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Performance Management in Practice. Nakis Papadopoulos & Richard Lewis Information Management Group (IMGROUP) Ltd www.imgroup.com. About Information Management Group (IMGROUP). Provide strategies, services and solutions that help our customers improve business performance
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Performance Management in Practice Nakis Papadopoulos & Richard Lewis Information Management Group (IMGROUP) Ltd www.imgroup.com
About Information Management Group (IMGROUP) • Provide strategies, services and solutions that help our customers improve business performance • Microsoft’s Global Partner of the Year in the last 3 consecutive years, 2005, 2006, 2007 • Member of Microsoft’s Advisory Council • Very active with Microsoft PerformancePointprogramme since the beginning with clients across industries
Business Performance Management - Definition A framework that optimises the execution of an organisation’s strategy. It comprises a set of integrated processes, supported by technology that enables organisations to set, communicate, monitor, measure, and manage performance against targets.
The Performance Management Cycle • Strategic planning • Budgeting • Financial consolidation • Forecasting • Reporting and Analysis • Scorecards
The Premise Performance Management can help us run our business better, increase our revenues and improve profitability
“Companies on average spend 25,000 person days per annum on planning and budgeting for every 1 billion dollars of sales and often don’t produce results that are significantly better than what they started with.” The Hackett Group
“In a recent 2006 study, 70% of companies indicated that their planning and budgeting processes do not fulfil management’s expectations” The Hackett Group
What do I need to make it work? • Is the business need clear? • Is the strategy defined? • Are our processes in good shape? • Do we have the support from management, business and IT? • What’s the level of confidence in our data? • Are we using the right tools? • Have we agreed a “realistic” budget for the project? • Do we have a plan?
Is the business need clear? • Are the metrics in my reports relevant and aligned with my business strategy? • Can I identify issues and opportunities easily? • Is the data I need to make decisions accessible? • Can I trust my data to make business decisions? • Are my spreadsheets getting out of control? • Is my financial close process too slow and inefficient? • Are my planning activities integrated across the company?
Is the Strategy defined? • Review your business strategy • Define the business performance perspectives and measures • Define your KPIs • Build a strategy map • Align every day actions with strategy • Educate and communicate
Are our business processes efficient? Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Do we have the business support ? • Is senior management supportive of the programme? • Do we have the support from the business areas involved such as finance? • Do we have the support from IT? • Do we have the support from the users?
What’s the level of confidence in our data? • Is the data accessible? • Can we trust the data? • Do we understand the data? • Do we have a robust reconciliation process? • Do we have a method to rectify data issues? • Do we have the right tools and support to do this?
Are we using the right tools? • What level of control/self-sufficiency do the tools provide • What level of integration your chosen tool offers with your ERPs and other systems? • Do the planning and forecasting modules integrate closely with the reporting and analytic modules? • Does the tool support the collaborative planning process workflow? • Do you have the skills to support it? • Can you find expertise easily? • Do you have to deal with more than one software supplier?
DELIVERY COLLABORATION CONTENT MANAGEMENT SharePoint Server SEARCH Reports Dashboards Excel Workbooks Analytic Views Scorecards Plans END USER TOOLS and PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS Excel PerformancePoint Server BI PLATFORM SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server DBMS SQL Server Integration Services
System Performance • Can the tools rapidly process and then report changes to forecasts/plans/budgets and other scenarios? • Is the tool performance sufficient to deliver high level summary business reports/KPI’s/scorecards quickly? • Is the technology performance with full data volumes sufficient to guarantee user adoption?
Familiarity • How familiar are your business users with the user facing aspects of the tool? • Can the tool provide a common and familiar environment for both data entry and reporting? • What will be the user training costs if not? • Will usability be a barrier to adoption?
Cost of supporting the solution • Is there good availability of expertise to support our solution at reasonable rates? • Will additional modules require significant additional licence costs? • If the tool becomes pervasive in the business will “per user” licensing cost be prohibitive?
Do we have the expertise to build it and manage it? • Process and business knowledge • Financial planning experts • Data specialists • Database engineers • Tool specialists • Support infrastructure • Project governance
Do we have plan? • Where do we start from? • What are the steps? • What are the risks? • How long will it take? • How much will it cost? • What should be the areas of focus?
Performance Management Framework Business Strategy Business Performance Management People Process Analytic Applications Technology BI Platforms Information Management Infrastructure Gartner’s Framework for Performance Management
The Performance Management Lifecycle Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Ad-Hoc Data Collection Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Challenge “ We are currently managing data collection from various regions and countries through Excel. Our current process for consolidation and reporting is manually intensive and does not effectively support the centralized management or standardization of collections. The number of new data collections is expected to increase along with complexity. ”
Vision “ Our users are comfortable with the current process of data collection through Excel. We need a solution that allows us to build on our existing processes but provides central management for submission, review and approval. We also need a solution that integrates with our existing ERP systems and that can export collection data to other line of business systems. ”
Solution Data Sources & Contribution PerformancePoint Server Reporting & Export
The Performance Management Lifecycle Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Sales Planning Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Challenge “ We have previously implemented a system in Oracle Financial Analyser to provide a budgeting and planning solution for sales, distribution and production. We have also had to develop a number of bespoke systems particularly to support the analysis of non-financial data. It currently takes too long for our forecast schedules to reach production planning due to lack of integration between our disconnected systems. ”
Vision “ We would like to increase transparency within our distributed planning process to drive ownership of agreed forecast numbers to individual managers. We need a planning and forecasting cycle time that significantly reduces effort and time to produce the numbers. We also need to deliver interactive reports, trending, dashboards and KPIs to a wide range of users and enable reporting self-sufficiency for analysis of areas of interest. ”
Solution Data Sources PerformancePoint Server Excel
The Performance Management Lifecycle Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Integrated Workflow Strategic Planning Budgeting Financial Consolidation Forecasting Reporting and Analysis
Challenge TransactionalSystems Analytics Tool Monthly Reporting Tool Data Warehouse Group Reporting Tool Forecasting Tool Consolidation Tool Budgeting Tool
Challenge TransactionalSystems Analytics Tool Monthly Reporting Tool Data Warehouse Group Reporting Tool Forecasting Tool Consolidation Tool Budgeting Tool
Vision “ We need a solution that reduces the number of discrete systems and technologies in order to improve the speed and efficiency of our monthly planning and consolidation cycle. We are looking for an end-to-end solution on which to standardize and roll out to each of our branches worldwide. ”
Solution TransactionalSystems PerformancePoint Server/Excel/SharePoint Server
Summary Business Strategy Business Performance Management People Process Analytic Applications Technology BI Platforms Information Management Infrastructure Gartner’s Framework for Performance Management
Summary • Review your business strategy and measures of performance • Ensure buy in form senior management • Understanding and cleaning data is the most complicated and time consuming part • Focus on issues, problem areas • Use an incremental approach • It doesn’t have to be a major investment • Adoption takes time • Get some training and advice • Check and fix issues with data • Keep your solution simple
Our Launch Offer • A working Microsoft PerformancePointTM Server application in 3 days • Day One Tailored overview of Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 Identify business area, focus and scope of activity • Day Two Capture business definitions for chosen area Build PerformancePoint business model using real data • Day Three Demonstrate working application Demonstrate key aspects of data capture, planning, budgeting, consolidation, reporting and dashboard creationPresent recommendationsClosing workshop
For questions please feel free to contact: • nakis@imgroup.com • garry.miller@imgroup.com • richard.lewis@imgroup.com