How Gartner Helps Across the Entire IT Cost Optimization Life CycleChris Grow
IT Cost Optimization includes the practices, capabilities and behaviors taken by IT organizations and enterprises to balance the constraints of reducing costs, managing service levels and showing the business value of IT in pursuit of enterprise financial imperatives.
Future Proofing Your IT Operating Model for DigitalDavid Favelle
Having worked with Operating Model for over 10 years, Dave has new adopted DevOps, IT4IT and Continuous Delivery alongside traditional frameworks. The concept of the value stream is central to the thinking. The presentation was delivered as a Keynote at the Open Group in Amsterdam October 2017 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7yH1JJKvqc&t=1969s
Note that Dave and the ValueFlow team deliver Operating Model on the ServiceNow platform.
Capgemini Digital Reference Architecture with HPECapgemini
Digital Readiness Assessment Services delivers digital business initiatives by creating an actionable transformation roadmap. Through our joint partnership, Capgemini and HP have developed a Digital Reference Framework for IT solutions for the New Style of Business. Learn the strength of Capgemini-HP joint Digital Reference Architecture as it addresses client digital transformation business needs and helps you gain market share in Cloud, Big Data, Security and Mobility.
How Gartner Helps Across the Entire IT Cost Optimization Life CycleChris Grow
IT Cost Optimization includes the practices, capabilities and behaviors taken by IT organizations and enterprises to balance the constraints of reducing costs, managing service levels and showing the business value of IT in pursuit of enterprise financial imperatives.
Future Proofing Your IT Operating Model for DigitalDavid Favelle
Having worked with Operating Model for over 10 years, Dave has new adopted DevOps, IT4IT and Continuous Delivery alongside traditional frameworks. The concept of the value stream is central to the thinking. The presentation was delivered as a Keynote at the Open Group in Amsterdam October 2017 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7yH1JJKvqc&t=1969s
Note that Dave and the ValueFlow team deliver Operating Model on the ServiceNow platform.
Capgemini Digital Reference Architecture with HPECapgemini
Digital Readiness Assessment Services delivers digital business initiatives by creating an actionable transformation roadmap. Through our joint partnership, Capgemini and HP have developed a Digital Reference Framework for IT solutions for the New Style of Business. Learn the strength of Capgemini-HP joint Digital Reference Architecture as it addresses client digital transformation business needs and helps you gain market share in Cloud, Big Data, Security and Mobility.
Why, When and How Do I Start a Digital Transformation?Acquia
Presented at Acquia Engage APAC by Brittany Fox, Marketing Campaign Strategist, Deloitte.
Every organisation undergoing a marketing transformation has a starting point, with the difference only being the product of internal capability and maturity. At Deloitte, we take our clients from their starting point to being ready for whatever the next innovation is. This is the only real mechanism enterprises can implement for the future.
What if your finance organization had a faster, simpler way to transform operational transactions into meaningful insight? View this slide deck with Workday and KPMG as we explore new technologies and solutions for streamlining the analysis of vast amounts of data in the changing world of finance.
Critical Review of Open Group IT4IT Reference ArchitectureAlan McSweeney
This reviews the Open Group’s IT4IT Reference Architecture (https://www.opengroup.org/it4it) with respect to other operational frameworks to determine its suitability and applicability to the IT operating function.
IT4IT is intended to be a reference architecture for the management of the IT function. It aims to take a value chain approach to create a model of the functions that IT performs and the services it provides to assist organisations in the identification of the activities that contribute to business competitiveness. It is intended to be an integrated framework for the management of IT that emphasises IT service lifecycles.
This paper reviews what is meant by a value-chain, with special reference to the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model (https://www.apics.org/apics-for-business/frameworks/scor). the most widely used and most comprehensive such model.
The SCOR model is part of wider set of operations reference models that describe a view of the critical elements in a value chain:
• Product Life Cycle Operations Reference model (PLCOR) - Manages the activities for product innovation and product and portfolio management
• Customer Chain Operations Reference model (CCOR) - Manages the customer interaction processes
• Design Chain Operations Reference model (DCOR) - Manages the product and service development processes
• Managing for Supply Chain Performance (M4SC) - Translates business strategies into supply chain execution plans and policies
It also compares the IT4IT Reference Architecture and its 32 functional components to other frameworks that purport to identify the critical capabilities of the IT function:
• IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) https://ivi.ie/critical-capabilities/ contains 37 critical capabilities
• Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) - http://www.sfia-online.org/ lists over 100 skills
• European e-Competence Framework (ECF) http://www.ecompetences.eu/ contains 40 competencies
• ITIL IT Service Management https://www.axelos.com/best-practice-solutions/itil
• COBIT 2019 https://www.isaca.org/resources/cobit has 40 management and control processes
Digital Business Transformation | Strategy + Executionfeature[23]
Speed of innovation and certainty of your digital technology strategy is your new IP.
Market leading brands know they are competing in the 3rd Industrial Revolution – The Software Economy – and they will live or die by their digital adoption. Companies mature in digital business transformation are outperforming, making more money, and are more profitable than their peers.
These Digital Leaders are proactively transforming their business models and leading their segments through the frenetic pace of social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and the Internet of Everything. Unfortunately, digital is still shrouded in confusion, viewed as a cost center, and punished with inadequate funding.
How do you transform modern businesses at scale by creating technology-based capabilities, products, services, and business outcomes that delivers your authentic brand promise?
Reduce Operating Costs and Accelerate Efficiency by Migrating Your SAP Applic...Amazon Web Services
If your enterprise is leveraging SAP in your on-premises data center, you’ve likely already considered migrating to the AWS Cloud in order to increase business and cost efficiencies as well as gain the business-critical reliability that the cloud provides. Accenture is an APN Premier Consulting Partner that supports enterprise-level organizations through an accelerated migration of their SAP applications to AWS. Join our upcoming webinar to hear from both AWS and Accenture on the benefits of migrating your SAP portfolio to the cloud with the help of Accenture
How to develop and govern a Technology Strategy in 10 weeksLeo Barella
This presentation covers the organizational layout, EA Services and EA Governance processes necessary to develop and govern a technology strategy effectively.
Deloitte SAP Finance Transformation AcceleratorJan Bultinck
Finance transformation is a double-edged sword. On one hand,
it can have a significant positive impact on business results.
But it can also require a considerable commitment of key talent
and resources for an extended period of time. That’s why no
organization takes finance transformation initiatives lightly. It’s
important to get them right
Digital Transformation - an introductionsimonbarna
When you commission a new digital solution, you'll change your business operation and strategy: this is digital transformation. Here's an overview of how to do it well.
SAP Reference Architecture based on LeanIXLeanIX GmbH
At EA Connect Days 2018, Florian Masjosthusmann und Manuel Männle from itelligence tried to solve the follwing questions: How can you adapt your business from where it is today to where it needs to be tomorrow? How can you document a SAP centric IT-Landscape with LeanIX? How will your IT landscape evolve to meet the demands of the digital transformation with SAP? Based on LeanIX they developed a concept to describe your SAP centric IT-Landscape and Business Architecture. On this basis, an overall strategy for S/4 HANA Transformation can be developed which is oriented on best practices and SAP Reference Architectures. The itelligence EA-Approach is to connect the SAP Best Practice E2E Views and the Capability Views with die IT-Solution Landscape.
