ESM Pilot
Welcome to the Enterprise Service Management (ESM) pilot hubpage where you’ll be able to learn more about the project, what’s happening and when.
ESM systems offer cutting-edge digital management tools, automation, and AI capabilities to help teams manage their professional services and work together more effectively.
The pilot has been funded by the university’s Digital Transformation Programme, will run from November 2024 until December 2025, explore the proof-of-concept for shared cross-divisional platforms to support Professional Services at the University of Oxford.
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The BackGround
Find out where the ESM pilot came from, and where we aim it to take us.
Find out More
Stay up-to-date with what’s happening, and what comes next.
Support
Get prepared, get trained or ask the project team a question.
Overview of the Pilot
Phase 0
Engagement with pilot groups and technical setup of system
August - October 2024
- Set up of project team and steering committee
- Technical v1 set-up of FreshService and team email mappings
- SSO and identify management (CUD) feed integrations
- Configuration of v1 request portal
- Production of v1 knowledge base articles
Phase 1
Onboarding and support for early adopters (IT Support Staff)
November - December 2024
- Pilot group IT teams testing, training and onboarding
- Launch new system first pilot group of IT teams
- Expansion of knowledge base articles
- Requirements mapping for additional non-IT pilot groups
Phase 2
Onboarding and support for additional pilot groups
January - March 2025
- Testing, training and onboarding additional non-IT pilot groups
- Non-IT teams testing, training and onboarding
- IT Teams expansion and refinement on initial set-up and features
- Launch of AI-enabled capabilities
Phase 3
Maturing use of ESM, launching AI-enabled features, pilot evaluation and next steps
March - December 2025
- Continued maturation of features for all participating teams
- Implementation of AI functions
- Mid-pilot monitoring and evaluation survey
- Pilot reporting and next steps planning