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title: Implementing Policy and Compliance Management
description: Use the steps in the GRC: Policy and Compliance Management application checklist to download the Policy and Compliance Management from the ServiceNow Store, and get it ready for operation. Mandatory and optional setup steps, as well as an implementation checklist are provided to simplify the setup.
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canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-impl-overview.html
release: australia
product: Policy and Compliance Management
classification: policy-and-compliance-management
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# Implementing Policy and Compliance Management

Use the steps in the GRC: Policy and Compliance Management application checklist to download the Policy and Compliance Management from the ServiceNow Store, and get it ready for operation. Mandatory and optional setup steps, as well as an implementation checklist are provided to simplify the setup.

The flow of mandatory steps in the checklist are illustrated here.

\[Omitted image "grc-p-and-c\_management-setup.png"\] Alt text: Graphic representation of the mandatory setup checklist.

When you have completed the [mandatory steps](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-mandatory-setup.md) outlined above, other [optional setup procedures](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/policy-compliance-optional-steps.md) are available.