First-everThe 2027 State of DOAP Survey is open.Take the survey

Enterprise workflow platform with its own certification program.

Collecting interestOwn certification · ServiceNow certifications
The DOAP Score

How well ServiceNow supports the role

AI-generated estimate62/100 · Scaling8 points to Optimizing
  1. Protect73
  2. Change56
  3. Observe63
  4. Govern56
  5. Documentation54
  6. Data63
  7. Integrate68
  8. Support48
  9. Agents72
  10. Security64

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectOptimizing73

    ServiceNow supports backup and restore well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • ChangeScaling56

    Solid native support for code management, staging and rollback; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

  • ObserveScaling63

    Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

  • GovernScaling56

    Solid native support for users, authentication and access control; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

  • DocumentationScaling54

    Solid native support for documentation in the platform and across teams; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

  • DataScaling63

    Solid native support for data cleansing, hygiene and integrity; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

  • IntegrateScaling68

    Solid native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

  • SupportBuilding48

    ServiceNow offers the basics of support from the platform and to end users, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • AgentsOptimizing72

    ServiceNow supports using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.

  • SecurityScaling64

    Solid native support for access, secrets, audit and compliance; the practice is repeatable on ServiceNow.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for ServiceNow, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run ServiceNow’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. ServiceNow has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for ServiceNow.

Every name on the join form counts toward ServiceNow’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.