Featured Articles / PerformancePlus
20 Sep, 2016
Keeping things on track and compliant with your quality and service goals can be challenging, particularly when changes in people, processes and systems happen. People need help when change is afoot and it doesn’t have to be as dreadful as death and taxes.
11 Aug, 2016
As someone who talks to many people about their business problems, I hear a lot of stories about people’s absolute dependence and servitude to Excel.
2 Aug, 2016
I often use this quote from Daniel O’Connell, Research Director at Gartner, on user adoption.
“End-user adoption of new technology is frequently the key roadblock to an implementation’s success and also the most critical factor for generating return on investment.”
27 Jul, 2016
In all of my work roles, for many years, I was a great believer in the maxim that ‘good training makes for good staff’. That’s not necessarily true.
Business Intelligence / CFO / Performance Management / Planning and Forecasting
19 Jul, 2016
It’s normal to feel nervous when implementing a new budgeting solution using a software platform like BOARD. This is especially true if you’re moving away from spreadsheet-based budgeting and forecasting for the first time.
As an organisation grows, it is typical for processes to become more complicated. Employees who once managed both strategic operations and day-to-day tasks eventually hand over responsibility for getting things done to new team members.
5 Jul, 2016
There’s one question that has plagued IT departments for years: should we move to the cloud or stay on-premise?
Intranet / SharePoint / Syndicate SharePoint
30 Jun, 2016
In 2009 I went to Microsoft’s developer conference, TechEd. This was the same year that the first iPhone was released, and the mobility movement was just starting to build steam.
Business Intelligence / ClubIntel
28 Jun, 2016
Ask any club manager and chances are they’ll tell you that a good chicken schnitzel does wonders for getting people through the doors. And people are willing to travel in search of the best deal.
CFO / Dynamics / Dynamics GP / Financials & ERP
23 Jun, 2016
Let me guess. You’re either considering Dynamics GP 2016 as an ERP platform and want to know how much it costs. Or, you’re an existing Dynamics GP user and curious to learn if you’ll have to pay extra to upgrade to the latest version.
Budgeting and Forecasting / CFO / Performance Management / Planning and Forecasting
21 Jun, 2016
In business, success relies on good intelligence then good decisions. Without the right data, organisations struggle to respond to change ahead of the market. They can’t easily see what’s working, what’s not, and identify areas to improve their bottom line.