Microsoft Office Performancepoint Server 2007

If you really want to drive business performance, you need the right tool to better monitor, analyze, and plan activities. This guide provides you with invaluable insight into the best practices for managing business performance using Microsoft Office PerformancePoint 2007. You'll quickly discover how to leverage PerformancePoint with other key Microsoft technologies, engage in common performance management scenarios, create interactive performance dashboards, and take advantage of robust planning functionality. All of this will help you successfully apply performance management in your company to achieve the results you want.

Explore the key monitoring, analytic, and planning capabilities of PerformancePoint Server

Develop a solution that can empower your organization

Present an at-a-glance view of performance status using dashboards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), scorecards, and reports

Monitor and manage performance by bringing together scorecards and analytics

Ensure your users have the content they need to make decisions based on facts, not assumptions

Plan and create effective dashboards to learn more about your organization's performance

Follow processes that have been most successful in the field and apply them to your own environment

With the information in "Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007," you can learn the best practices for managing business performance using Office PerformancePoint 2007 and related Microsoft tools. The specific end-user scenarios begin by describing the business requirements and objectives and end with detailed technical guidance for implementing performance management solutions. Leverage PerformancePoint with other key technologies, including SharePoint Server, SQL Server Business Intelligence tools and Office Excel and Excel Services. Use PerformancePoint for common performance management scenarios, including scorecarding, dashboarding, reporting, analysis, planning, budgeting and forecasting.