Hardware Asset Management (HAM) Fundamentals Syllabus
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Hardware Asset Management (HAM) Fundamentals Syllabus

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Hardware Asset Management (HAM) Syllabus & Course Description

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Global Learning and Development at ServiceNow, Inc

Course Overview

This three-day training course aims to introduce you to the ServiceNow® ITSM Asset Management and Hardware Asset Management (HAM) products and familiarize you with techniques and best practices for creating and managing hardware assets and consumables throughout their lifecycle. The session format will alternate between discussions and labs giving you an opportunity to explore the application and apply the concepts learned.

Setting up an effective hardware asset management (HAM) practice includes key milestones:

      • Planning a design
      • Identifying the information required
      • Deciding how that information can be obtained
      • Determining what the asset processes should look like
      • Establishing how the technology can support those items

Most successful HAM programs involve a variety of people and departments, including IT, finance, services, and end users. Investing time and careful consideration to build out the HAM practice produces a higher quality outcome.

Asset management and configuration management are related but have different goals. Asset management focuses on the financial tracking of company property. Configuration management focuses on building and maintaining elements and relationships that create an available network of services. Although this course will discuss the configuration management database (CMDB), the focus is on asset management.

Objectives

In this three-day interactive ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management Fundamentals course, attendees will master the setup, configuration, and use of both the ServiceNow Asset Management and the Hardware Asset Management (HAM) applications, with a focus on:

      • Controlling hardware and consumable inventory that is purchased and used
      • Managing the cost of purchasing and managing hardware asset receiving
      • Managing and optimizing the hardware asset life cycle from planning to disposal
      • Achieving compliance with relevant standards and regulations
      • Improving IT asset services for end users
      • Creating standards and processes for managing assets

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for customers, partners, and employees who implement and administer features, functions, and data associated with hardware assets. An attendee is a good fit for this course if they perform or advise on any of the following roles or job responsibilities:

      • ServiceNow Implementer
      • ServiceNow System Administrator
      • Hardware Asset Manager
      • Hardware Asset Administrator

Course Prerequisites

It is recommended that students taking the course have working knowledge and experience of ServiceNow. It is also recommended that students understand basic IT asset management terminology. Suggested ServiceNow course prior to taking ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management Fundamentals is:

Certification

At the end of the course, students will receive a voucher that enables them, if desired, to take the exam to become a ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist in Hardware Asset Management.

Course Flow

During this three-day interactive training course, attendees will access the ServiceNow platform in their own student instance, which is a “safe sandbox” loaded with demo and test data.

The course weaves a scenario throughout, simulating situations one might find in the real world. The class features lecture and group discussions, as well as extensive hands-on practice and reinforcement delivered through a variety of labs.

On the final day, students will request their simulation instance, which is meant to be used as a capstone for the class. The instance will be available for two weeks from the day they request it. The simulator tasks allow attendees additional hands-on experience with ServiceNow ITSM Asset Management and ServiceNow Hardware Asset Management (HAM) in an environment very similar to what they would experience on the job.

Module 1: Introduction to Hardware Asset Management 

Objectives 

      • Recognize basic hardware asset management terminology and concepts needed to be successful in the course
      • Identify the plugins and roles that support ServiceNow IT asset management
      • Describe the ServiceNow© IT Asset Management products 

Agenda 

      • Recognize basic hardware asset management terminology and concepts needed to be successful in the course
      • The hardware asset lifecycle
      • Asset management recommended implementation practices
      • Hardware asset management implementation
      • Hardware Asset Management application overview
        • Lab 1.1: Prepare the asset management environment

Module 2: Trustworthy Data 

Objectives 

      • Explain why good data is a prerequisite for good IT asset management
      • Recognize what information you need to track on your devices
      • Describe the characteristics of a model and an asset record
      • Describe the purpose of bundled assets and pallet assets
      • Describe how Discovery, the CMDB, and Normalization Data Services combine to provide trustworthy data
      • Describe how HAM hardware model normalization contributes to providing trustworthy data
      • Differentiate between Asset, CI, and Model records 

Agenda 

      • Trustworthy data introduction
      • Device details
      • Model records
      • Asset records
      • Bundled assets and pallet assets
        • Lab 2.1: Manage hardware assets
      • Discovery, CMDB, and Normalization Data Services
      • Hardware Asset Management (HAM) hardware model normalization
        • Lab 2.2: Hardware model normalization
      • Asset and configuration items (CIs)
        • Lab 2.3: Asset and configuration item (CI) relationships

Module 3: Practical Management 

Objectives 

      • Explain how to manage hardware assets and consumables between stockrooms
      • Examine automation for maintaining trustworthy asset data
      • Recognize the use of effective asset processes to manage and retire assets 

Agenda 

      • Lifecycle management
      • Consumables
        • Lab 3.1: Manage consumables
      • Stock management
        • Lab 3.2: Manage stock
      • Automated asset population
        • Lab 3.3: Import assets
      • Asset retirement
        • Lab 3.4: Retire assets
      • Asset lifecycle automation
        • Lab 3.5: Validate asset lifecycle automation

Module 4: Operational Integration

Objectives 

      • Describe the process for creating asset reports and other tracking methodologies
      • Explain the use of the product, service, and vendor catalogs for asset management
      • Identify how to automate the management of stock levels
      • Examine how to use mobile asset applications for automated asset and stock management 
      • Examine the use of effective processes in the operational asset lifecycle

Agenda 

      • Lifecycle management
      • Reporting, dashboards, and other asset tracking
        • Lab 4.1: Report on hardware assets
      • Requests, procurement, and automated stock management
        • Lab 4.2: Manage request and procurement
        • Lab 4.3: Automate stock management
      • Mobile asset management
      • Extend asset and configuration
      • Data accuracy
        • Lab 4.4: Certify data

Module 5: Strategic Conformance

Objectives 

      • Discover how to manage hardware contracts
      • Recognize key components of hardware contract financials
      • Explain depreciation and fixed assets
      • Describe how to track total cost of ownership 

Agenda 

      • Lifecycle management
      • Contract management 
        • Lab 5.1: Manage contracts
      • Contract financials
        • Lab 5.2: Manage contract financials
      • IT cost management
        • Lab 5.3: Calculate depreciation
        • Lab 5.4: Identify total cost of ownership

Module 6: Course wrap-up

Topics 

      • Course outcomes
      • Additional resources
      • Hardware asset management simulator 

Simulator 

      • The Hardware asset management simulator is designed to reinforce what students have learned in this course and aid you in preparing for using the system in real-world settings.
      • Simulators are meant to be capstones for the class, allowing students hands-on experience with ServiceNow products.
      • The instance will be available for two weeks from the date upon which you request it.

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