Connected Planning - A Playbook For Agile Decision Making

Technology for each of the components of enterprise performance management (EPM) has been rapidly advancing, especially in the areas of predictive analytics and cloud-based solutions but the vision and thought-leadership is lacking. This title introduces a framework for implementing and managing next generation functionality for better insight, focus, and alignment. This blueprint will show that EPM can have a direct, positive impact on revenue growth, operating margin, asset utilization, and cash cycle efficiency. This new edition will provide updated technology references, more on integrated business planning as a cornerstone of EPM/Connected Planning; less on history of EPM; a refinement of the central framework (which continues to be successful with client CxO levels)--including governance in the middle, new use cases of EPM/Connected Planning (additional types of planning, reporting, and advanced analytics), and a new chapter on finance in a digital world addressing technologies that are challenging or changing the nature of planning, with particular attention to the cloud.

Ron Dimon is a Managing Director of Analytics and Information Management at Deloitte. He has been helping clients get value out of their reporting, analytics, modeling and planning processes and technology investments for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Deloitte, Dimon was a partner (advisory services) at Checkpioiont Consulting; senior principal (process transformation) Infosys Consulting; vice president (strategic consulting) The Business Foundation; and senior director (Office of Strategy) at Hyperion.