Connected Planning - A Playbook for Agile Decision Making

Ron Dimon's thought-leading second edition of the book originally entitled Enterprise Performance Management Done Right, published in 2012, is a practical roadmap for using Connected Planning to develop an agile organization and to navigate the complex Enterprise Performance Management landscape.
 
According to esteemed author, researcher, and Management professor Dr. Christopher Neck, "In the same way that one needs to be self-leading to finish a grueling marathon, an organization must be self-leading in order to execute on its plans in an efficient and effective manner. What drives self-leadership at all levels in an organization? The people within the organization of course--and those people must be involved in the planning occurring in an organization. Without a plan, an organization has no direction."
 
Since 2012, much has changed in the world of connecting strategy with improved performance: new, cloud-based, in-memory technologies have been adopted by the largest organizations in the world. This book is for CFOs, CIOs, their direct reports, and any organizational visionary or aspiring leader who wants to ''bring it all together'' and create an actionable vision and plan for improving readiness, resilience, and performance.

List of contents

Foreword: Christopher Neck xi
 
Foreword from the First Edition: Gebhard Rainer xii
 
Preface xv
 
Acknowledgments xxiii
 
Chapter 1 What's Broken and What's Possible? 1
 
Strategy-Execution Gap 1
 
Buckets of Pain 5
 
Impact 6
 
Notes 7
 
Chapter 2 Connected Planning 9
 
Chapter 3 A Planning Operating System 13
 
Context 14
 
Impact 15
 
Responsibility 15
 
The Planning Operating System 16
 
Macro and Micro 25
 
The Middle 26
 
Summary 27
 
Notes 28
 
Chapter 4 Debate: What Can We Do and What Should We Do? 29
 
People 31
 
The Process 33
 
Scenarios 35
 
Resilience 38
 
Drivers: What Moves the Needle? 39
 
Debate Management 41
 
Enabling Technologies 44
 
Potential Quick Wins 44
 
Summary 45
 
Note 46
 
Chapter 5 Commit: Who Will Deliver What, by When? 47
 
Accountability 50
 
Gaming the System 53
 
Enterprise Planning and Forecasting 54
 
Enabling Technologies 58
 
Ingredients for Your EPM Roadmap 58
 
Potential Quick Wins 58
 
Summary 59
 
Notes 60
 
Chapter 6 Visualize: Where Are We, Right Now? 61
 
Management by Exception 63
 
Your Point of View 65
 
Information Qualities 68
 
Information Delivery 70
 
Management and Statutory Reporting 74
 
Sustainability Reporting 77
 
Enabling Technologies 81
 
Rationalization 83
 
Potential Quick Wins 83
 
Summary 84
 
Notes 84
 
Chapter 7 Understand: Why Did We Get the Results We Got? 85
 
Business Questions 86
 
Patterns and New Insights 90
 
Big Data and Predictive Analytics 99
 
Data Visualization 101
 
Enabling Technologies 102
 
Components for Your Connected Planning Roadmap 102
 
Potential Quick Wins 103
 
Summary 104
 
Notes 104
 
Chapter 8 Execute: From Insights to Actions to Results 105
 
The 10-Step Insight Process 105
 
Everything Is Connected 108
 
Sales Performance Management 110
 
Sales Operations Performance 111
 
Order-to-Cash Performance Management 113
 
Supply Chain Performance Management 115
 
Marketing Performance Management 121
 
Summary 124
 
Notes 126
 
Chapter 9 Strategy: Everyone Aligned to the Right Outcomes 127
 
The Language of Strategy 127
 
Functional Value Maps 128
 
Optics: Line of Sight 130
 
Metrics Equal Focus 132
 
Profitability 134
 
Strategic Flexibility 135
 
Closing the Gap 136
 
Summary 138
 
Notes 138
 
Chapter 10 Digital Planning 139
 
Cloud Computing 140
 
Blockchain 141
 
Robotic Process Automation 142
 
Cognitive Technologies 143
 
Predictive Analytics 145
 
Cybersecurity 146
 
Notes 147
 
Chapter 11 Bringing It All Together 149
 
Alignment 150
 
A Common Business Language 157
 
Maturity Is in the Arrows 159
 
Return on Investment and Total Cost of Ownership 162
 
Standard Architecture 164
 
Your Connected Planning Roadmap 166
 
Organizational Readiness: The Connected Planning Center of Excellence 169
 
Paralyzed by Feuds? 170
 
Connected Planning and Incentive Plans 171
 
How Do You Get Started? 172
 
Summary 173
 
Notes 176
 
Appendix:

About the author

RON DIMON has over thirty years of experience in helping clients get value out of their reporting, analytics, modeling, and planning processes and technology investments. A former Deloitte Managing Director, Ron has served organizations including Google, Microsoft, Oracle, ADM, Hyatt, Kraft Heinz, GE, Cisco, Manulife, the U.S. Navy, and many others.

Summary

Ron Dimon's thought-leading second edition of the book originally entitled Enterprise Performance Management Done Right, published in 2012, is a practical roadmap for using Connected Planning to develop an agile organization and to navigate the complex Enterprise Performance Management landscape.

According to esteemed author, researcher, and Management professor Dr. Christopher Neck, "In the same way that one needs to be self-leading to finish a grueling marathon, an organization must be self-leading in order to execute on its plans in an efficient and effective manner. What drives self-leadership at all levels in an organization? The people within the organization of course--and those people must be involved in the planning occurring in an organization. Without a plan, an organization has no direction."

Since 2012, much has changed in the world of connecting strategy with improved performance: new, cloud-based, in-memory technologies have been adopted by the largest organizations in the world. This book is for CFOs, CIOs, their direct reports, and any organizational visionary or aspiring leader who wants to ''bring it all together'' and create an actionable vision and plan for improving readiness, resilience, and performance.

Product details

• Authors: Ron Dimon, Dimon Ron
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781119485803
• ISBN: 978-1-119-48580-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Wiley CIO; Wiley CIO
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Unternehmenstechnologie, Business Technology