White Papers
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The Performance Manager: Book
Proven strategies for turning information into higher business performance.
The Performance Manager: Abstract
See four sample decision areas for IT and Marketing. |
CPM brochure "Raise the Level of Performance"
Integrated BI, planning, and scorecarding for better performance management.
Smart Companies [PDF - 110KB]
Read how customers use Cognos, an IBM company, to improve performance.
Pervasive Performance Management: Getting Started on the Journey [PDF - 1,816KB]
In "Pervasive Performance Management: Getting Started on the Journey," AMR Research recommends the steps to take to be successful at each level of performance management. |
Cognos Performance Management White Papers for Mid-Sized Companies |
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Business Analytics: The Perfect Fit for the Agile Enterprise
Business analytics solutions offer the responsiveness, flexibility, ease, and scalability you need to help manage enterprise performance. Performance Management Spells "RELIEF"
Performance management solutions let you put better, more timely informance in the hands of those who need it most. Performance Management for the Mid-market
Build competitive advantage without breaking the bank. |
IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition: A Real-World Financial Performance Management Solution for Midsize Organizations
Learn how IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition can drive better decision-making for your organization - from the storeroom to the boardroom.
Next-Generation Forecasting: Performance Management and Rolling Forecasts
Rolling forecasts offer a continuous, cross-enterprise picture of both current conditions and the short-term performance outlook.
Lowering the Total Cost of Ownership for BI in Midsize Companies
A white paper by Ventana Research, explaining how alternative Business Intelligence (BI) delivery models enable mid-sized businesses deploy BI fast and at the lowest total cost of ownership. |
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BI for Professional Users
Delivering timely analysis to professional users with IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4, a customizable business intelligence solution that enables better decision-making.
BI for Business Users
Providing business users with the autonomy to make strategic decisions in a flexible, accessible and integrated environment.
Picturing Performance Dashboards and Scorecards
This white paper outlines the three types of dashboards (operational, tactical, strategic) as described by TDWI's Wayne Eckerson and illustrates how to build them using IBM Cognos Now! and IBM Cognos 8 BI. Explains the role of dashboarding in a performance management deployment. Illustrations.
Visual Communication: Core Design Principles for Displaying Quantitative Information
Learn to build reports that communicate more clearly, based on the latest research into perception and understanding. Part 1 of a 3-part series by Stephen Few
Visual Pattern Recognition: Meaningful Patterns in Quantitative Business Information
Bar chart or line graph? This paper examines the data patterns and relationships common in most business reports and provides practical guidelines for communicating these relationships effectively using points, lines, and bars. Part 2 of a 3-part series by Stephen Few.
Data Visualization: Past, Present, and future
Spanning more than 2,000 years of recorded human history, this paper examines the birth and evolution of data visualization, from early Egyptian tables used to organize astronomical information through to bar charts, treemaps, and geo-spatial visualization tools (such as Google Earth). Part 3 of a 3-part series by Stephen Few
Rapid Scorecarding for financial services
Find out the value of scorecarding and the five key steps to creating an effective one.
Driving Business Performance with Cognos Scorecarding
Listen as Brent Winsor of Cognos, an IBM company, shares how Cognos scorecarding enables organizations to effectively communicate strategy, provide employee focus, and ensure accountability and ownership. The Full Promise of Business Intelligence
Read about the value of a Web Services architecture, how IBM Cognos 8 BI provides all capabilities to all users, and using all data, and how IBM Cognos 8 BI provides a foundation for performance management. Seven Steps to Flawless Business Intelligence
Gartner has identified the “Fatal Flaws” that prevent organizations from realizing the promise of BI. Here are seven steps you can take with IBM Cognos 8 BI to avoid making them in your organization. The Right Architecture for Business Intelligence
Read why the right architecture is a key factor in successful BI deployments and how the single, open IBM Cognos 8 BI architecture can reduce IT workload, improve productivity, and make better use of your IT budget. A Broad Information Reach: the Gateway to Information Management
Learn how to access all of your data, in any format and location, and turn it into information that you can trust to manage your performance Choosing a Standard for BI and Reporting
Read about the factors to consider in standardizing your BI, the importance of TCO, and why IBM Cognos 8 BI is the only choice for BI standardization. Reporting for Midsize Companies
Learn the benefits of a single reporting solution for all users, all types of reports, and all data sources. |
Reporting with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
Read how IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence delivers complete reporting to all users with one business intelligence product—to make it simpler, faster, and easier to manage. The Strategic Importance of OLAP and Multidimensional Analysis
Read how OLAP and multidimensional analysis provides organizations with the deep business insight needed to make more informed decisions. Scorecarding with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence
Read why organizations struggle with alignment and accountability; how scorecarding overcomes these challenges, and how you can use IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to enable a scorecarding system in your organization. Business Event Management
Learn how BEM improves decision-making and how using IBM Cognos 8 BI in conjunction with BEM systems can drive higher performance. Reporting on Powercubes®
Read how IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence reporting integrates with PowerPlay to provide high-definition reporting on the comprehensive business information stored in PowerCubes. |
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Providing decision-makers with up-to-date visibility into operations [PDF - 1 MB]
Learn: Use cases for operational BI; The difference between enterprise BI and operational BI; Criteria for a successful operational BI deployment. |
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IBM Cognos
Controller for Financial Consolidation [PDF - 267KB]
Laying the Groundwork for Sustainable Compliance
Driving Performance with Enterprise Planning [PDF - 387KB]
Learn how to achieve superior enterprise performance. |
Spreadsheet Planning: Rough Road Ahead [PDF - 469KB]
Read how using spreadsheets for planning can cost you more than lost productivity, but can actually cast doubt on the integrity of plans. |
Enterprise Business Intelligence White Papers & Other Information |
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The Watertight Organization: Plug the leaks draining money with IBM Cognos Performance Applications [PDF - 305KB]
This business-focused paper describes how Cognos Performance Applications can plug leaks that drain money and other resources from a business.
