For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 12 pages)

January 11, 2005

Financial Planning And Budgeting Applications

Flexible Solutions Help Enterprises Look Ahead

by Paul D. Hamerman

with John Ragsdale, Jessica Harrington


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Interest in applications to support financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting is currently high — a recent Forrester survey shows that 35% will invest in this software within the next 12 months. This is driven by two primary factors: 1) the need to automate existing processes by replacing spreadsheets with enterprise-class data management and collaboration capabilities; and 2) the need to innovate forward-looking financial processes for better management, agility, and control. We expect this market, currently $330 million in license revenues worldwide, to grow by 14% during the next five years to reach $565 million in 2008.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemForward-Looking Financial Processes Serve Multiple Purposes

itemDissatisfaction Runs High With Current Budgeting Processes

itemSolutions Are Flexible, But Some Assembly Required

itemThree Categories Of Vendors Battle For Share

itemThis Market Will Experience Solid Growth

recommendations

itemLeverage Application Flexibility

WHAT IT MEANS

itemThe Big ERP Vendors Will Win, One Way Or Another

alternative view

itemBudgeting Innovation Faces Cultural Challenges

itemSupplemental Material

Our research for this report is based on discussions and briefings with several vendors, including Adaptive Planning, Clarity Systems, Cognos, Geac, Hyperion, Lawson Software, Oracle, OutlookSoft, PeopleSoft, and SAP, as well as end-user client inquiries and analysis of market size and growth characteristics.

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Analyst: Paul D. Hamerman
Technology: Financial Management, IT Adoption, IT Spending & Budgeting, Packaged Applications
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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