Multi-year Application Portfolio Management (APM) projects has led LeanIX to develop an APM best practice roadmap for enterprises of various sizes. Watch the presentation and learn how to make smarter decisions on your Application Portfolio with APM & LeanIX!
Effective Application Portfolio Management using ArchiMateCorso
Learn how innovative organizations can manage and optimize the application portfolio, releasing time and costs for more strategic and valuable programs.
Take a high-level look into:
• Understanding the cost of your IT estate
• Analyzing the impact of change to an application in your portfolio
• Visualizing application and technology roadmaps for future decision making
• Identify overlaps and gaps in IT capabilities
In this new Accenture Finance & Risk presentation we explore how our capability design and data sourcing methodology provides financial services firms with a framework for addressing their data processing, report population and reporting requirement needs.
Review of Information Technology Function Critical Capability ModelsAlan McSweeney
IT Function critical capabilities are key areas where the IT function needs to maintain significant levels of competence, skill and experience and practise in order to operate and deliver a service. There are several different IT capability frameworks. The objective of these notes is to assess the suitability and applicability of these frameworks. These models can be used to identify what is important for your IT function based on your current and desired/necessary activity profile.
Capabilities vary across organisation – not all capabilities have the same importance for all organisations. These frameworks do not readily accommodate variability in the relative importance of capabilities.
The assessment approach taken is to identify a generalised set of capabilities needed across the span of IT function operations, from strategy to operations and delivery. This generic model is then be used to assess individual frameworks to determine their scope and coverage and to identify gaps.
The generic IT function capability model proposed here consists of five groups or domains of major capabilities that can be organised across the span of the IT function:
1. Information Technology Strategy, Management and Governance
2. Technology and Platforms Standards Development and Management
3. Technology and Solution Consulting and Delivery
4. Operational Run The Business/Business as Usual/Service Provision
5. Change The Business/Development and Introduction of New Services
In the context of trends and initiatives such as outsourcing, transition to cloud services and greater platform-based offerings, should the IT function develop and enhance its meta-capabilities – the management of the delivery of capabilities? Is capability identification and delivery management the most important capability? Outsourced service delivery in all its forms is not a fire-and-forget activity. You can outsource the provision of any service except the management of the supply of that service.
The following IT capability models have been evaluated:
• IT4IT Reference Architecture https://www.opengroup.org/it4it contains 32 functional components
• European e-Competence Framework (ECF) http://www.ecompetences.eu/ contains 40 competencies
• ITIL V4 https://www.axelos.com/best-practice-solutions/itil has 34 management practices
• COBIT 2019 https://www.isaca.org/resources/cobit has 40 management and control processes
• APQC Process Classification Framework - https://www.apqc.org/process-performance-management/process-frameworks version 7.2.1 has 44 major IT management processes
• IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) https://ivi.ie/critical-capabilities/ contains 37 critical capabilities
The following model has not been evaluated
• Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) - http://www.sfia-online.org/ lists over 100 skills
Introduction to Business Architecture - Part 2Alan McSweeney
The first part is available at: https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/introduction-to-business-architecture-part-1.
This material describes conducting a specific business architecture engagement. The engagement process is generic and needs to be adapted to each specific application and use. The engagement is a formal process for gathering information and creating a new business function model based on an analysis of that information.
The objective is to create a realistic and achievable target business architecture to achieve the desired business change.
Business architecture is a structured approach to analysing the operation of an existing business function or entire organisation with a view to improving its operations or developing a new business function, with a strong focus on processes and technology. Business architecture is not about business requirements – it is about business solutions and organisation changes to deliver business objectives.
Your Digital Finance Transformation JourneyWorkday, Inc.
When it comes to navigating digital transformation within finance, no two organizations or industries are alike.
View this slide deck to learn how Workday and Deloitte are partnering to provide customers across industries with a perfect path forward, and can help you set a clear strategy for your journey.
Oracle IT Financial Management (ITFM) - Align IT to run and grow the business. Transparency to IT service charges; align IT projects with strategic priorities; IT spend analysis - run vs. grow vs. transform; build credibility with the business
Why, When and How Do I Start a Digital Transformation?Acquia
Presented at Acquia Engage APAC by Brittany Fox, Marketing Campaign Strategist, Deloitte.
Every organisation undergoing a marketing transformation has a starting point, with the difference only being the product of internal capability and maturity. At Deloitte, we take our clients from their starting point to being ready for whatever the next innovation is. This is the only real mechanism enterprises can implement for the future.
What if your finance organization had a faster, simpler way to transform operational transactions into meaningful insight? View this slide deck with Workday and KPMG as we explore new technologies and solutions for streamlining the analysis of vast amounts of data in the changing world of finance.
Critical Review of Open Group IT4IT Reference ArchitectureAlan McSweeney
This reviews the Open Group’s IT4IT Reference Architecture (https://www.opengroup.org/it4it) with respect to other operational frameworks to determine its suitability and applicability to the IT operating function.
IT4IT is intended to be a reference architecture for the management of the IT function. It aims to take a value chain approach to create a model of the functions that IT performs and the services it provides to assist organisations in the identification of the activities that contribute to business competitiveness. It is intended to be an integrated framework for the management of IT that emphasises IT service lifecycles.
This paper reviews what is meant by a value-chain, with special reference to the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model (https://www.apics.org/apics-for-business/frameworks/scor). the most widely used and most comprehensive such model.
The SCOR model is part of wider set of operations reference models that describe a view of the critical elements in a value chain:
• Product Life Cycle Operations Reference model (PLCOR) - Manages the activities for product innovation and product and portfolio management
• Customer Chain Operations Reference model (CCOR) - Manages the customer interaction processes
• Design Chain Operations Reference model (DCOR) - Manages the product and service development processes
• Managing for Supply Chain Performance (M4SC) - Translates business strategies into supply chain execution plans and policies
It also compares the IT4IT Reference Architecture and its 32 functional components to other frameworks that purport to identify the critical capabilities of the IT function:
• IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) https://ivi.ie/critical-capabilities/ contains 37 critical capabilities
• Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) - http://www.sfia-online.org/ lists over 100 skills
• European e-Competence Framework (ECF) http://www.ecompetences.eu/ contains 40 competencies
• ITIL IT Service Management https://www.axelos.com/best-practice-solutions/itil
• COBIT 2019 https://www.isaca.org/resources/cobit has 40 management and control processes
Digital Business Transformation | Strategy + Executionfeature[23]
Speed of innovation and certainty of your digital technology strategy is your new IP.
Market leading brands know they are competing in the 3rd Industrial Revolution – The Software Economy – and they will live or die by their digital adoption. Companies mature in digital business transformation are outperforming, making more money, and are more profitable than their peers.
These Digital Leaders are proactively transforming their business models and leading their segments through the frenetic pace of social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and the Internet of Everything. Unfortunately, digital is still shrouded in confusion, viewed as a cost center, and punished with inadequate funding.
How do you transform modern businesses at scale by creating technology-based capabilities, products, services, and business outcomes that delivers your authentic brand promise?
