Best practices in action
IBM Cognos® Innovation Center is a recognized leader in the translation of proven best practices in performance management into practical, easily implemented solutions. IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints provide the means for rapidly extending these best practices throughout your company and forging more effective, dynamic connections between strategy and execution.
Developed in collaboration with top-performing customers and performance management experts, IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints are pre-defined data, process and policy models that address a number of essential functional process areas and the unique needs of specific industries.
Besides the data model itself, resources available to you are evaluation guides, installation instructions and online demos. With IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints, you can:
- Coordinate financial and operational planning.
- Improve forecast reliability and resource allocations.
- Deploy an integrated, dynamic planning process quickly.
- Streamline project implementation schedules and reduce risk.
- Reduce the total cost of ownership.
- Support the alignment of strategic objectives, operational plans, people and activities as business conditions change.
IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints are also the important first step in the move from technology to a mature vision of performance management—the IBM Cognos Performance Management Roadmap
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Demos
- IBM Performance Manager Online demo
See how plans, financial reports and scorecards can help you manage performance.
- Financial Analytics with IBM Cognos TM1 Online demo
See how you can analyze profitability down to the SKU level.
- IBM Cognos 8 Reporting Online demo
See real-world reporting scenarios for casual business users and professional report authors.