Anaplan Health Check

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Anaplan Health Check

 

Why a check-in is a good idea…

Anaplan is the market leading connected planning platform. Once a model is implemented and deployed, its use often changes over time as the business needs and environment changes. In addition, Anaplan is constantly evolving making it easy to fall behind the regular releases which add new functionality to the system.

With all these changes, it is important to evaluate models from time to time and critically assess their use/usage to identify opportunities to improve the design, performance, security, and maintenance of the models and their associated apps and user experience pages contained within.

A Health Check conducts a comprehensive assessment of Anaplan Models against the demands of business needs, including:

System architecture

Model design

Data Security, authentication & auditing

Reports and dashboards

Maintenance & Administration

Skills Gaps

What’s delivered

The aim of the Health Check is to ensure Anaplan is working optimally for your organisations strategic ambitions.

The process involves functionality and usability assessment workshops with key users and SMEs, an in-depth technical system analysis, and a product capability gap analysis.

The outcome is a comprehensive report that includes:
  • Detailed findings: Identified risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement in areas such as performance, application design, security, administration, maintenance, and support.
  • Implementation roadmap: A prioritised plan to address recommendations, aligned to highlighted risks and business priorities.
  • Walkthrough of the report: A collaborative review session to ensure alignment and clarity on next steps.
Key recommendations include:

Application – Data sources, dimensionality, size of line items/lists, naming, rules and processes, versions and archiving, reports 

Users – Confidence, issues, understanding, requirements & training 

Administration – System admin, checks and logs 

Lifecycle management – Resources (space used), testing process & deployment sign-off 

  Support – Partner, documentation, application support & internal process 

Frequently asked questions

What is the purpose of a Health Check?

A Health Check ensures Anaplan is optimised for performance, user adoption, and alignment with your business goals.

Will the Health Check disrupt our current operations?

No, the assessment is designed to be non-intrusive and scheduled around your business priorities.

What types of recommendations will we receive?

You’ll receive a detailed report covering performance, design improvements, scalability, security, user training recommendations and implementation roadmap.

How long does the Health Check process take?

The duration depends on the complexity of your system, it is typically no more than a few days, and our consultants will be able to advise.

Is a Health Check only for performance issues?

No, it also addresses security, user adoption and experience, maintenance efficiencies, and opportunities to leverage the latest features.

What happens after the Health Check is completed?

We will provide a presentation of the findings during a collaborative review session. You’ll also receive a comprehensive report and a tailored improvement plan. Sempre Analytics can also support implementation if needed.

 

Can the Health Check identify cost-saving opportunities?

Yes, it highlights inefficiencies and proposes streamlined processes to help lower your total cost of ownership.

In the past if we hit a two-hour delay at the beginning of a Sunday there was a good chance, we wouldn’t produce reports in time for a Monday. Now the executive board can see trading reports on a Sunday afternoon instead of Monday morning and react faster. For the merchandisers this means being able to see a sold-out product in Harrods but a stockpile in Scotland, so we can move that stock around the business faster.

Marie Vidler Kurt Geiger

..the reporting process enables the cost centre managers to plan better and review their results more proactively. As a result we are seeing better decision making and business management.

Wei Fu CVS
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