When to Switch Your ServiceNow Partner Mid-Project (and How to Do It Without Torching the Program)
A programme director at a European insurer rang me in July. Their ITSM rollout was eight months in, twelve weeks behind schedule, and the third change request had just landed on her desk. The partner was one of the big four. The engagement partner had rotated twice. The named architect on the SOW had never appeared on a working call. The offshore build team was three developers who all seemed to be learning ServiceNow on her budget. She asked me one question. "Is it too late to switch?" It was not. It rarely is. But the answer to the second question, the one nobody at her firm was asking yet, mattered more. How do you switch a ServiceNow partner mid-project without losing the eight months of work you already paid for?