Item: IBM Planning Analytics
Rating: 8
Author: Rajat Miglani

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using it for Business Planning with this application increases my efficiency in time and cost perspective and [also helps] me in forecasting the mean management efforts.

Pros and Cons

Integration to streamline my Plans over different LOBs[.]
Increase efficiency in Cost and Time Perspective[.]
Helps me in forecasting my team efforts and management[.]

Difficult to Integrate with other applications[.]
Require expertise in deployment[.]
Support should be better and also expensive to implement[.]

Return on Investment

Improved forecast accuracy[.]
Good reporting functionalities[.]
User friendly dashboard[.]

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Planning Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Planning Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Planning Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Planning Analytics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Planning Analytics again?

Yes

Support Rating

Support is good but can be improved.

Usability

Usability is good and [has] good functionalities to [fulfill] the end result but there [is] some shortfall which can be improved.

Likelihood to Recommend

Using it for Project planning, financial forecasting in different LOBs of my project. Functionalities available are very time efficient but the Deployment and integration.

Effective Project Planning and Analytics tool

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Planning Analytics with Watson