your business goals
    • Accelerated time to value on the ServiceNow Platform
    • Access to prescriptive guidance from the Impact Squad
    • Ongoing momentum through structured quarterly engagements

    Next steps

    To begin your onboarding experience, contact your Customer Success Manager to schedule your Impact Kickoff Meeting. They will guide you through the process and help define your objectives and priorities for the platform.

    A curated bundle of activities that help new Impact users begin their ServiceNow Impact journey and establish a foundation for achieving business objectives.

    Getting started with Impact is an onboarding experience that supports Impact offerings, configure relevant features, align platform activities with business priorities, and create a personalized plan to achieve their objectives. The Impact Squad works with you throughout this process to discuss your business goals and develop a strategy for success.

    Getting started with Impact provides prescriptive guidance across three key areas:

    • Learning about Impact and its offerings
    • Setting up Impact with its relevant features
    • Outlining your objectives and priorities

    This onboarding experience is available for Guided and Total Impact users as part of the Impact deliverable.

    Getting started activities

    The activities included in Getting started with Impact vary based on your Impact package:

    Guided users:

    • Impact Kickoff Meeting
    • Impact Product Tour

    Advanced and Total users:

    Along with the activities available to Guided users, Advanced and Total packages include:

    • Executive Kickoff Meetings
    • Get Started with Instance Observer
    • Get Started with Developer Support

    Impact Foundations

    Impact Foundations extends the getting started experience with account-level initiatives that accelerate your time to value and maintain momentum. This framework is suitable for both new and experienced users and provides baseline information of your current state with clear next steps.

    Impact Foundations operates quarterly so you can maintain momentum on the platform and realize continuous value.

    Impact Foundations deliverables

    The deliverables available through Impact Foundations vary by Impact package. All packages receive standard foundational deliverables, while Total package includes package-specific features.

    Table 1. Impact deliverables by package
    Impact deliverable Description Guided Advanced Total
    Get started with Impact Kicks off the onboarding experience and evaluates the current state of targeted areas for analysis on the ServiceNow Platform.
    Customer Impact Plan Provides general guidelines and recommendations based on your organizational goals and ServiceNow product mix, curated by your Customer Success Manager.
    Product Adoption Roadmaps Shows a recommended implementation sequence for your capabilities.
    Value Management Supports identification of high-level goals and connects them to measurable outcomes and success metrics that demonstrate value over time.
    Capabilities Maps Shows the applications and capabilities at your disposal for achieving your objectives.

    Key benefits

    • Receive a personalized onboarding experience tailored to your specific needs and business objectives
    • Establish a clear baseline assessment about your current state
    • Define measurable outcomes aligned with your business goals
    • Accelerate your time to value on the ServiceNow Platform
    • Access prescriptive guidance from the Impact Squad
    • Maintain momentum through structured quarterly engagements

    Next steps

    To begin your Getting started with Impact experience, contact your Customer Success Manager to schedule your Impact Kickoff Meeting. They will guide you through the onboarding process and help you define your objectives and priorities for the platform.