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The Cognos Performance Management Roadmap

Step 1 - Automate the process Step 4 - ADVANCE performance management for strategy execution Step 3 - Extend planning beyond finance Step 2 - Drive best-practices

AUTOMATE the process

Spreadsheets are inherently disconnected, creating a host of daily obstacles for any finance organization trying to reduce process cycle times, increase the reliability of information on actuals and forecasts, or simply get a better idea of what is actually happening in the planning process.

And, as spreadsheets proliferate, these obstacles grow exponentially. So, the first step toward better planning, budgeting and forecasting is to adopt a dedicated planning and budgeting tool to automate the process.

Review these materials to learn how, in the words of Ventana Research, you can take “a time-consuming, nearly universally loathed exercise, and…transform it into a value-generating process.”

WHY automate the process?
Spreadsheet Based Planning: Rough Road Ahead - Whitepaper
"Are Your Best Practices Really the Best?" – Whitepaper by The Hackett Group
HOW to automate the process?
Budgeting Beyond Spreadsheets - Whitepaper
Solutions for the Office of Finance - Brochure
Selecting the Right Enterprise Planning Solution - Whitepaper
Q&A with Cognos
WHAT is the Business Value?
Ace Hardware – Case Study