Reduce Operating Costs and Accelerate Efficiency by Migrating Your SAP Applic...Amazon Web Services
If your enterprise is leveraging SAP in your on-premises data center, you’ve likely already considered migrating to the AWS Cloud in order to increase business and cost efficiencies as well as gain the business-critical reliability that the cloud provides. Accenture is an APN Premier Consulting Partner that supports enterprise-level organizations through an accelerated migration of their SAP applications to AWS. Join our upcoming webinar to hear from both AWS and Accenture on the benefits of migrating your SAP portfolio to the cloud with the help of Accenture
How to develop and govern a Technology Strategy in 10 weeksLeo Barella
This presentation covers the organizational layout, EA Services and EA Governance processes necessary to develop and govern a technology strategy effectively.
Deloitte SAP Finance Transformation AcceleratorJan Bultinck
Finance transformation is a double-edged sword. On one hand,
it can have a significant positive impact on business results.
But it can also require a considerable commitment of key talent
and resources for an extended period of time. That’s why no
organization takes finance transformation initiatives lightly. It’s
important to get them right
Digital Transformation - an introductionsimonbarna
When you commission a new digital solution, you'll change your business operation and strategy: this is digital transformation. Here's an overview of how to do it well.
SAP Reference Architecture based on LeanIXLeanIX GmbH
At EA Connect Days 2018, Florian Masjosthusmann und Manuel Männle from itelligence tried to solve the follwing questions: How can you adapt your business from where it is today to where it needs to be tomorrow? How can you document a SAP centric IT-Landscape with LeanIX? How will your IT landscape evolve to meet the demands of the digital transformation with SAP? Based on LeanIX they developed a concept to describe your SAP centric IT-Landscape and Business Architecture. On this basis, an overall strategy for S/4 HANA Transformation can be developed which is oriented on best practices and SAP Reference Architectures. The itelligence EA-Approach is to connect the SAP Best Practice E2E Views and the Capability Views with die IT-Solution Landscape.
Multi-year Application Portfolio Management (APM) projects has led LeanIX to develop an APM best practice roadmap for enterprises of various sizes. Watch the presentation and learn how to make smarter decisions on your Application Portfolio with APM & LeanIX!
Effective Application Portfolio Management using ArchiMateCorso
Learn how innovative organizations can manage and optimize the application portfolio, releasing time and costs for more strategic and valuable programs.
Take a high-level look into:
• Understanding the cost of your IT estate
• Analyzing the impact of change to an application in your portfolio
• Visualizing application and technology roadmaps for future decision making
• Identify overlaps and gaps in IT capabilities
In this new Accenture Finance & Risk presentation we explore how our capability design and data sourcing methodology provides financial services firms with a framework for addressing their data processing, report population and reporting requirement needs.
Review of Information Technology Function Critical Capability ModelsAlan McSweeney
IT Function critical capabilities are key areas where the IT function needs to maintain significant levels of competence, skill and experience and practise in order to operate and deliver a service. There are several different IT capability frameworks. The objective of these notes is to assess the suitability and applicability of these frameworks. These models can be used to identify what is important for your IT function based on your current and desired/necessary activity profile.
Capabilities vary across organisation – not all capabilities have the same importance for all organisations. These frameworks do not readily accommodate variability in the relative importance of capabilities.
The assessment approach taken is to identify a generalised set of capabilities needed across the span of IT function operations, from strategy to operations and delivery. This generic model is then be used to assess individual frameworks to determine their scope and coverage and to identify gaps.
The generic IT function capability model proposed here consists of five groups or domains of major capabilities that can be organised across the span of the IT function:
1. Information Technology Strategy, Management and Governance
2. Technology and Platforms Standards Development and Management
3. Technology and Solution Consulting and Delivery
4. Operational Run The Business/Business as Usual/Service Provision
5. Change The Business/Development and Introduction of New Services
In the context of trends and initiatives such as outsourcing, transition to cloud services and greater platform-based offerings, should the IT function develop and enhance its meta-capabilities – the management of the delivery of capabilities? Is capability identification and delivery management the most important capability? Outsourced service delivery in all its forms is not a fire-and-forget activity. You can outsource the provision of any service except the management of the supply of that service.
The following IT capability models have been evaluated:
• IT4IT Reference Architecture https://www.opengroup.org/it4it contains 32 functional components
• European e-Competence Framework (ECF) http://www.ecompetences.eu/ contains 40 competencies
• ITIL V4 https://www.axelos.com/best-practice-solutions/itil has 34 management practices
• COBIT 2019 https://www.isaca.org/resources/cobit has 40 management and control processes
• APQC Process Classification Framework - https://www.apqc.org/process-performance-management/process-frameworks version 7.2.1 has 44 major IT management processes
• IT Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) https://ivi.ie/critical-capabilities/ contains 37 critical capabilities
The following model has not been evaluated
• Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) - http://www.sfia-online.org/ lists over 100 skills
Introduction to Business Architecture - Part 2Alan McSweeney
The first part is available at: https://www.slideshare.net/alanmcsweeney/introduction-to-business-architecture-part-1.
This material describes conducting a specific business architecture engagement. The engagement process is generic and needs to be adapted to each specific application and use. The engagement is a formal process for gathering information and creating a new business function model based on an analysis of that information.
The objective is to create a realistic and achievable target business architecture to achieve the desired business change.
Business architecture is a structured approach to analysing the operation of an existing business function or entire organisation with a view to improving its operations or developing a new business function, with a strong focus on processes and technology. Business architecture is not about business requirements – it is about business solutions and organisation changes to deliver business objectives.
Your Digital Finance Transformation JourneyWorkday, Inc.
When it comes to navigating digital transformation within finance, no two organizations or industries are alike.
View this slide deck to learn how Workday and Deloitte are partnering to provide customers across industries with a perfect path forward, and can help you set a clear strategy for your journey.
Oracle IT Financial Management (ITFM) - Align IT to run and grow the business. Transparency to IT service charges; align IT projects with strategic priorities; IT spend analysis - run vs. grow vs. transform; build credibility with the business
Winning Strategies for Oracle Cloud Adoption: Should You Test Drive, Lease, o...Joseph Alaimo Jr
Have you seen your future in Oracle EPM & Analytics Cloud? And do you know if it’s sunny or not? Over the last several years, many of our customers have asked that same question—should I move? If so, when? And if when, how? This presentation provides a series of case studies to highlight the different approaches customers have taken to assess and deliver to their internal business partners the features and benefits of Oracle Cloud. Whether taking an “assessment-only view,” “bring your own Cloud,” “dip your toe in the water,” or “big-bang” approach, gain insight into the pros and cons of different implementation approaches, business benefits, and product features—specifically focused on the EPM and Oracle Analytics Cloud product suite.
Want to make creating tickets, entering time and adding notes easier? Autotask's new Incoming Email Processing service is the tool you need. Not only can customer emails be parsed neatly and automatically into tickets, it integrates email communications into your day-to-day workflow, improves response times, increases customer satisfaction, and automatically captures ticket updates, task and time entries. This session shows you how you can increase efficiency and communication with the correct configuration of this powerful, new tool.
[Presenter: Guido Frank, Autotask]
Modern IT Service Management Transformation - ITIL IndonesiaEryk Budi Pratama
Presented at Online ITIL Indonesia Webinar #5.
Content:
> Setting up the context
> Understanding holistic IT Management point of view
> IT Service Management Transformation
> Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
> IT Service Catalogue
> IT Sourcing
> Agile Incident Management
Ever struggled with the question of, What is the Value of Enterprise Architecture? In this webinar, Michael Fulton, experienced architect and President, CC&C Americas will share his perspective on EA and the value it provides to the CIO, to IT and to the business.
