The landscape of an EPM project is literally changing right before our eyes. In fact, we posted a blog on this topic not long ago and realized that there were several updates that needed to be made. Not because the post was incorrect but because the practice in the field had changed in a few short years.
Topics:
Thought Leadership,
Project Management,
Implementation

Successful delivery and adoption of any project requires a partnership between the business, IT, value chain partners and end-users to ensure the solution delivered meets business objectives and return on investment. Collaboration is required to make certain:
Topics:
Best Practices,
Project Management,
Implementation
I have had the pleasure of being involved with at least 100 BPC (OLAP) deployments over the past two decades in some role or another. I wanted to share what I believe are the 7 Deadly Sins of a BPC Implementation. Over the past 9 months I have been speaking with new clients to my organization who have had prior experience with another firm claiming to understand BPC. Seventy-five percent (75%) of these discussions involved most, if not all of the aspects described below.
Topics:
Best Practices,
Thought Leadership,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management,
Performance,
Value,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
Recall your last few project status meetings. The project manager reviews the open tasks and asks for progress. The technical team reviews and responds with answers such as 50% complete, 90% complete, 34.7% complete, etc, etc, etc……. but what does it all mean?
Topics:
Thought Leadership,
Project Management,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
For many companies, its getting to be that time of year again. No, I am not talking about getting ready for Christmas decorating contests in the office...although that is not far off. I am talking about getting ready for the big annual plan.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management
Previously I discussed the top five critical success factors for a project. Remember the word of caution mentioned in that blog – “slick, leading-edge technology alone will not guarantee project success.” So what factor from that list must be coupled with the technology to ensure a successful adoption of your EPM or SAP BPC solution? The Human Factor, or quite simply, the people that will be involved in using the system once deployed can make or break your project. I’ll discuss in this blog why Organizational Change Management (OCM) should be one of your Top 5 Critical Success Factors for your EPM or SAP implementation.
Topics:
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management,
Value,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
Do you ever wonder if you are keeping up with the plethora of project management methodologies? Waterfall, Scrum, Agile, Lean, ASAP, Agile Waterfall and Sprints form just a handful of concepts. What is a project management methodology anyway and how do you choose the most appropriate one for your Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) or Business Intelligence (BI) SAP project?
Topics:
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Business Intelligence (BI),
Project Management,
Value,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
Column5 is the premier partner of SAP in the enterprise performance management (EPM) space, and in the Technical Services team, we often come across competitors' proposals and RFPs that refer to installation consultants as distinguished from a technical consultant role.
Topics:
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management,
Performance,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
I've been implementing planning solutions for many years. One of the areas that we often find on the agenda for a planning application design meeting -- or, if it's not on the agenda, something we will bring up -- is the question of whether the organisation has a separate budgeting cycle or whether the budget has been subsumed into a rolling forecast process.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Excel,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management,
Innovation,
Performance,
Roadmap,
Forecasting