Integrated Reports and Analyses

A key component of any strategy execution system, are the reports and analyses it produces  These bring relevant information together from the different planning models so they are presented to users in context of any decision to be made. 

Those decisions will typically lead to altering the organization’s value chain; modifying existing strategic initiatives; developing new initiatives; and where necessary, the re-allocation of resources.  All of which are performed under the control of management processes.

The output of the planning framework is a mixture of formal reports and alerts supported by in-depth analyses.  The content will typically show actual, planned and forecast data for the organization at any point in time and allows them to answer questions in the following categories:

Backward looking / internal focus:

• Did the organization achieve its objectives?
• Were the strategic initiatives implemented as planned?
• How do the initiatives rank in terms of their impact on objectives?
• What was the cost of the initiatives against what was planed?
• How have costs in running the organizational value chain (i.e. business as usual) changed over the past year?
• For the same activities how do peer groups (e.g. sales departments) perform against each other?

Backward looking / external focus:

• How is the organization performing against competitors?
• Were the assumptions made about the business environment correct?
• What significant events happened that were not expect?

Forward looking / internal focus:

• What trends are being revealed about organizational performance that could impact overall objectives?
• Is the organization on course to achieve its objectives?
• What is the likely cost of current initiatives in the future?
• Is the cost worth the result expected?