What have we learnt that causes FP&A leaders to loose their sh!t over their Anaplan modelling?
After more model health checks than we can remember and dozens of interviews with prospective, current and future clients these are the things that really grind their gears when it comes to their Anaplan projects.
đ¸ Excessive mappings tables
đ¸ Over extended core hierarchies
đ¸ Lack of dimensionality
đ¸ Flat reporting
đ¸ Counterintuitive modelling structures
Anaplan projects for FP&A fail when the model infrastructure has not been designed to be a natural fit with the model import data.
Anaplan projects for FP&A fail when the model infrastructure has not been designed to be a natural fit with the model import data. We have learnt this over the course of many health checks and model refurbs having seen the same mistakes made repeatedly across all sectors.
What did we discover are the key reasons Anaplan for FP&A projects fail?
We have carried out quite a few Anaplan health checks, reviews and assessments since launching in December 2021. Where the initial launch was less than stellar models shared the following common traits.