Dorothy Ortale & Ricardo Chavira, Yale University, at ServiceNow Knowledge13 with Dave Vellante and Jeff Frick
TheCube host Dave Vellante was joined by guests Dorothy Ortale, Knowledge manager, Ricardo Chavira, IT Director, and Rick Smith, Director of Metrics & Quality Assurance with Yale University, to talk about the way practitioners are using ServiceNow at the recently concluded Knowledge13 conference.
Vellante admitted that he loves to come to these events, seeing what both the vendors and the customers are saying about the product. This time, the allignment is very high, and everyone seems to be on the same page.
Dorothy Ortale spoke with Velante about the Knowledge base, the creation process and the implementation of ServiceNow.
Obviously, knowledge is very important at Yale, but there are a lot of groups within the IT organization that have their own repository of knowledge — that what Yale is trying to do now, gathering all the knowledge into one database. The purpose of doing this is so the knowledge can be shared.
Efficient knowledge
Ortale vouches they can provide rock-solid services for their clients whenever they call the help desk. They strive to increase the efficiency without rediscovering information. Knowledge management is fairly new and they are doing that using ServiceNow. The owners of the service are considered subject matter experts, and they are needed to write information regarding their subject, so the Tier 1 support can help the clients, having the most accurate information.
As for the process of knowledge creation, it's a combination of capturing existing knowledge and proactively creating new ones. it is becoming a requirement now that, when a new service is being rolled out, knowledge must be present weeks before that, so that Tier 1 support can be educated. Tier 1 support is how clients perceive the company, so having good support is boosting clients' confidence.
Yale in the cloud
About ending up using ServiceNow at Yale, Dorothy confessed she started out as a client, using Change Management and Incident Problem, and then, after being selected as Knowledge Manager, recommended it for use at work. To this day, it's being used pretty much turnkey, with little customization.
What is interesting is that at Yale, ServiceNow is used as a publishing platform and a Content Management System, along with Drupal. Content is created within ServiceNow and then published on the web as How To articles.
Ortale emphasized that "knowledge is a process, not a tool. The tool is ServiceNow."
Moving on to the IT Director, Ricardo Chavira, Vellante wanted to know how he sees the future of ServiceNow within the organization.
The future of ServiceNow at Yale
Ricardo Chavira is part of the Service Management team, primarily in charge with setting up and running service management program, which includes Incident Management, Change, Release, and Knowledge Management. It's a combination of building and improving the processes, and working on governance issues in the entire organization.
Yale adopted ServiceNow as a service management platform (ITSM), and it does that very well, with a high degree of versatility. They're currently developing a Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB), looking at Release manager, and al lot of other processes and the AppCreator.
Life before ServiceNow meant a lot of ad-hoc and inconsistent processes, resulting in a lot of finger pointing. What ServiceNow brought in was the accountability for the service owner from end-to-end, and it is definitely a platform that will be used in the future.
For the final leg of the interview, Vellante turned to Rick Smith, Director of Metrics & Quality Assurance.
Smith's primarily responsibility is making sure Quality standards are met throughout the IT Systems and Services. He also ensures that they remain client-focused, and that they make fact-based decisions whenever possible.
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Dorothy Ortale & Ricardo Chavira, Yale University, at ServiceNow Knowledge13 with Dave Vellante and Jeff Frick
TheCube host Dave Vellante was joined by guests Dorothy Ortale, Knowledge manager, Ricardo Chavira, IT Director, and Rick Smith, Director of Metrics & Quality Assurance with Yale University, to talk about the way practitioners are using ServiceNow at the recently concluded Knowledge13 conference.
Vellante admitted that he loves to come to these events, seeing what both the vendors and the customers are saying about the product. This time, the allignment is very high, and everyone seems to be on the same page.
Dorothy Ortale spoke with Velante about the Knowledge base, the creation process and the implementation of ServiceNow.
Obviously, knowledge is very important at Yale, but there are a lot of groups within the IT organization that have their own repository of knowledge — that what Yale is trying to do now, gathering all the knowledge into one database. The purpose of doing this is so the knowledge can be shared.
Efficient knowledge
Ortale vouches they can provide rock-solid services for their clients whenever they call the help desk. They strive to increase the efficiency without rediscovering information. Knowledge management is fairly new and they are doing that using ServiceNow. The owners of the service are considered subject matter experts, and they are needed to write information regarding their subject, so the Tier 1 support can help the clients, having the most accurate information.
As for the process of knowledge creation, it's a combination of capturing existing knowledge and proactively creating new ones. it is becoming a requirement now that, when a new service is being rolled out, knowledge must be present weeks before that, so that Tier 1 support can be educated. Tier 1 support is how clients perceive the company, so having good support is boosting clients' confidence.
Yale in the cloud
About ending up using ServiceNow at Yale, Dorothy confessed she started out as a client, using Change Management and Incident Problem, and then, after being selected as Knowledge Manager, recommended it for use at work. To this day, it's being used pretty much turnkey, with little customization.
What is interesting is that at Yale, ServiceNow is used as a publishing platform and a Content Management System, along with Drupal. Content is created within ServiceNow and then published on the web as How To articles.
Ortale emphasized that "knowledge is a process, not a tool. The tool is ServiceNow."
Moving on to the IT Director, Ricardo Chavira, Vellante wanted to know how he sees the future of ServiceNow within the organization.
The future of ServiceNow at Yale
Ricardo Chavira is part of the Service Management team, primarily in charge with setting up and running service management program, which includes Incident Management, Change, Release, and Knowledge Management. It's a combination of building and improving the processes, and working on governance issues in the entire organization.
Yale adopted ServiceNow as a service management platform (ITSM), and it does that very well, with a high degree of versatility. They're currently developing a Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB), looking at Release manager, and al lot of other processes and the AppCreator.
Life before ServiceNow meant a lot of ad-hoc and inconsistent processes, resulting in a lot of finger pointing. What ServiceNow brought in was the accountability for the service owner from end-to-end, and it is definitely a platform that will be used in the future.
For the final leg of the interview, Vellante turned to Rick Smith, Director of Metrics & Quality Assurance.
Smith's primarily responsibility is making sure Quality standards are met throughout the IT Systems and Services. He also ensures that they remain client-focused, and that they make fact-based decisions whenever possible.
