Business Performance Management - Commentary in less than 140 Characters?

Management reporting can be figures, graphics and gauges. But to bring these figures into perspective, commentary helps. Why? Where? How? to go with the When? and What? of the figures.

It helps to keep the commentary short and succinct for busy readers. One great technique is [...read more...]

Choice in Multi-Dimensional Planning and Reporting

There are a great number of multi-dimensional OLAP (OnLine Analytical Programming) software  tools. These are changing all the time. At Softworld on Tuesday I was talking to various vendors to keep up to date with the leaders.[...read more...]

Forecasting and Reporting with SaaS

Recently I attended a seminar about a cloud SaaS-based planning, budgeting and forecasting system.This has been built by people from a background with leading systems such as Hyperion and Cognos Planning.

Potentially very valuable, for businesses that either can't afford such tools, or want something more flexible.[...read more...]

KPIs – Why? What? Who? When? Where?

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is a term that means different things to different people. Here’s a quick roundup:

Why?

When properly used, KPIs can dramatically improve business performance. [...read more...]

Do also see the series of articles on KPIs written last year.