We will cover the benefits associated with:
• new Business Capabilities
• Cost Savings
• Risk Reduction
Key Take-aways:
• What are the elements of value delivered by IT?
• How does EA & IT Architecture deliver value to the organization?
• Why should you consider implementing an Enterprise Architecture program at your company?
Frameworks to drive value from your investment in Information TechnologyJohn Halliday
This PDF presentation aims to assist the C-Suite (CEO, CIO, CRO, CSO), Board Members and Audit and Risk Committees to be aware of good IT governance frameworks and references and thereby have Value conversations with IT professionals (and assist IT professionals to drive, and prepare for these conversations). It will cover a wide range of frameworks and references. Enjoy!
Peak Profitability Across the Business: Understanding the Past and Planning f...Alithya
This exclusive Oracle EPM Conference provided tips on how to get the most out of your Hyperion investment and take your business to the next level of profitability through proven techniques and strategies.
Edgewater Ranzal hosted a presentation entitled: Peak Profitability Across the Business: Understanding the Past and Planning for the Future.
This presentation gives insights, tips, and techniques on using the Oracle EPM Automate tool to automate movement of metadata and data for Hybrid Environments and between Cloud Pods (e.g. Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) and Profitability and Cost Management Cloud Service (PCMCS) applications).
Baha Mar's All in Bet on Red: The Story of Integrating Data and Master Data w...Joseph Alaimo Jr
Baha Mar is the Bahamas' newest luxury resort, featuring world class hotels, restaurants, shopping, spas, a golf course, and a casino. Baha Mar has gone all in, betting big on red by adopting a Planning and Budget Cloud Service (PBCS), a Financial Close and Consolidation Cloud Service (FCCS), and an Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS). Within PBCS, Baha Mar has implemented daily operational reporting (DOR), which captures daily activity across the entire property.
This presentation explores how, and more importantly, why FDMEE (on-premises) was used in favor of cloud data management. It covers the myriad of disparate and highly specialized data sources needed to support loading detailed operational data on a daily basis. It studies the various methodologies used to streamline data integration and enrich the data load cycle.
Additionally, EDMCS and cloud data management were leveraged to reduce duplicate master data maintenance while sharing key findings about this exciting new cloud service.
FDMEE versus Cloud Data Management - The Real StoryJoseph Alaimo Jr
Are you considering or have you recently purchased an Oracle EPM Cloud Service? If so, you've likely heard about Cloud Data Management and how it can satisfy all of your data and master data needs. Sounds like Nirvana, right? Not so fast.
This presentation explores the capabilities of Cloud Data Management and its supporting technologies as well as its on-premises counterpart, FDMEE. It weighs the pros and cons of each option, including software and hardware costs, functionality, and sustainability.
Essbase’s “Best in Class” calculation engine enables Essbase and Planning to satisfy a vast array of planning and analysis needs. Whether it’s on-premise, in PBCS custom databases, or in the EPBCS business processes, creating custom logic that meets any analytical need will generate enormous value for your organization. But to take advantage of that power and avoid costly mistakes, you must thoroughly understand what you’re working with.
The Visual Approach to Essbase calculations was developed and refined over 20 years of Essbase and Planning projects with thousands of hours of training. Now, it’s been updated for the cloud and Hybrid Aggregation. The Visual Approach uses many diagrams and visualizations to walk through exactly how Essbase thinks, starting with a thorough explanation of dimensionality, the Essbase calc cycle, global calculation, and controlling calculation scope. It demystifies sparse and dense, showing how to make the block your friend in order to make your calculations (and other Essbase/Planning operations) quickly. Finally, it explains a handful of the most important commands and functions.
This presentation is for power users, admins, and developers who are either new to Essbase and Planning calculations or need to improve their calculation skills. It provides a thorough understanding of the concepts governing Essbase calculations and the core set of commands and functions that are used in virtually every calc script and business rule. It gives you the confidence to tackle new calculation challenges and write better, faster, and more powerful business rules.
Why Should I Care About DVD? Blu-Ray is the New Thing, Right?Joseph Alaimo Jr
You like Tableau and PowerBI, but you've been hearing about this thing called DVD. No, not the disc. We're talking about Data Visualization Desktop, Oracle's data visualization tool, which is part of the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) suite. This presentation takes a quick look at OAC's suite of tools. It explores how Oracle Data Visualization stacks up against its main competitors, including a grudge match style live demo, during which you will get to take part in rating each tool! It focuses on the most important and interesting features so that you will be able to make your own assessment.
Integrated Planning Using Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service at ...Joseph Alaimo Jr
Presentation to demonstrate how a world leader in metal, electronics, and curbside recycling, implemented the Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) application to satisfy their forecasting and budgeting needs. The solution uses a Hybrid architecture, in which on-premises Financial Data Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) is used for data integration, for loading from source systems to EPBCS, and to integrate post forecast data with on-premises Hyperion Financial Management (HFM).
Predictive Planning is an element of Oracle EPM's focus on Intelligent Performance Management, which is automating as much as possible in order to free up humans to do the real thinking. Predictive Planning is advanced statistical forecasting made easy and tightly integrated into EPBCS. It includes methods such as linear regression, exponential smoothing, and seasonality. For each forecast, it tests many different techniques and creates a forecast using the best one. You might use the results as your primary forecast, you might use them as your forecast seed, or you might use them to compare to and validate human-made forecasts. You don’t need a PhD in statistics. In fact, it’s a good way to learn more about statistical forecasting techniques (aka data science).
So how exactly does it work, and how can you use it to improve your forecasts? This presentation provides a quick overview of the statistical techniques and error measures. It identifies some potential use cases from finance, sales, and HR. Finally, it digs into some examples of how to set up and implement the cube. This presentation is intended for EPBCS admins and developers, as well as Finance, Sales, and HR planners who want to improve their forecasting and analytics.
Oracle Analytics Cloud: connect; prepare; explore; share. Liberate all data and connect to more than 50 different data sources. Powerful tools for auditable and traceable data blending, wrangling, cleansing, & modeling. Intuitive and rich exploration with self-service data visualization. Build collective intelligence by collaborating with peers and socialize insights across the organization or the world.
Adaptive Intelligence: What's Next in Business AnalyticsJoseph Alaimo Jr
Oracle Analytics Cloud: Connect, Prepare, Explore, Share. Liberate data and connect to more than 50 different data sources. Powerful tools for auditable and traceable data blending, wrangling, and cleansing. Intuitive and rich exploration with self-service data visualization. Build collective intelligence by collaborating with peers and socialize insights across then organization or the world.
Back to the Future - Oracle Essbase - Then and Now Joseph Alaimo Jr
Join Edgewater Ranzal for a whimsical look at the history of Oracle Essbase. Take a walk down memory lane to the days of Arbor Software, where all that was required was a “server under the desk”, and tools such as Application Manager and the Excel Add-In. We will show historical artifacts, and share examples of “alternative” applications from days gone by, in addition to the traditional triad of management reporting, planning and profitability analysis that so many of our customers leverage today. Come for a breakfast treat, take home a few souvenirs, and reminisce with like-minded peers regarding the amazing Essbase!
Oracle’s Supplemental Data Manager (SDM) module is designed to capture supplemental information in a structured process. A presentation on how UHS was able to replace a long list of Excel-based schedules with SDM and automate the data population to make the process more efficient. UHS was able to accommodate schedules used both at the beginning of the close process in order to formulate and validate accruals as well as at the end of the close process for reporting purposes.
