Configuring Change Management

You can configure various aspects of Change Management based on the specific requirements of your organization.

The ITSM guided setup provides a sequence of tasks that help you configure Change Management on your ServiceNow instance. To open ITSM guided setup, navigate to Guided Setup > ITSM Guided Setup. For more information about using the guided setup interface, see Using guided setup.

• Change Management plugins
  You can activate one or more of the Change Management plugins if they are not already active. Some plugins include demo data.
• Standard change catalog
  Standard changes are pre-approved, low risk changes with a proven history of success. The standard change catalog contains the changes that have been approved by the Change Management application as standard changes.
• Change schedules
  The Change Schedules landing page provides a view of schedules that are categorized under Pinned Schedules, Your Schedules, and All Schedules. The grouping of schedules provides easy access to your most required schedules and saves your time from searching through all the schedules in the system.
• Configure ability to copy a change request
  You can configure the ability to copy a change request record and its details using system properties.
• Create a change request template
  You can create a template that can be used to create change requests with pre-defined supporting tasks. Templates simplify the process of submitting new records by populating fields automatically.
• Create a change request assignment rule
  You can define assignment rules to automate the process of assigning change requests to the appropriate group or individual.
• Add a new change request type
  You can add a new change type to your change process. There are several processes involved with adding a change type. These processes include managing script includes and workflows.
• Extend or disable multiple CI association
  The ability to associate multiple CIs to a task can be extended to other types of tasks. You can also disable multiple CI association from the related lists on change request records.
• State model and transitions
  Change Management offers a state model to move and track change requests through several states.
• Create a Change model
  Depending on your requirements, you can create a Change model and configure the states and transitions for a specific use case.
• Conflict detection
  Conflict detection identifies potential scheduling conflicts for a change request based on the configuration items (CIs), planned start date, and the planned end date in scope for the change. If a scheduling conflict exists, conflict detection also checks any related blackout or maintenance schedules and other active change requests to determine the scheduling conflict.
• Change success score
  Use team historical data for insights into team performance. The score value helps you to determine how likely the team is to complete your change request without issues.
• Predictive Intelligence for Change Management
  The Predictive Intelligence for Change Management capability uses machine-learning algorithms to suggest standard templates, identify similar incidents, and enhance risk assessment for the change.
• Applying CSDM guidelines to Change Management
  Change Management lets you control every aspect of the IT change process from creation to approval. When you have accurate information, you can minimize risks to your business and avoid conflicts with scheduling. The goal of this product view is to help you to understand how Change Management key entities work with the core CSDM framework.