Business-Value White Papers

• The Payoff of Pervasive Performance Management
  Read this exclusive report from BusinessWeek Research Services on spreading data analysis tools from the executive suite to the shop floor.



• Optimizing for Performance
  Tata Consultancy Services: This paper discusses how organizations can employ business intelligence and performance management solutions in their daily operations and key operational systems to positively influence the day-to-day, tactical execution of business activities. Users from across an organization can take advantage of such solutions to effect better decision making as it relates to operational and organizational efficiency, better utilization of resources, and more.



• Creating the People-Ready Business: Enterprise Performance Management
  This paper is intended to facilitate discussion around enterprise performance management and how it expedites achievement of positive business outcomes in companies of all shapes and sizes.

Technical White Papers

• Performance tuning and capacity planning for PerformancePoint monitoring applications
  This white paper is for Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 administrators and IT professionals who want guidance about Monitoring Server performance capabilities. This guidance includes how performance is affected by security settings, number of users, scalability, and load capacity, among other areas. Considerations for hardware planning, dashboard composition, physical memory, and virtual machines are also covered.
  
  
• PerformancePoint Server 2007 Operations Guide
  This document provides database administrators and IT personnel with the information that is required to operate and maintain Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 in a production environment.
  
  
• PerformancePoint Server 2007 Deployment Guide
  This document provides system administrators and IT personnel with the information that is required to install PerformancePoint Server in a production environment.
  
  
• PerformancePoint Server 2007 Architecture Guide
  The content in this Planning & Architecture Guide is designed to help IT administrators make informed preliminary decisions that are necessary to optimally deploy PerformancePoint Server for their business needs.
  
  
• Implementation Methodology
  The PerformancePoint Server Implementation Guide consists of Microsoft Office documents (templates, projects, and worksheets) that can help you plan your implementation of PerformancePoint Server.
  • Project Plan Framework (.pptx)
  • PerformancePoint Server Configuration (template) (.xlsx)
  • Monitoring and Analytics Project Plan (template) (.mpp)
  • Operations and Maintenance Guide (template) (.docx)
  • PerformancePoint Server Specifications (template) (.docx)
  • Preliminary Requirements Gathering and Scoping Questionnaire (.docx)
  • Source Dimension Fact Data Mapping (.xlsx)
  • Test Plan (template) (.docx)
  • Training Plan (template) (.docx)