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To make the world of work, work better for people by becoming the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century

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To make the world of work, work better for people by becoming the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century

Strengths

  • PLATFORM: Industry-leading workflow automation platform with 99.8% uptime
  • CUSTOMERS: 85% of Fortune 500 companies use ServiceNow products
  • REVENUE: Consistent 25%+ YoY subscription revenue growth pattern
  • RETENTION: Industry-leading 98%+ renewal rate across customer base
  • INNOVATION: Released 4500+ new features in latest platform update

Weaknesses

  • COMPLEXITY: Product complexity creates steep learning curve for users
  • FRAGMENTATION: Over 70 products creates prioritization challenges
  • CUSTOMIZATION: Heavy reliance on professional services for deployment
  • COMPETITION: Limited differentiation in emerging AI capabilities
  • PRICING: Premium pricing structure limits mid-market penetration

Opportunities

  • AI: Generative AI can automate 40% of current manual workflows
  • VERTICAL: Industry-specific workflow solutions have 2x growth rate
  • MIDMARKET: Only 15% penetration in high-growth mid-market segment
  • INTEGRATION: Ecosystem expansion through strategic partnerships
  • GLOBAL: EMEA and APAC regions growing at 30%+ with low penetration

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Microsoft expanding workflow automation capabilities
  • TALENT: 38% increase in competition for specialized developer talent
  • ECONOMY: Enterprise IT spending forecasted to slow by 12% in 2025
  • REGULATION: Increasing data sovereignty laws affecting cloud delivery
  • FRAGMENTATION: Rise of point solutions undermining platform value

Key Priorities

  • PLATFORM AI: Integrate generative AI across all workflow solutions
  • SIMPLIFICATION: Reduce implementation complexity by 50%
  • VERTICAL: Develop industry-specific pre-built workflows
  • ECOSYSTEM: Expand partner network for implementation and extensions
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To make the world of work, work better for people by becoming the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century

AI EVERYWHERE

Infuse intelligent automation across all workflows

  • COPILOT: Deploy Now Copilot across all major product lines with 40% active user adoption
  • AUTOMATION: Increase workflow automation capabilities to reduce manual tasks by 60% in core processes
  • INTELLIGENCE: Launch predictive insights for 80% of platform use cases with measurable ROI
  • FOUNDATION: Beta release proprietary enterprise foundation model to 50 strategic customers
SIMPLIFY

Make implementation and adoption radically easier

  • IMPLEMENTATION: Reduce average enterprise implementation time from 6 months to 10 weeks
  • TEMPLATES: Develop 150 pre-built workflow templates across top 10 industry verticals
  • SELF-SERVICE: Enable 40% of mid-market customers to self-implement with guided setup
  • INTEGRATION: Launch universal connector framework supporting 95% of common enterprise systems
VERTICALIZE

Deliver industry-specific workflow solutions

  • HEALTHCARE: Launch complete healthcare operations suite with 20 customer deployments
  • FINANCIAL: Develop financial services compliance workflow package with 15 adopters
  • MANUFACTURING: Release supply chain optimization solution with 25 customer implementations
  • RETAIL: Deploy customer experience workflow platform with 18 tier-1 retailer adoptions
ECOSYSTEM

Build the premier enterprise workflow community

  • PARTNERS: Expand implementation partner network by 200 certified consultancies globally
  • MARKETPLACE: Increase app marketplace offerings by 40% with 500+ third-party solutions
  • DEVELOPERS: Grow developer community by 35% to 100,000 active platform contributors
  • CERTIFICATION: Train and certify 25,000 new platform administrators across customer base
METRICS
  • Annual recurring revenue growth: 28%
  • Net retention rate: 99.5%
  • AI feature adoption rate: 65%
VALUES
  • Hungry and humble
  • Customer-obsessed
  • Deliver innovation that has purpose
  • Execute with discipline and passion
  • Champions together
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Align the learnings

ServiceNow Product Retrospective

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To make the world of work, work better for people by becoming the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century

What Went Well

  • REVENUE: Exceeded revenue targets with 27% YoY growth vs 25% guidance
  • DEALS: 50% increase in deals over $1M driven by platform expansion
  • RETENTION: Net retention rate reached record high of 99% across portfolio
  • PRODUCT: Now Platform Rome release garnered highest adoption rate to date
  • EXPANSION: EMEA region growth accelerated to 31%, exceeding all targets

Not So Well

  • COMPETITION: Lost 8% more competitive deals to Microsoft than prior year
  • COSTS: Professional services scaling not meeting implementation demand
  • ADOPTION: New AI features seeing slower than expected customer uptake
  • HIRING: Product and engineering teams 15% below hiring targets for quarter
  • MIDMARKET: Mid-market segment growth at 18%, below 25% target

Learnings

  • SIMPLIFICATION: Customers seeking faster time-to-value with less complexity
  • VERTICALIZATION: Industry-specific solutions driving 3x faster adoption
  • PARTNERS: Expanded partner ecosystem critical for scaling implementation
  • SELF-SERVICE: Customer demand for more self-service implementation options
  • BUNDLING: Product bundling strategies increasing average deal size by 27%

Action Items

  • ACCELERATE: Advance AI roadmap delivery timeline from Q4 to Q3 2025
  • CONSOLIDATE: Reduce product SKUs by 30% through intelligent bundling
  • ENABLE: Improve self-service implementation with guided setup capabilities
  • VERTICALIZE: Launch 5 new industry-specific workflow solution packages
  • PARTNER: Expand implementation partner certification program by 50%
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To make the world of work, work better for people by becoming the defining enterprise software company of the 21st century

Strengths

  • FOUNDATION: Now Platform provides rich data foundation for AI models
  • TALENT: Strategic AI talent acquisitions with 300+ dedicated AI staff
  • INTEGRATION: Native AI capabilities embedded in workflow platform
  • INVESTMENT: $500M+ committed to AI R&D over next three years
  • DATA: Access to enterprise workflow data across multiple domains

Weaknesses

  • FRAGMENTATION: AI features deployed inconsistently across products
  • ADOPTION: Only 22% of customers using advanced AI capabilities
  • EXPERTISE: Limited specialized AI talent compared to tech giants
  • IMPLEMENTATION: Complex AI deployment requiring services support
  • DIFFERENTIATION: AI messaging similar to major cloud competitors

Opportunities

  • AUTOMATION: 60%+ reduction in routine tasks through AI automation
  • INTELLIGENCE: Predictive insights can increase workflow efficiency
  • PERSONALIZATION: AI-driven personalized user experiences
  • COPILOTS: AI assistants can accelerate user productivity by 40%
  • INTEGRATION: Seamless connection with customers' existing AI tools

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Major cloud providers offering AI-powered workflows
  • EXPECTATION: Rapidly evolving customer AI capability expectations
  • REGULATION: Emerging AI regulation potentially limiting capabilities
  • COMMODITIZATION: AI features becoming table stakes for platforms
  • SKILLS: Shortage of AI/ML talent creating hiring challenges

Key Priorities

  • COPILOT: Deploy AI assistants across all major product lines
  • FOUNDATION: Develop proprietary enterprise AI foundation model
  • AUTOMATION: Focus on end-to-end process automation with AI
  • INTEGRATION: Create seamless integration with customer AI tools