True Power of Oracle's Enterprise Planning Suite Unleashed at POETJoseph Alaimo Jr
POET, a leading biofuel company specializing in the production of ethanol and ethanol co-products, needed a platform to support its performance management initiatives and ultimately the company mission, which required generating fully integrated income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow projections over a five-year planning horizon. It needed a system that could provide short-term detailed operational budgeting capabilities for various aspects of the business (i.e. SG&A, capital planning, project planning) while also delivering a flexible solution to allow for higher level long-range planning. In search of these overall process improvements and efficiencies related to the budgeting and long-range planning processes, POET turned to Oracle and Ranzal to deliver a best in-class solution using Oracle’s suite of EPM applications. A guide through POET's process using the “right tool for the right job” mantra, to unleash the true power of Oracle’s Enterprise Planning suite including Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance, Hyperion Planning (including Workforce, Capital and Project Financial Planning), Essbase, and Financial Data Management Enterprise Edition.
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This session will be most useful for those with a solid FDMEE foundation and some familiarity with scripting languages.
Knowledge shared about implementing and upgrading FDMEE. Tired of trying to get your FDMEE questions answered in other panels that span all the EPM technologies? Perhaps you are considering an upgrade to FDMEE, maybe you have already upgraded and are missing key functionality, maybe you are trying to understand your options for cloud integration with FDMEE, or maybe you just want to learn more about what you can do with FDMEE.
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• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
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In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
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Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
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Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
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- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
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- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
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The Bill for IT: IT Service Costing, Showback, & Chargebacks with PCMCS
1. The Bill for IT: IT Service
Costing, Showback &
Chargebacks
with Profitability & Cost Management
Cloud Service (PCMCS)
Bart Stoehr – Edgewater Ranzal
Getting to the Answers for Improved Business Performance
FocusedOraclePlatinumCloudPartner Oracle Cloud Solution Provider – EPM, BI and BD Technologies
2. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Session Agenda
• Introduction to Oracle ITFM
• Why is ITFM Important?
• ITFM Solution Components
• Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Q&A
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3. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Leading IP Program @Edgewater Ranzal
Bart Stoehr
• Intellectual Property (IP) Program Director
• Responsible for marketing, sales & delivery enablement of
methodologies, domain starter kits & accelerators
• 28+ years EPM & BI experience with Oracle & others
• 1 Year – Launch Edgewater Ranzal IP Program
• 5 Years – Oracle HPCM/PCMCS Product Development
• 5 Years – Oracle CPM & BI Product Development
• 13 Years – Oracle Financial Services EPM Product
Development
• 5 Years – Financial Services Practitioner
• Expertise Across Multiple Domains
• Deep Financial Services Expertise
• Multi-Product EPM & BI Solutions
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How about You?
• Football Fans?
• Job Roles & ITFM Experience?
• FP&A
• IT Finance
• IT Operations
• Size of IT Spend?
• Why this session?
• Pain Points
• Educational
4. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
1,000+ Oracle/Hyperion Customers 2,000+ Oracle/Hyperion Projects
Proven Project Methodology and Implementation Approach
Planning
Suite
Fin Close
Suite HPCM
BI Suite Big DataEngineered
Systems
Integration
Workflow
Master Data
On-PremiseCloud (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS)
Edgewater Ranzal is a global full-service Oracle Platinum Consulting Partner providing
premier services across the entire EPM / BI / Big Data platforms
Since 1996
Healthcare
Financial Services/Insurance
Retail
CPG / MFG
High Tech
Oil & Gas
Entertainment
Planning
Cloud
Fin Close
Cloud Profitability
Cloud
4
Edgewater Ranzal Overview
20+ Years of Integrated Business Analytics
Advisory
Services
Implementation
Services
Technical
Services
Hosting &
Support
Big Data
Cloud
BI
CloudCloud
Infrastructure
Training
Services
Operational
ERP
Intellectual
Property
5. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Edgewater Ranzal History
with Profitability & Cost Management Solutions
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6. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Our Partner: Thavron Solutions
ITFM and Service Portfolio Management Experts
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Thavron Solutions is a consulting firm that specializes in ITFM transformation that helps
bridge the gap between IT and the Business.
We have decades of practitioner experience in helping fortune 500 companies as well
as mid-size corporations in their effort to improve IT value and business alignment.
Successful
Implementation
Maturity
and
Readiness
Report and Dashboard
Design
Business Service
Definition
We help client engagement teams use leading practices in order to ensure a successful engagement, and
future growth.
7. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
The Dual Role of the CIO
Spend: IT to Sustain
“Run the Business”
Invest: IT as Strategic
“Grow & Transform the Business”
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9. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Session Agenda
• Introduction to Oracle ITFM
• Why is ITFM Important?
• ITFM Solution Components
• Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Q&A
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10. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
C-Suite Perspective:
Connecting the Value of IT to the Business
CFO
CIO
$ $ $ $ $ $$
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“With the business units in control of the IT budget… the CIO should expect to hear an increasingly
common question from the business to IT: ’For the check I wrote you, what value did we achieve?’”
– CIO.com, Modernizing IT: How to thrive as a CIO ‘value broker’
11. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Information Technology Financial Management (ITFM) focuses on these business processes:
IT Planning – budgeting & forecasting of IT Operating & Capital Spend
IT Costing – linking supply side financial cost structures with demand side consumption for services & projects
IT Chargebacks – equitably charging lines of business for internal services & projects performed (or Showback)
IT Finance Organizations typically manage these processes through a series of multiple systems and offline
spreadsheets. This creates pain via the efficiency (e.g. the time it takes) of the process, and the
effectiveness (e.g. what is produced) of the results.
To improve efficiency and effectiveness, ITFM Solutions are needed. With an ITFM solution, customers are
able to:
Reduce the time that IT Finance spends on managing the business processes, providing more time for value added analytical
activities
Provide IT Managers with more detailed, timely, accurate data to better understand the cost & effectiveness of the services &
projects they are delivering.
Provide Line-of-Business managers with cost transparency into IT allocations & chargebacks, which allows them to better align
their consumption of services with their business goals
IT Financial Management (ITFM)
The Language of Value
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13. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Wherever they sit in the
organization, the CIO is
responsible for keeping IT
functional and cost effective.
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14. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
The Benefits Bubble Through the Organization
Cost Transparency
R2GT
M&A
App
Rat
Cloud
WhatIf
Model
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15. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
CIO
Explains the business investments
in IT and value delivered.
VP Infrastructure
Explains how infrastructure is used to support Apps or
Business Services … wants to explore “what if” modeling
to make technology decisions.
VP Applications
Needs to understand Application TCO for
App Rationalization/Cost Optimization
including App unit cost trends.
.
IT Finance Manager
Needs to have Cost
Transparency internal to IT …
able to have consumption
based models for Business
Show Back /Charge Back.
.
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Who Cares Most?
16. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
What’s the Bottom Line?
• For organizations who have not yet started the journey, doing so can drive
bottom line financial impact and operational improvement (~10%).
• For those who already have a base model, pushing towards maturity can
increase impact by as much as 2x.
• Provides a Service Model to change the internal IT culture and
discussion as well as External (with the business).
