This blueprint shows how Business Applications can be used as the design anchor for DORA RT.07.01 reporting, while also connecting the application to the business, service, and technology layers that support a critical or important business function. It is designed to improve traceability from the business capability level down to the service instance and underlying technology management context, with clear ownership and organizational accountability.
Blueprint Library
Category: Design & Planning
Business Applications – CSDM 4 Walk
This blueprint defines how to structure and govern Business Applications in the CMDB at the Walk stage. It extends the Crawl model by adding stronger service context links, ensuring Business Applications are consistently tied to ownership, support, and technical service offerings.
Business Applications – CSDM 5 Crawl
This blueprint provides a starting point for modeling Business Applications in the CMDB at the Crawl phase. It ensures that Business Applications are tied to clear ownership, support groups, lifecycle components, and service instances—establishing a reliable foundation for application governance and service alignment.
Business Applications – Minimum Viable Data
This blueprint defines the minimum viable data model for Business Applications. It ensures that Business Applications are consistently managed by assigning ownership from a data management point of view, and linking applications to the Service Instances they use.
Business Applications – CSDM 4 Crawl
This blueprint establishes how Business Applications should be modeled in the Crawl phase of CSDM 4.0. It defines the foundational references between applications, owners, supporting groups, and the technical services they rely on.
The CMDB Data Quality Playbook
A Practical Guide for Improving ServiceNow Data Quality, Governance and AI-Readiness.
- A practical way to establish ownership and roles
- The 5-step model for data quality improvement
- Best practices for engaging data providers
- Five common pitfalls in CMDB data quality and how to avoid
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