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In this episode, product manager Niki Patel talks about the Workforce Optimization application for IT service managers, including some new features for the Rome release to help companies take full advantage of today’s distributed workforce. This episode covers: What is Workforce Optimization? Flexible scheduling and on-call Forecasting agent demand Performance Analytics and KPIs for individual agents Using external learning resources for agents For more information, see: Product documentation: Workforce Optimization for ITSM Community blog: Workforce Optimization for ITSM - Rome features Community article: Managing on-call and normal workshifts in Workforce Optimization for ITSM Community article: Driving Employee Engagement and Upskilling the Workforce through Coaching With Learning Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment to tell us why or why not. Subscribe to iTunes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, product owner Greg Morrison talks about a new feature for Change Management. Change Success Score measures the success rate for each change team over time to help improve their performance and refine your change process. This episode covers: Background: Change Management Change Success Score (CSS) overview Good ways to use CSS What CSS values mean Getting started Behind the scenes: how CSS works For more information, see: Product documentation: Change Success Score Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment. Subscribe to iTunes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, product manager Raghu Vemuri talks about the PI Workbench application, new in the Paris release. PI Workbench helps you add machine learning (ML) to your ServiceNow workflows, and monitor and manage the results. This episode covers: What is PI Workbench all about? Common use cases Pretrained ML models Using Guided Setup to create ML models Help with implementing ML Performance analytics for ML Getting started For more information, see: Product documentation: ITSM Predictive Intelligence Workbench Product documentation: HR Predictive Intelligence Workbench Predictive Intelligence Community: Predictive Intelligence   Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. Subscribe to iTunes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, product owners Rohan Tyagi and Julian Flores talk about managing and optimizing concurrent software licenses using the ServiceNow Software Asset Management (SAM) application, including the integration of the OpenLM license management solution in the Orlando release. This episode covers: Quick overview of Software asset management How does the SAM app help? Using the SAM app to optimize the use of concurrent licenses OpenLM integration with the SAM app Tips for getting started For more information, see: Product documentation: Software Asset Management Community: Software Asset Management Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment. Subscribe to iTunes

In this episode, product owners Lawrence Eng and Chaya Kornreich talk about the new Idea Portal in the Now Community. Based on the Now Platform’s Idea Portal feature, the Community portal lets members suggest enhancements to ServiceNow products, and search, vote and comment on suggestions from other members. This episode covers: What is the ServiceNow Idea Portal feature? Implementing the Idea Portal in the Now Community Suggesting enhancements Searching, commenting and voting Community support – top suggestions Tips for starting your own Idea Portal For more information, see: Product documentation: Idea Portal Now Community documentation: Idea Portal Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment.

In this episode, product manager Niki Patel talks about the new Vendor Manager Workspace application. This app helps vendor managers by aggregating vendor data from across the platform and providing analytics to help monitor and evaluate vendor performance. This episode covers: What is vendor management? What does Vendor Manager Workspace do? Beyond the old Vendor Performance app Aggregating vendor data and evaluating performance Getting started What’s in store in future releases? For more information, see: Product documentation: Understanding the Vendor Manager Workspace experience Community blog: Digital transformation and the role of your vendors Community blog: Vendor Management Workspace Overview Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment to tell us why or why not.

In this episode, product manager David Thigpen talks about the new Service Owner Workspace application. This app helps service owners by aggregating service data from across the platform and providing analytics to help monitor and evaluate service trends and performance. This episode covers: Service Owner Workspace and Service Portfolio Management What does Service Owner Workspace do? Metrics on performance and trends Spend estimates and change impacts Integration with other ITSM apps Getting started What’s in store in future releases? For more information, see: Product documentation: Service Owner Workspace premium experience Community topic page: Service Portfolio Management Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment to tell us why or why not.

In this episode, Manjeet Singh talks about the Skills Management application. This app makes it easy to track and manage your people’s skills and proficiency to guide training and work assignments, and to show the real value of your coaching and training efforts. This episode covers: What is skills management? Managing skills for individuals, teams and projects Automating skills assessment and management Evaluating skill gaps and training efforts Automating work assignments Getting started Sneak peak at future enhancements For more information, see: Product documentation: Skills Management Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment to tell us why or why not.