• Value Aligned for best Bottom Line impact- allows the CIO to bring value
to the table.
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17. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Session Agenda
• Introduction to Oracle ITFM
• Why is ITFM Important?
• ITFM Solution Components
• Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Q&A
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18. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
IT Demand Plan
Run/Build (Project)
IT Costing &
Chargebacks
Oracle IT Financial Management (ITFM) Solution *
IT Supply Plan
Labor/Equip (Resource)
Service Catalogue
(Run)
Project Portfolio
Mgmt (Build)
IT Management IT FinanceLine of Business
Management
Operational Systems
Line of Business
Chargeback Reports
IT Performance
Management Reports
Shared Master Data & Governance
General Ledger
SubLedgers
AP, FA, PR, PO
Financial Systems
Cost Centers & AccountsConsumers & Services Projects & Resources
Oracle IT Financial Management Solution Architecture
Enterprise Planning + Profitability & Cost Management Cloud
Configuration DB
(Resources)
Projects
Oracle
ERP
Oracle
Projects
Oracle
PPM
DRM or
EDMCS
EPBCS
PCMCS +
ITFM Templates
FDMEE or
Data Mgmt
FDMEE or
Data Mgmt
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* An Enterprise class EPM/CPM system pre-configured and fine-tuned to handle the IT-specific logic needed to provide accurate information about IT-related projects and services and resource consumption.
19. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
• IT Target Setting
• BAU Targets Aligned with Revenue
• Initiatives Linked to Strategic Planning
• IT Resource Planning
• Employees & Contractors
• Equipment & Software
• Integrates with HR & Fixed Assets Systems
• IT Project Financial Planning & Forecasting
• Budgeting & ROI for new Programs & Projects
• Forecasting for Indirect & Capital Projects
• Integrates with PPM solutions
• Monitoring & Analysis
• Self-Service Reports & Ad Hoc Analysis
• Provide transparency between the CIO & CFO
Spotlight on IT Planning & Forecasting
Improve Forecast Accuracy & Control
IT Target
Setting
IT Resource Plan
& Forecast
IT Project Plan &
Forecast
Monitoring &
Analysis
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20. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Enterprise Planning & Budgeting Cloud
The Engine Behind IT Planning & Forecasting
Planning modules with best practice content for
rapid deployment & auto-upgrade
Configuration Wizards for Functional administration
Easy-to-use Mobile, Web & Office User Interfaces WORKFORCE PROJECTSFINANCIALS CAPEX
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21. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Spotlight on IT Service Costing & Chargebacks
Modeling IT Like a Service Business
• Combine Data from Multiple Sources
• General Ledger/Financial Planning
• Projects Ledger/Project Planning
• Optional - Time Entry Hours By Project
• Optional - Vendor Detail from AP & GL
• Perform Cost Center Allocations
• Corporate Overhead & Services to IT
• IT Overhead Allocations
• Intra-IT Allocations/Tech Services
• Perform Project Allocations
• Investment Class (Run/Build) Split
• Project OH Burdening
• Capitalized Labor to Projects
• Combine Data from Multiple Sources
• Labor Financials from Payroll or WFP
• Asset Financials from Fixed Assets
• Operational IT Resource Tracking Data
• Service/Application Consumption Metrics
• Perform Resource Costing
• Labor Costing By Class/Skill/Person
• Asset Costing by Class/Type/Equipment
• Perform Service Costing
• Flexible phasing of costs from Cost
Center, Project or Resource
• Calculate Unit Cost Per Service
• Service Catalogue & Bill Rates
• Contribution Cost Trace
• Consumer Showbacks
• Consumer Allocations
• Cost Per Supported User
• Consumer Chargebacks
• Intra/Inter Company Charges
• Cost Recovery Variances
Model Financials & Projects Complete Costing of IT Operations IT as a Business Service Provider
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22. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Oracle Profitability & Cost Management Cloud
The Engine Behind IT Service Costing & Chargebacks
Published Reports &
Interactive Analytics
Model Development
Master Data & Data
Integration Management
Profitability & Cost Management
Cloud Service
(PCMCS)
Financial Reports, Smart
View, Embedded
Visualizations
Model Execution
✓ No Large Initial
Investment
✓ Accessible
✓ Always up to date
Allocation
Engine
Embedded
Intelligence
Mobile
Rule
Transparency
Integrations
Dashboards &
Work Areas
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23. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
• Pre-Built Data Model
• 14 Base Dimensions
• 24 Attribute Dimensions
• Pre-Populated Content
• IT Chart of Account Definition (150+)
• Service Catalogue (50+)
• 40+ Drivers
• Pre-Built Model & Reporting Content
• 15+ Ratios/Metrics
• Time Series & Variance Calculations
• Starter Set of 40 Allocation Rules
• 15+ Smart View & Fin Reports
• 30+ Pre-Built Model Views for Analysis
• Pre-Built Interface Specifications
• 20+ Native File Formats managed by Source
• Ranzal Accelerators WIP for Data Management
Mapping & Automation
PCM IT Costing & Chargeback (ITCC) Template
Pre-Packaged Content for Profitability Cloud
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24. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Program Agenda
• Introduction to Oracle ITFM
• Why is ITFM Important?
• ITFM Solution Components
• Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Q&A
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25. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
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26. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
IT Transformation: Maturity-Value Curve
IT Cost
Management
Internal
Transparency
External
Transparency
Demand
Management
Portfolio
Optimization
Value
Maturity
oImprove data quality
at the source
oLeverage assumptive
data to fill in gaps
oDetermine TCO of
technology silos
oCompare costs to
industry peers
oImprove vendor
management
oImprove data quality
and completeness
oDetermine TCO of IT
Business Capabilities
and Processes
oAnalyze utilization rates
to identify
consolidation
opportunities
oLeverage cost
benchmarks to reduce
capability costs
oBegin to balance cost
with quality
oImplement chargeback or
show-back via Bill of IT
oCommunicate cost,
quality and value trade-
offs (levers)
oWork with business
leaders to determine
most cost-effective
Business Capability and
Application Portfolio
oJustify or delay
investments based on
utilization and expected
ROI of IT services
oModel demand for
products and capabilities
based on forecast
business change or as a
reaction to changes
oIntegrate accurate IT
costing into business and
product portfolio
planning cycles
oCost-effectively source IT
(internally or externally)
based on real-time
business demand
oMeasure and optimize
investments as a
strategic partner with the
business in Run the
Business (RtB), Grow the
Business (GtB) and
Transform the Business
(TtB) initiatives
oRestructure IT Capability
portfolio to maximize
business value based on
changing business needs
Value to IT (innovation)
Business Value (growth)
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27. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Account x Entity
Account x Entity x Project
Account x Entity x Project
Account x Entity x Project
x Vendor
Account x Entity x Project
x Vendor
Service
Resource (Cat) x Service
Resource (Detail) x Service
Consumer
Consumer
Consumer
Consumer
Consumer
ITFM Flexible Maturity Model
Phased Implementations Maximize Time-to-Value
*Custom1 can also be included in any Financial View
*
Per PCM Point-of-View: Period, Fiscal Year, Scenario, Currency
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28. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
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29. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
PCMCS IT Costing & Chargebacks Template
Pre-built Application & Service Catalogue
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• Services are
attached with default
drivers for allocation
rules & reporting
• Application or
Service View can be
modified to
Application By
Service utilizing
Resource Dimension
30. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
30
31. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
PCMCS IT Costing & Chargebacks Template
Pre-built Dimensional Model
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• Time: MTD, QTD, YTD, ITD
• Scenario: Pre-built variance calculations
• Currency: For Local, Reporting &
Constant Currency Analysis
• System Dimensions: Enables
Transparency
• Data Source: Recon & adjustments
between GL & Project/Vendor/Resource in
Sub-Ledgers
• Account & Service: Prepopulated with
content & calculations
• Optional Dimensions: Allow for phased
delivery and flexibility to adapt
32. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
PCMCS IT Costing & Chargebacks Template
Data Source Dimension for Transparency & Adjustments
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PCMCS
Allocations & Calculations
Fin
Plan
GL
Balances
Project
Fin
Plan
Wrkfrc
Plan
Capital
Plan
PPM Time Entry
Config
Mgmt DB
IT Stats
AP
HCM
Adj
Projects
Payroll
Fixed
Assets
33. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
33
34. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Assessment Philosophy
Design First, then Assess for Capability
• Design ideal model based on Stakeholder
input
• Pros:
– Stakeholder buy in /ownership
– Ideal solution from the start
• Cons:
– Data not capable of supporting model
– Project “hangs” or collapses
Assess first, Design to Capability
• Understand current data status, design model
to capability with specific maturity goals
• Pros:
– Design will succeed
– Rapid transparency to data “imperfections”
• Cons:
– Resistance to evolving/maturing model
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35. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
The Myth of Perfect Data
Myth:
You need perfectly clean and aligned
data to get insight to service costing
Fact:
You need data that is “clean enough”
to allow your model to function
consistently to get insight to
service costing
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36. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Creating a Data Assessment Plan
• Measuring gaps to the template - Identifying issues early!
