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Gartner report

Understanding xP&A – Extended Planning & Analysis

June 7, 2021 by Lisa Minneci Leave a Comment

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Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) is an enterprise planning strategy that combines and extends financial and operational planning. According to Gartner, “Taking the ‘F’ out of FP&A offers cross-organization leaders an ‘extended,’ holistic view of their company’s operations, so that they can pivot the business with greater agility and more rapidly model future business scenarios.”

The benefits of xP&A include:

  • Improved performance
  • Greater collaboration
  • Better workflow management
  • Enhanced analytics
  • Stronger governance; and more.

In a recent report, Gartner explains, “Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) efforts based on disconnected operational metrics and processes have impeded a broader approach to performance management … xP&A is a response to the challenges faced by enterprises seeking to exploit new digital business models and navigate current economic uncertainties.”

In essence, it goes that last mile from presenting a view just of finance to delivering a “holistic view of planning processes, results and progress toward fulfilling a strategy and meeting an organization’s goals.”

xP&A is building steam in leading organizations. In 2020 Gartner saw a “rapid increase in the number of client organizations seeking to integrate and link financial and operational planning processes wherever possible.” According to Gartner, more than half of the FP&A inquiries it received from January through October of that year have mentioned xP&A. The firm predicts that by 2024, 30% of FP&A implementations will be extended to support operational finance processes.

This report is a key resource for finance leaders and companies exploring xP&A. Download Innovation Insight for Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) to learn xP&A’s

  • Benefits and uses
  • Adoption rate
  • Risks
  • 10 major evaluation factors, and more.

xP&A can enable a view “of the current fluid, complex and highly dynamic business environment.” Companies of all sizes will benefit from xP&A solutions that keep fluctuating business plans aligned for more comprehensive and informed decision making.

Read related blog posts:

FP&A Done Right: xP&A and Modern Finance Planning

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FP&A Done Right: What Type of CFO are you?

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IBM Planning Analytics Named Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for 2021

April 15, 2021 by Lisa Minneci Leave a Comment

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IBM Planning Analytics was named a Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis. The solution received an overall peer rating of 4.6 on a scale of 5, with 68% of votes giving the product 5 stars. 92% of customers are willing to recommend IBM Planning Analytics.

The report, which you can view here, provides IBM Planning Analytics’ customers assessments on a number of product capabilities, customer experience, and service and support. IBM Planning Analytics earned scores between 4.3 and 4.7.

It also includes quotes from current customers relying on IBM Planning Analytics for planning, forecasting and report. For example:

Great Experience with the Cloud-Based Version of a Product I Knew Before as TM1

“This product is not only good in analyzing and displaying data, [but] also to collect ad-hoc data … I like the cloud version of this product; [it] makes global deployment extremely easy … The analytical part that this product offers should not be underestimated.”

Outstanding and Resourceful Financial Planning Application

“The determination of what [the] future holds relies on the planning part of the organization … IBM Planning Analytics is a product that fully focuses on the way financial activities get done … IBM Planning Analytics is a well-connected tool.”

A Planning and Analytics Solution that Enhances Efficiency

“IBM Planning Analytics is a great tool that helps us to make the best decisions for our business. The outcomes we get after making such kind of decisions are incredible. IBM Planning Analytics has superior features and is accurate to use.”

Read the full report on IBM Planning Analytics at Gartner Peer Insights.

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Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: cloud financial performance management, Cognos TM1, enterprise performance management, Financial Performance Management, Gartner Customer Choice, Gartner Peer Insights, Gartner report, IBM Cognos TM1, IBM Planning Analytics, TM1

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