The Great Dysfunctional Corporate Budgeting Process

It’s that time of year again, and I just happened to stumble across this wonderful post by Dave Kellogg from a year ago, and it’s still the best post on corporate budgeting I’ve think I’ve read: The Great Dysfunctional Corporate Budgeting Process Here are some tools to help you do it better (but the problem is never technology). And yes, I’m “Joe”  :-)  Read More →

Some Fun SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, GRC, and EPM Videos

From SAP Asia’s YouTube Channel, here are a series of humorous, well-produced videos on various SAP BusinessObjects solutions – enjoy! Many of these are perfect for sharing with your business teams – don’t hesitate! Governance, Risk and Compliance IT and Finance: “We both work for the same company… so why is there so much tension”? Product information about SAP GRC BusinessObjects Explorer for Finance: “I got the voice message... [Read More...]

BI Implementations Must be Risk-Adjusted

It makes absolutely no sense to try to optimize performance without taking into account risk. While you’re busy trying to cut a few percentage points out of your costs using Six Sigma or Lean Management, your entire company might get wiped out by “unforseen” events. As the cartoon below shows, that (to put it mildly) can be a short-sighted approach… Anybody with a stock portfolio knows that you can’t ignore risk when... [Read More...]