• Coordinate with Source System owners/SMEs
• Extracts in raw format for assessment
• Careful measurement of stability and completeness
• Calculation of maturity and readiness
37. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
PCMCS IT Costing & Chargebacks Template
Data Management Approaches for Hybrid Deployments
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• Native Load
• Formatted Text Document
• No Load Rule Required
• Loads are initiated in PCM GUI
• Data Management (e.g. FDMEE “Light” in the Cloud)
• Provides data mapping
• Provides scheduling
• Provides Drill
• Import/Export functionality
• Hybrid
• Utilizes on premise FDMEE 11.1.2.4+ to
integrate with the cloud
• Allows integration between GL and on cloud
applications*
• Provides Drill
• Import/Export functionality
PCMCS
PCMCS
PCMCS
38. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
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39. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Typical Client Journey
Design/
Fit-Gap
Data Load &
Modeling
Initial
Reporting
Prioritize data
gaps
Data clean up
Consumable
Reports
Roadmap
Items
You are
Here
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40. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
PCMCS IT Costing & Chargebacks Template
Prescriptive Starter Set of Allocation Rules
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Finance Allocs
* Corp Ovhd Allocs
* IT Ovhd Allocs
* Intra-IT Allocs
Project Allocs
* Project OH Burdening
* SOP-98 Opex to Capex
* Run/Build Split
Resource Costing
* Vendor/Resource Costing
* Configuration Item Costing
---People
---Assets
Service Allocations
* Sevice & Application Costing
Consumer Allocations
* Service Charge to Consumer
* IT LOB Allocation to Consumer
* IT Project Allocation to Consuemr
Data Prep
* Currency Conversion
* Driver Prep
• Pre-configured rules have been
created that reference existing
meta data. Rules have been tagged
to unique Data Source dimension
members to aid in reporting.
• Rules are organized into rule sets
that may be enabled or disabled for
phased implementation work
needed
• Rules can vary by Point-of-View,
allowing for interesting price-
volume-mix and what-if analysis
capabilities
• PCM System dimensions (Rule,
Balance) track the flow of data
automatically which enables
transparency throughout the
process
41. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
PCMCS IT Costing & Chargebacks Template
15 Pre-Built Reports Enabled By Phase
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Financial View IT Operations View Consumer View
CIO Key Metrics
Provides an overall view
of key financial and non-
financial IT Metrics for IT
Management.
Budget vs. Actuals (BvA)
for Service Owners
Plan vs. Actual Variance
Analysis of Total IT Run
Spend by IT Service
Owner
Run Spend By Service
and Org
Shows the Actual YTD
Run Spend by IT Cost
Center and Service
IT Plan Review
Provides a Comparison
of Run/Build &
Opex/Capex IT Spend
by Scenario. CPSU By Service
Shows a Plan vs Actual
vs Variance of
Annualized IT Allocated
Cost Per Supported User
by IT Service
Build Spend By Initiative
and Org
Shows the Actual YTD
Build Spend by IT
Project and Initiative.
Run vs. Build Summary
Monthly Run/Build Trend
benchmarked against
Firm Revenue. IT Intra-Tech Service
Shows the results of IT
Technical Service
Allocations.
CPSU by Consumer
Function
Shows the Annualized IT
Allocated Cost Per
Supported User By
Consumer Function
IT Build by Project
Category
Provides YoY
Comparison of Project
Spend by Build
Category. Monthly Vendor Spend
Shows the monthly trend
in spend by top vendors.
CPSU By Consumer
Geo
Shows the Annualized IT
Allocated Cost Per
Supported User By
Consumer Geography.
IT Headcount Review
Provides a comparison
of IT Headcount by
Scenario & Delivery Org.
IT Run by Resource
View
Shows the Trend in
Actual and Forecasted
total allocated cost and
CPSU by IT Resource
Category. Bill of IT
Per Consumer shows
Billed Charges and Cost
Per Service.
