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Practical writing on service management — what works, what doesn't, and what we've learned delivering ServiceNow and Halo for teams like yours.
A native ServiceNow application for Agile delivery management
Mars is a ServiceNow scoped application built to manage Agile delivery natively on the platform — sprints, use cases, stories, defects and tasks in one place, alongside the ServiceNow work being delivered, with no separate tracking tool required.
Productising ServiceNow: a repeatable delivery model for faster, lower-risk implementations
Working with a technology services business, Hikon helped shape a ServiceNow-as-a-Service delivery model: a repeatable core implementation and delivery strategy that gets customers to a best-practice minimum viable platform fast, with a clear path to expand.
Moving customer support from incident workaround to purpose-built CSM
A UK software company had outgrown using ServiceNow Incidents to manage external customer interactions. Hikon implemented Customer Service Management with proper accounts, contacts and cases — moving from an internal workaround to a purpose-built customer support model.
Don't Let Summer Break Your Approval Process
Halo's Automatic Approval Delegation feature keeps your approval workflows moving while your team is on holiday — no manual workarounds, no blocked queues.
From Search Engine to Problem Solver: Getting More from Your Service Desk Agents
Most service desk agents spend their day looking things up and bridging systems by hand. Here is how to turn them into problem solvers with knowledge in the ticket, automatic context, automation and problem management, using Halo.
Your Service Desk Agent Is Not a Search Engine. Stop Treating Them Like One.
Too many service desks run on agents who spend their day looking things up instead of solving problems. Here is how a well-built Halo implementation changes that, with practical ways to give end users faster answers and give agents real problem-solving power.
From legacy desk to modern ServiceNow platform: a UK financial services firm
A UK financial services firm replaced a legacy service desk with a full ServiceNow implementation: branded portal, structured catalogue, ADFS single sign-on and automated incident creation from monitoring.
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