In this episode, Darius Koohmarey talks with product manager Jason Occhialini about the Change Management application, which helps organizations govern the introduction of changes to improve their capabilities and services with minimal risk and impact to operations. Jason tells us about: The value of change management to an organization Change types: standard, emergency and normal Managing the risks of changes The Change Advisory Board For more information, see: Product Documentation: Change Management Product Documentation: Change Management release notes for Madrid Videos: Change Management Your feedback helps us serve you better. Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment! To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, product manager Darius Koohmarey tells us about the ITSM Walk-Up Experience in the Madrid release. London streamlined the walk-up experience for people requesting IT service. In Madrid, the focus is on the fulfillers, and Darius tells us about the highlights. He also gives us some tips for migrating Walk-Up from London to Madrid. This episode covers: New features for requestors Agent Workspace for walk-up technicians Advanced Work Assignment for routing work Tips for smooth migration to Madrid For more information, see: Product Documentation: Walk-Up Experience Product Documentation: Walk-Up Experience release notes Video: ITSM Walk-Up Experience Podcast: Episode 45: The Walk-Up Experience (London) Your feedback helps us serve you better. Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment! To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbyte

In this episode, product manager Manjeet Singh talks about the new Coaching application on the Now Platform. Coaching helps you train service desk agents and other employees at critical moments in their job processes, with conditional automated virtual coaching right when they need it. This episode covers: Roles: coach and trainee The coaching process Virtual coaching Building coaching into a workflow Integrating other ServiceNow capabilities For more information, see: Product Documentation: Coaching Product Documentation: Coaching release notes Your feedback helps us serve you better. Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment! To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, product manager Josh Russ talks about the mobile platform and Mobile Studio, an easy way to bring ServiceNow apps to the mobile world. This episode covers: Mobile capabilities and features Using native phone functionality Using Mobile Studio to create mobile apps Using Virtual Agent on the mobile platform Roadmap for the future For more information, see: Product Documentation: Mobile navigation and configuration Product Documentation: ServiceNow mobile release notes - Madrid Your feedback helps us serve you better. Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment! To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Michael Slabodnick and Jake Burman talk about Flow Designer, a simple way to create automated workflows using natural language - no code! This episode covers: Flow Designer vs Workflow IntegrationHub for integrating third-party APIs Evolution – past, present, and future New features for the Madrid release For more information, see: Product Documentation: Flow Designer Product Documentation: Flow Designer release notes – Madrid Community blog post: Best Practices for Flow Designer Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Michael Thompson and Grant Hulbert talk about using the powerful capabilities of IBM Watson in applications you develop for the Now Platform. This episode covers: What can Watson do for you? How is Watson integrated into the Now Platform? How to start using Watson Watson use cases For more information, see: Community blog post: Easily Connect ServiceNow to IBM Watson Services Community white paper: ServiceNow Integration with IBM Watson Conversation Service Download at ServiceNow Developers > Share: IBM Watson Services Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Daryl Rodrigues talk about the the walk-up approach to IT support and how the ServiceNow Walk-Up application can support that approach. This episode covers: What is a “walk-up”? What is a walk-up like for users and technicians? How does the Walk-Up application support a walk-up operation? How do you set up a walk-up operation with the Walk-Up app? For more information, see: Product documentation: Walk-Up Experience Blog post: Utilizing a walk-up contact channel Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Sree Subramaniam talks about new codeless Discovery patterns for discovering new resources and delivering new content through stores. This episode covers: Using patterns for codeless discovery Delivering new discovery patterns faster through stores Near-real-time discovery for Kubernetes containers New Discovery content for S3 storage, cloud resources, and more Use case: Discovery and Software Asset Management (SAM) deep dive Event-driven discovery for Kubernetes containers For more information, see: Product documentation: Discovery Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Nathan Holm talk about Virtual Agent (VA), a ServiceNow chatbot that streamlines the interactions between a company and its customers and employees. This episode covers: What does VA do? What does VA look like to users? How do developers build VA into their systems? How about natural language capabilities? How do customers get started with VA? For more information, see: Product documentation: Virtual Agent Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Manjeet Singh talks about the Continual Improvement Management application to help organizations manage their continual-improvement efforts. This episode covers: Challenges of managing continual improvement Spotting opportunities for continual improvement Differences from change management and demand/project Integration with other applications For more information, see: Product documentation: Continual Improvement Management Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this episode, Darius Koohmarey and Sameep Kodia talk about the Embedded Help and Guided Tour features to give users helpful info while they're using the product. This episode covers: What is embedded help? Context sensitivity: domain, product screen, and user role Supported media types What is a guided tour? Guided Tour Designer For more information, see: Product documentation: Embedded help and guided tours Blog post: Embedded Help and Guided Tours in Jakarta Your feedback helps us serve you better! Did you find this podcast helpful? Please leave us a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our guests and hear about new episodes before they’re published, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using #SNtechbytes for previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

In this week's podcast, Chuck Tomasi talks about ways to streamline the process of upgrading to a new ServiceNow release. This episode covers: The benefits of upgrading Using project management practices Following the documented process Reviewing skipped changes Creating a thorough test plan Considering customizations For more information on upgrades, see: Product documentation: Upgrade your instance Blog post: Tips for streamlining ServiceNow upgrades Videos:  Upgrading an Instance  End of Life Upgrades Quarterly Patching Program Overview Your feedback helps us better serve you! Did you find this podcast helpful? Leave us a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our podcast guests, and find out what topics we'll be covering next before they are posted, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using the hashtag#SNtechbytes for all previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.