Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 :: Metrics Software Comparative Review

General information

Vendor:	Microsoft Corp.
Web-site	www.microsoft.com
Product description	The Balanced Scorecard Software from Microsoft has a suitable mix of features, which enable businesses to monitor the progress; analyze the key performance indicators and carry out predictions about future.This is possible via the plans, dashboards and budgets that can be framed using the utilities of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server. Learn more in full version of review.
Sector	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Platform	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Part of business system	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Price category	The category of businesses it aims at serve belong to ‘large enterprises’.
Pricing model	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Support and update scheme	Support has been provided in the form of guides for ‘trouble shooting’. This involves the methods for removing the components of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Planning server 2007 and uninstalling those of PerformancePoint Monitoring server 2007. Besides this, professional assistance can be had by contacting the staff via online, e-mail or phone. The software is available in a number of languages like Italian, Japanese, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Spanish and Sweden. Also, one can use the ‘self-directed learning courses’ to uncover the benefits to the fullest. These are available on various subjects in the form of both video and workbooks. Immense information for deployment and operations has been given by way of white papers.
Integration efforts	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.

Features

Multi-user access:
Integration. Importing data	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Integration. Exporting	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Supported scorecard type	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Scorecard details. Dashboard support.	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Scorecard details. Benchmarks support	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Unique features	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.

CONs and PROs

Why use this Balanced Scorecard software:	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.
Who should use this software	Organizations fighting hard to predict and forecast the movements in parameters should opt for this software. The problem can be solved by framing models that are highly aligned as per the needs of the business. Consequently, the chances of acts like planning, forecasting and budgeting getting it right increase multifold. These models can be structured at any level, corporate, strategic or operational. Further, these can be linked to enable the sharing of rules, policies, definitions. To drive plans, data can be loaded from any source, be it structured or unstructured. For instance, in one of the companies, which offered automation solutions based on Open Integrated Systems, the performance management solution from Microsoft brought down the financial consolidation period from half-a-day to fifteen minutes. Also, it made possible the viewing of data, on daily basis.
What specific problems does this software solve	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.

What kind of business will not be able to use this solution? Why?	The information is not available in trial report. Learn more in full version.

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