Performance Management counts among the most important topics in Business Intelligence. As an integrated solution, this ongoing process controls the planning, budgeting and the implementation of measures and gives comprehensive reporting functions.

Data usually arise from Performance Measurement and Business Intelligence systems are rated as time-consuming by users. This is caused by error-prone and non-fully automated Excel processes that many companies still use for collecting and storaging their data.

What is more, coverage of many BI and PM tools must be regarded as defective because core processes and system requirements are partially or totally disregarded.

Keypoints highlighted in this whitepaper:

– Holistic Management Through BI plus PM;

– Collecting Data – Trapdoors in Daily Routine;

– Data Circulation – Excel-based Planning Process;

– Requirements for a Performance Management solution.