Review of IBM Apptio

In our organization, we use IBM Apptio for Cost Transparency and ITP. Currently, outside of Apptio, we did not have a system to deliver project accounting results to our business partners. We utilize CT to transform source data, model it out, and integrate with ITP planning. ITP is a solution for end users to replace spreadsheets for planning. It also provides a single source of the truth having all of data under one platform.

We utilize CT to transform source data to include

We bring our source data into Apptio via Data Link and run data transformation and validation. We run an allocation model to spread our costs to the appropriate data segments. Once we have the output from CT, we run the integration to bring in Actual and all reference tables into ITP to facilitate the forecasting/planning process at the level of detail required for project accounting. We do have internal reporting within Apptio but unsure whether it is satisfactory for executive level dashboards.