Item: IBM Planning Analytics
Rating: 10
Author: Shivam Sharma

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a operational user, it helps me to customized user interface that helps to evaluates and solve the actual problem. We can test different business scenarios and evaluate the impact it has on different actions. It also has a option of intelligent queries that allows quicks analysis and report creation based on business terms.

Pros and Cons

It enables multidimensional of large and historical data sets.
It has a good design that offers wide range of garphics such as images, chart and shapes.
It helps to build models that integrates any business driver into plan and budget.

Automation is good but can be further improved.
it should integrate multiple products so the ease of use can be improved.
There is some area of improvement in AI intelligence to provide more accurate suggestions.

Return on Investment

It enhanced forecast accuracy with predictive forecasting abilities.
Automated workflow of process visibility and planning has been improved.
It helped to achieve fast and accurate result in minimal time.

Scenario Planning and What-If Analysis

What-if scenario analysis helps to test alternate model assumptions. It helps me to create more timely, reliable plan that can turn in real time to address changing market demands. It helps in accurate decision making and improves its quality. It helps in analysis and calculation of even the most demanding scenarios models.

Alternatives Considered

Prophix, Oracle Cloud EPM and Workday Adaptive Planning

Compare to its competition it has good visual and graphical interface that helps to customized according to user needs. It helps to apply the best possible algorithm according to different model scenario that provides the best possible results. Predictive forecasting and AI intelligence makes it the best options available in the market right now.

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

It has many unique features like it provides users to analyze data from multidimensional models in Microsoft excel format. It also supports fast and what-if scenario modelling. Visual scorecards and dashboards helps to monitor key performance indicator with ease. It also provide unified web and mobile experience that helps to achieve the productivity.

Usability

It is very easy to use for analytics even for a new users. This not only automates the manual task to accelerate it but also provides new insight based on our data. IBM analytics for excel has full excel functionality and formatting including build in functions so we can work in a familiar excel interface while enjoying all modern planning and solutions.

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat, IBM Managed Services for SAP Applications, SAP Access Control

Likelihood to Recommend

It specifically helps in predictive forecasting by using statistical and predictive analytics to identify and access the trends. It also reduces the time required for forecast so that I can focus on process optimization. The algorithms assess all the values and applies the best possible algorithm that have more accuracy and less errors. Based on the experience it helps in both individual and organizational level.

IBM Planning Analytics with Watson provides solution to multiple deployment option.

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Planning Analytics with Watson