IBM Cognos Customer Analytics: Know Your Customers [PDF - 271KB]
Gain clear insight into which of your customers are of most value to you. |
IBM Cognos Financial Analytics: Keeping an Eye on Accounts [PDF - 277KB]
Gain the visibility, accountability, and reliability you need in your financial reporting.
IBM Cognos Supply Chain Analytics: High Performance Operations [PDF - 263KB]
Deliver all of the metrics and reports you need to reduce carrying costs, overstock, and obsolete inventory. rationalize your suppliers, and more. |
Cognos Departmental Solution White Papers & Other Information |
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A Seat at the Table: How Smart HR Departments Win with BI [PDF - 730KB]
Learn how business intelligence can help HR become more strategic and improve recruitment, efficiency, workforce planning, compensation, retention, and other HR issues.
Close Early, Close Often: How Smart Sales Departments Win with BI [PDF - 134KB] Shorten sales cycles. Identify your top customers. Improve effectiveness and close more deals using Cognos business intelligence.
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Hitting the Sweet Spot: How Smart Marketing Departments Win with BI [PDF - 134KB]
Business Intelligence helps Marketing increase ROI, build brands, identify profitable customers, evaluate campaign effectiveness, and be more strategic.
How Smart Operations Departments Win with BI[PDF - 242KB]
Business intelligence can help Operations become more efficient, avoid shortages, improve procurement, production and materials management, and other operational issues. |
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Public Sector:
Scorecarding for the Public Sector [PDF - 420KB]
Brett Knowles, one of North America's leading authorities on the Balanced Scorecard, discusses some unique public sector issues and proven solutions.
Government Performance Management [PDF - 510KB]
Read how Cognos performance management helps government agencies leverage information and resources to engage the workforce, boost productivity, improve efficiencies, and deliver better services to the public.
Managing Higher Education: From Recruitment to Endowment [PDF - 512]
Financial institutions generate and use mountains of data. Cognos BI turns that data into an asset.
Solutions for U.S. Department of Defense: Informed Response [PDF - 920KB]
Read how Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence solutions for Defense departments, is making a real difference in defense organizations.
Solutions for U.S. Federal Government: A Mandate to Perform [PDF - 780KB]
Learn how Cognos solutions will help you meet the initiatives of The President’s Management Agenda.
Solutions for State and Local Organizations: Ready. Informed. Accountable. [PDF - 1.2MB]
From K-12 Education, to public safety, to health and human services. Cognos business intelligence solutions let you increase organizational performance and enhance mission effectiveness wherever it's needed. Life Sciences:
10 Ways to Drive Performance [PDF - 74KB]
Learn how performance management software from Cognos can help you:
Driving Clinical Trial Performance
[PDF - 64KB] Learn about:
A New Day for Clinical Trial Management [PDF - 92KB]
See how Cognos can help you monitor key stages in the clinical trials process from your desktop. |
Financial Services:
Financial Services - Reporting on Risk [PDF - 639KB]
See how easy and effective risk management can be with Cognos with a step-by-step demonstration of various reports including a counterparty summary report, a ratings change report, and a stress test scenario analysis.
Better Performance for the Insurance Industry
Six of the top 10 insurance companies in the world use Cognos. That climbs to 7 of the top 10 in the United States. Find out why.
Retail Banking: Planning Branch Profitability
Drive branch profitability using the Cognos Enterprise Planning Series.
7 Ways to Improve Sales & Marketing Performance in Banking [PDF - 57KB]
Set goals with scorecarding, analyze marketing efforts, and cross-sell the right products with BI. Supply Chain:
7 Reports: Gain Visibility in Supply Chain Performance brochure [PDF - 789KB]
Discover how to gain improved visibility into critical operations and supply chain information so you can make better, more informed decisions with Cognos business intelligence. Other:
Performance Management in Retail
[PDF - 49KB] Learn about the benefits of using Cognos performance management to gain deep business insight, improve decision-making, and succeed in the highly competitive retail marketplace. |
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