Written by Rutger van den Berg    Things are changing in the CPM market. First was the takeover of Hyperion by Oracle and now the takeover of OutlookSoft by SAP.

Walldorf, Germany and Stamford, CT—May 8, 2007
Extending its leadership in delivering complete solutions for the CFO, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its intention to acquire OutlookSoft Corporation, a privately held provider of integrated planning, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation software. Today’s announcement marks another milestone in SAP’s...

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Written by Rutger van den Berg   

Integration: "Talking the Same Language"

Performance management is all about the successful execution of strategy. We identify four guiding principles to translate strategic directives into an effective performance management cycle. In part I and II we discussed focus and alignment. In this post we want to discuss the third principle which is integration: talking the same language.

Read more: Underpinnings of Corporate Performance Management - Part III Integration

Written by Edwin van den Broek   

Alignment: “All pulling in the same direction”

Performance management is all about the successful execution of strategy. We identify four guiding principles to translate strategic directives into an effective performance management cycle. In part I we discussed focus. In this post we want to discuss the second principle which is alignment: all pulling in the same direction.

Read more: Underpinnings of Corporate Performance Management - Part II Alignment

Written by Rutger van den Berg   

Focus: "Only Doing What Matters"

Performance management is all about the successful execution of strategy. We identify four guiding principles to translate strategic directives into an effective performance management cycle. The first is focus: only doing what matters.

Read more: Underpinnings of Corporate Performance Management - Part I Focus