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42. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Socializing the Design and the Roadmap
• Stakeholder involvement
• Review Use Case
• Review Target Design
• Share data gaps identified
• Get sign off
• Give homework if appropriate
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43. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
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44. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Conceptual Project
Timeline/Services/Deliverables
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Pre-
Week 1
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
Post-
Week 7
Fit Gap
Design
Test: Client Lead
Working Model w/Reporting & Data Int Routines
Go-Live
Deliverables
• Communication templates and
plans for model socialization
• Report Validation
• Business Service Map vs Existing
• CMDB alignment vs Industry Stnd
ITCC Training 12 Users
Application Configuration
Presales “30 Minute” Health Check
Presales Discovery Workshop
Leading Practices
Deliverables
• High Level Maturity Gap: Data & Systems | Process & People |
Governance
• High level Capabilities and Gaps Analysis to correctly scope and
align project
• 6 month critical path high level plan
Train & Rollout 12 Users
Steps
• Instance Provisioning and Setup , 25 Users, incl Archiving and Backups
• Initialize ITFM Solution via Templates
• Configure Master Data for Entity, Custom1, Project, Service & Consumer and
related attributes from Client Provided Files
• Configure Data Load Routines with mapping to ITFM COA for Pre-Allocated
Financials for CY Actual, Budget, Forecast & PY Actuals
• Configure Data Load Rules for Entity Based, Project Based, Service Based, and
Consumer Based Driver Metrics (4 Interfaces)
• 1.5 Week Allowance for Modification of Existing Allocation Rule Sets, Reports &
Ratios/Metrics to Meet Unique Client Needs
Sustain Support
Leading Practices Workshops: Data Maturity – Readiness | Roadmap | Business Services Def | CMDB
Leading Practices – Change Management: Sponsorship / Staffing
Dev to Test Migration
Leading Practices: Model, Data & Rpt Roadmaps
Deliverables
• Environment Migration Guide
• System Administrative Guide
• Customized End User Training
Material
Workshops: Model Socialization | Use Cases Doc | Model | Reports
Deliverable: Post implementation roadmaps
Deliverables:
Staffing Plans
Sponsorship Tour Plans
Lead Lead
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Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Document your Business Cases
• Identify the Services to be modeled
• Preliminary Design
• Identify and define the data you will need
• Get extracts from the potential data sources and measure for data
maturity/fit
• Revise your design and initial socialization
• Build the model and validate
• Socialize and Operationalize
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46. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Run the IT Service Costing Model
Load, Calculate & Validate
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• Post-Calculation Validation
– Data Validation
• SmartView
• Queries
• Rule Balancing Report
• Traceability Maps
• Dashboards
• Financial Reports
– System Validation
• Programme
Documentation
• Dimension Statistics
• Rule Data Validation
• Execution Statistics
• Pre-Calculation Validation
– Meta-data Validation
– Model Validation
• Rule Sets and Rules
• Model Views
• Queries
• Analytics
• Data Grants
– Data Validation
• SmartView
• Queries
• Rule Balancing Report
• Dashboards
• Financial Reports
Calculation
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Publish & Analyze the IT Service Costing Model
Reporting & Analysis
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• Provides built-in reporting and analytics
capabilities
• Are developed and maintained by end-users
• Minimizes the need for dedicated Reporting
teams. The people who use the reports can
develop them
• Provides:
• Population Performance Analysis
• Multi-dimensional P&Ls
• Cost Contribution Reporting
• Cost and Profitability Statistics
• KPI’s & Dashboarding
48. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Session Agenda
• Introduction to Oracle ITFM
• Why is ITFM Important?
• ITFM Solution Components
• Your ITFM Project Ignited
• Q&A
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49. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
ITFM Partnership - Uniting Expertise and Strengths
"This collaboration brings a unique intersection of technology, strategy
and implementation expertise to the ITFM space. We see a compelling
opportunity to further strengthen the bonds between the offices of the
CFO and CIO and bring a common language to the business."
- Matt Bradley, Senior Vice President, Product Development, Oracle
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50. Business Analytics Solutions Provider: EPM, BI, and BD Technologies
Your Resource for Integrated Business Analytics @HOUG
Stop by the Edgewater Ranzal table and Register to
Win Prizes!
Grand Prize: Google Home
Schedule a Complimentary ITFM Health Check
appointment.
30 Minute Meetings are available.
Engage with trusted partners to find out more about
IT Financial Management Solutions (ITFM):
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51. Business Analytics Solution Provider Using Oracle EPM, BI and BD Technologies NASDAQ: EDGW
Oracle PCMCS is an open, user driven, cost-effective, mobile-ready cloud based service
that serves as the platform for the solution, and enables flexibility and transparency into
the process. It fits alongside existing customer investments in cloud & on-premise
technology.
Edgewater Ranzal is an Oracle Platinum consulting partner with functional & technical
expertise in the Oracle EPM space, and designing solutions that integrate with a larger
financial systems landscape. Ranzal has more Oracle PCM implementations than any other
partner, and a direct line to Oracle Product Management.
Thavron Solutions is a consulting and technology firm with decades of practitioner and data
science experience in large corporations. Thavron uniquely uses data driven discussions
to understand and deliver real value to business value streams. Through their collaborative
teaming for advisory and implementation engagements, Thavron delivers strategic and
tactical road maps so clients can predictably continue to improve IT’s performance.
The IT Costing & Chargeback Templates were designed and implemented for Oracle by
Ranzal, and were based on multiple customer implementations. These free templates
provide an estimated savings of ~650 consulting hours for design, build, and testing, and
a cost savings of $125k to $150k.
Why Oracle + Ranzal + Thavron for ITFM?
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52. Business Analytics Solution Provider Using Oracle EPM, BI and BD Technologies
The ITFM Grinder: Transforming ITFM from Tactical to
Strategic - Blog
CLICK to Find What We Know!
ITFM Solution Page
Solution Sheet: Insight Driven Decisions Between
CIOs and CFOs with IT Financial Management
(ITFM)
Webinar: Connecting the Value of IT: A Disciplined
Solution for Service Costing and Chargeback
Blog: Connecting the Value of IT: A Disciplined
Solution for Service Costing and Chargeback
HUGmn Tech Day Presentation: The Bill for IT: IT
Service Costing, Showbacks & Chargebacks with
Profitability & Cost Management Cloud Service
Blog: How to Show the Financial Value of IT
Blog: IT Financial Management: IT’s New Strategic
Weapon
Blog: How to Get Better Insight Into the Value of IT
Solution Brief: Here
Executive Briefing YouTube Video: Here
ITFM Overview YouTube Video: Here
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53. Business Analytics Solution Provider Using Oracle EPM, BI and BD Technologies NASDAQ: EDGW
Contact Information
150 North Michigan Ave.
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel (312) 624-7738
200 Harvard Mill Square
Suite 210
Wakefield, MA 01880
Tel (781) 246-3343
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Bart Stoehr
IP Program Director
310.466.8196
bstoehr@ranzal.com
Nan Braun
CEO / Founder
765.271.9420
nbraun@thavronsolutions.com
1025 Westchester Ave.
Suite 108
White Plains, NY 10604
Tel (914) 253-6600
Nate Gruys
Business Development Manager
952.210.8377
ngruys@ranzal.com
56. IT Services
Copyright 2016 Thavron Solutions, LLC
End User
Mobile Device
Workspace
Service Desk
Compute
Windows
Linux
Mainframe
Database
Data Center
Enterprise
Other Facilities
Delivery
Proj Mgt
Client Mgt
Ops Center
Cloud Ops
Application
Development
Support & OPS
LoB Software
Cloud Apps
Communication
Circuits
Usage
Network
Lan
Wan
Voice
Other Network
Cloud Network
Security & Compliance
Security Policy
Compliance
Disaster Recovery
Storage
Tier 1-4
Cloud
Cloud Archive
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57. Business Services
Copyright 2016 Thavron Solutions, LLC
Client Computing
Basic Workspace
Technical Workspace
Shared Workspace
Traveling Workspace
Copy/Print/Fax/Scan
Desk Side Support
Connectivity
Network Access
Remote Access
Comm & Collab
Conferencing
Collab Workspace
Messaging
Email
Phone & Voicemail
Line of Business
Strategy & Plan
Design & Build
Market & Sell
Take Orders
Deliver Products
Service Customer
Mgmt & Support
Finance
HR
Legal
Facilities
Communications
Prof Services
Prog & Proj Mngt
Bus Process Mngt
Ent Architecture
Hosting
App Hosting
PaaS
DBaaS
CaaS
SaaS
App & Integration
App Design & Dev
App Support
Quality Assurance
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58. Where does the data come from?
• Finance System
• Depreciation Tracking
• CMDB
• Asset Management
• Storage Management System(s)
• Data Center Management
• Project Management/Tracking
• Ticketing System(s)
• Server Management Software
• VCenter or equivalent
• Cloud Provider Invoicing
• HRIS
• Network Management System(s)
• License Management System(s)
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