Moving Data from Cherwell to ServiceNow
A Beyond20 White Paper
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Migrate Your Data Seamlessly
One of the often-overlooked facets of migrating from Cherwell to ServiceNow is planning and executing data migration. While most organizations recognize the need to retain at least some of the data from the deprecated system, there is a tendency to leave it until the end of the project. This can result in increased risk of delay or, worse, missed data points.
This detailed white paper, authored by our Cherwell, ServiceNow, and data management experts, will guide you in the critical planning and activities necessary to be successful. It outlines various approaches and provides recommendations based on your organization’s needs.
Whether you’re an admin tasked with design and execution of data transfer or a senior executive wanting to take risk out of your ServiceNow data migration, this white paper will drive better decisions as you prepare to make it successful.
Beyond20's Migration Process
Discover
Our discovery process will help you understand how ServiceNow’s features and functionality differ from Cherwell, and with that knowledge, we can work together to define your vision, business objectives, and success metrics for this migration. Beyond20 will engage early with everyone needed to support a successful move: your executive sponsor(s), IT process owners, data owners, security, support staff, and process users.
Prepare
We want to do this right. Beyond20 will develop a migration plan that is informed by both your business objectives as well as your current state. After conducting a clear readiness assessment, we can work with you to establish project timelines and resourcing that makes sense for your organization. We will establish strategic, portfolio, and technical governance. We'll request Cherwell integration details from system owners. We will also notify your internal security team and gather security requirements.
Design & Build
Your Beyond20 design phase is focused on generating approved and prioritized stories for development in collaboration with process owners. For the build and test phases, Beyond20 will use an iterative, agile approach (including unit testing). Once development is complete, we will run a full set of tests, including user acceptance testing. We will apply a business-smart lens to customization, using out-of-the-box capabilities when possible and limiting customization and configuration to validated business needs.
Launch & Support
Now that we’ve gone through discovery, planning, and design, it’s time for the moment of truth. By now, enough staff should have met training requirements. We’ll have a good idea of your activities and overall readiness. We’ll work with you and identify the optimal date to import core data from Cherwell into ServiceNow based on the rate of change you anticipate for your data. Aiming for a low-change period, Beyond20 will ensure that the data is as pristine as possible in its new home, ServiceNow. We also recommend a pizza party to celebrate the successful migration.
Measure & Adjust
Remember those success metrics we mentioned in step one? Now it’s time to assess your progress against your pre-defined business objectives and KPIs. Beyond20 will not abandon you after launch. We can continue to work with you to ensure that your shiny new ServiceNow platform is living up to your expectations. And until you're fully satisfied, we're not going anywhere.