Online Survey questions
Heading: Take the test – rate your organisation on Dimension Data’s Corporate
Performance Management Maturity Model
1.
Do corporate performance management as a philosophy exist at your company?
Yes No
2.
Are the strategies / objectives in your organisation well communicated?
(Ask yourself, “Would lower level managers would be able to tell you what they are?”)
Yes No
3.
How is progress made toward objectives communicated?
Locally printed reports
Reports that are printed and mailed
Enterprise Dashboard/Scorecard
Reports that are emailed
Accessing reports through a portal
Online reporting
It’s Not
4.
According to CPM thinking budgets should be a direct reflection of how corporate and departmental strategies will
be resourced. In your organisation are objectives on a strategic level aligned to tactical and operational plans
(including budgets)
Yes No
5.
What is most commonly the data source for reporting progress to performance objectives?
Transaction Systems (such as the General Ledger)
Data Warehouse
Spreadsheets
Multiple Databases
All of the above
6.
Key Performance Indictors are calculated:
Consistently and automatically in a system
In many systems
Consistently in both systems and spreadsheets
Somewhat consistently in both systems and spreadsheets
Not consistently in both systems and spreadsheets
Primarily in spreadsheets
7.
End users can drill down from key performance indicators to view the lowest level of
granular data from operational systems in order to analyze discrepancies:
Yes No
8.
There is a plan to develop corporate performance management capabilities in my company.
Yes No
9.
Does the plan for CPM include: (Check all that apply)
Identification of processes that have the largest impact and influence on corporate objectives
Determination of KPIs to quantify the effect of business processes
Integration and standardization of business processes (such as budgeting, forecasting and balanced
scorecard)
Identification of data needed to report on KPI’s
Identification of actions to be taken based on reported results
10.
The main business drivers for CPM in my organisation are:
Improve ability to execute strategies (closing the gap between strategy and execution)
Compliance to regulation (governance)
Improve financial reporting and analysis capability
Ensure integrity of information
Create better efficiencies to the key CPM process (strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting)
Challenges related to financial consolidation
The overall results of the Survey will be revealed at the Corporate
Performance Management Annual User Conference held on 18 – 20 June
at the Mount Grace Hotel.
Your organisation’s individual results will also be available at the
conference. Please complete the details below:
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