Today’s organizations have enormous amounts of data and lots of technology but, continually, decisions are being made without the benefit of either of those tools. Executives require a structured framework for gathering, analyzing, and “what-iffing” the best ways to deploy people, capital, and time.

In Connected Planning: A Playbook for Agile Decision Making, accomplished consultant and author Ron Dimon delivers a practical and actionable framework for implementing and managing next generation planning functionality for better insight, focus, and alignment. This book demonstrates that connected planning and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) can have a positive impact on revenue growth, operating margin, asset utilization, and cash cycle efficiency, but that an effective and cohesive blueprint must first be employed.

This reliable resource expands upon and refines the central framework that first appeared in the author’s previous work, Enterprise Performance Management Done Right. It contains significantly updated technology references and new use cases of a connected planning platform, along with a new chapter on finance in a digital world that addresses technologies currently disrupting the nature of planning.

Extensive discussions of industry-shaping technologies, like the cloud, shape the book’s central argument of having a single, cohesive financial and operational plan to maximize growth and profit. You’ll learn about using integrated business planning as a cornerstone of enterprise performance management and discover what the future holds for connected planning.

Perfect for executives, especially CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, managers, and business leaders, Connected Planning: A Playbook for Agile Decision Making will also earn a place in the libraries of IT managers and other technology professionals who seek to get the most out of their data and reporting systems.