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
Workspace capacity constraints are major issue for most Anaplan model designs. So, what can we do to minimise or mitigate the issue?
Here are a few design ideas we have implemented while working to redesign, redevelop and rebuild several large enterprise wide FP&A models for some of our global clients.