White Papers

Corporate Performance Management White Papers & Books

• The Evolution of the CPM System
  [PDF - 540KB]
  From vision to technology, technology to system, A Cognos white paper
• The Evolution of the CPM System [PDF - 174KB]
  A position paper about Corporate Performance Management.

• CPM brochure
  Cognos is the strategic supplier of your decision-making platform--integrated BI, planning, and scorecarding--for better performance management. Answer the key questions you need to make better business decisions.

Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

• The Full Promise of Business Intelligence [PDF - 140KB]
  Read about the value of a Web Services architecture, how Cognos 8 BI provides all capabilities to all users, and using all data, and how Cognos 8 BI provides a foundation for performance management.
• Seven Steps to Flawless Business Intelligence [PDF - 230KB]
  Gartner has identified the “Fatal Flaws” that prevent organizations from realizing the promise of BI. Here are seven steps you can take with Cognos 8 BI to avoid making them in your organization.
• The Right Architecture for Business Intelligence [PDF - 516KB]
  Read why the right architecture is a key factor in successful BI deployments and how the single, open Cognos 8 BI architecture can reduce IT workload, improve productivity, and make better use of your IT budget.
• The Importance of Open Data [PDF – 160KB]
  Read how the Cognos open data strategy for business intelligence lets you consolidate data from any source, with any latency, to create a single business view of your performance.
• Choosing a Standard for BI and Reporting [PDF – 120KB]
  Read about the factors to consider in standardizing your BI, the importance of TCO, and why Cognos 8 BI is the only choice for BI standardization.
  

• Reporting & Dashboarding [PDF – 270KB]
  Read how 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 Analyis [PDF – 620KB]
  Read how OLAP and multidimensional analysis provides organizations with the deep business insight needed to make more informed decisions.
• Data Integration [PDF – 630KB]
  Read about the challenges associated with integrating data, the benefits of the Cognos approach, and the process and key factors associated with developing a dimensional data warehouse.
• Scorecarding [PDF - 230KB]
  Read why organizations struggle with alignment and accountability; how scorecarding overcomes these challenges, and how you can use Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to enable a scorecarding system in your organization. 
• Business Event Management [PDF – 915KB]
  Learn how BEM improves decision-making and how using Cognos 8 BI in conjunction with BEM systems can drive higher performance.
• Cognos Reporting on Powercubes [PDF – 2MB]
  Read how Cognos 8 Business Intelligence reporting integrates with PowerPlay to provide high-definition reporting on the comprehensive business information stored in PowerCubes.

Enterprise Planning and Consolidation White Papers

• Cognos Controller for Financial Consolidation [PDF - 267KB]
  Laying the Groundwork for Sustainable Compliance
• Cognos Enterprise Planning Series Version 7.2 [PDF - 1MB]
  Learn how the best Enterprise Planning solution just got better.

• Driving Performance with Enterprise Planning [PDF - 387KB]
  Learn how to achieve superior enterprise performance.
• Spreadsheet Planning: Rough Road Ahead [PDF - 206KB]
  Read how using spreadsheets for planning can cost you more than lost productivity, but can actually cast doubt on the integrity of plans.