Deltek Maconomy Business Performance Management

1. Professional Services
Deltek Maconomy
Business Performance
Management
Better decisions through
trusted and timely information
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Your challenges.
Know more. Does this sound familiar? If you’re facing these or similar challenges
in your own organization, you’re not alone.
Do more. Many professional services organizations are
Solve more. “It’s hard to make decisions because challenged to effectively use the information they
collect every day about people, time, projects,
our information is outdated and
clients, or financial results. Consider:
inaccurate. I need numbers now, and I
need them to be correct.” • Information is often spread across a number
of disconnected systems, each containing
different versions of redundant information.
“Our meetings are full of confusion You can’t trust the numbers.
and disagreement because everyone You need consistent information, all in one
place.
brings a different set of the same
data– nothing matches, and we don’t
• Financial results and other key measurements
know which numbers to rely on.” aren’t calculated until the books are closed
after the project has ended- and accessible
only in confusing, hard-to-find reports. You’re
“It’s hard to make sense of the always looking behind, never ahead.
information. We’re stuck with You need current status of the areas you care
complex reports that are too detailed, most about, in a format you can understand-
any time you want it.
or high level charts that don’t tell
the whole story. We can’t tailor
• Reports are cumbersome to develop, and
information for the level and skill of nearly impossible to modify. Each unique
each decision-maker.” question needs a unique report– all of which
have to be developed & distributed by Finance
or, worse, IT. You can’t get precise answers to
“Waiting two weeks for IT to produce your individual questions.
a report for my specific questions You need a reporting & analysis approach
that’s so easy, decision-makers can self-
doesn’t really help me solve a problem
service their own queries.
I have today. I wish I could answer all
my questions…. myself.” • Reports– when finally developed– are too
rigid, and can’t adapt when the question
changes. You can’t easily modify reports
“We can’t see issues until they’ve based on dimensions like service line, client,
become large problems. By then, department, or even time-of-year.
it’s too late– we need visibility to You need a reporting structure that’s easy to
use, yet flexible so reports are easy to modify.
respond now.”

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Our solution.
Deltek Maconomy Business A single business intelligence Learn more .
Performance Management unifies solution of integrated live reporting, deltek.com/
your critical business data into a single dashboards, and ad-hoc analysis maconomybusinessintelligence
environment that brings knowledge transforms users at all levels into
& insight to decision-makers at all informed, knowledgeable decision-
levels. Information is consistent so makers across the organization.
it’s trusted, up-to-date so it’s current, Unlike complex analytical tools
and available on-demand so users get or rigid predefined reports, the
it when & how they want it. Deltek Maconomy Business
Performance Management engaging
user experience quickly delivers
information self-service that’s
powerful enough for a business
analyst, yet easy enough for
executives, managers, or even front-
line resources.

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Dashboards
Users gain foresight to Deltek Maconomy Dashboards to the user. Highly visual snapshots displayed
quickly and easily correct help users across the organization in charts and graphs make information easy to
interpret, so status is immediately clear. Yet
slight project delays monitor status of key performance unlike static charts or graphs produced in Excel™
or address unplanned measurements for their group or or other reporting tools, Deltek Maconomy
expenses– long before these department. Dashboards stay connected to the data– so users
can quickly link from dashboards to more detailed
become issues that require Dashboards are tailored to display information reports, easily explore the reasons behind
harsh reactions. that is relevant and meaningful for each role – like problem areas, and take corrective action.
profit & cash flow information for Finance, project Preconfigured dashboards can be deployed
or job status for Project Management, or pipeline immediately, or easily modified to meet the
and revenue for Business Development. diverse needs of users across departments or
While other reporting solutions might require locations, at all levels of the organization.
experts to format data so it’s meaningful, Deltek
Maconomy Dashboards deliver understandable
information on-demand– immediately available
The pre-configured, best practice dashboards provide business users with a
simple visual overview of their business area.

5. Deltek Maconomy Business Performance Management 05
Reporting
Deltek Maconomy Reporting delivers the best of both worlds– a separate reporting Personal folders give
a reporting environment designed environment designed for performance and users easy access to their
efficiency, yet synchronized with live data so
for responsive performance, best- reports are always current and accurate. personalized reports.
practice reports, and flexibility. Deltek Maconomy Reporting delivers the Reports that need to be
structure of predefined report templates, produced regularly can be
Deltek Maconomy Reporting brings the designed specifically to answer the commonly-
performance and efficiency necessary for high- asked, repeatable questions we’ve identified from scheduled for automated
volume reporting environments that have a high nearly 30 years of focus on professional services distribution. There’s never
number of users or a large amount of reports. organizations. More than 100 report templates a worry about outdated
Other reporting solutions may try to execute are available, spanning the needs of the entire
complex reports or to service a large user base organization. Yet our experience has shown that information– Deltek
by reporting against the transaction database. each user has unique needs– so each report is Maconomy Reporting’s
But a database not designed for comprehensive flexible for users to modify by editing queries, or advanced reporting engine
reporting is risky– complex report queries can by adjusting layout and design. Users can even
cause slow performance, impacting other users schedule reports for periodic distribution, such as automatically updates the
trying to control projects, retrieve financials, or weekly or monthly, via the Maconomy application data each time the reports
manage clients. Deltek Maconomy Reporting is or though integration to e-mail. are sent.
Already designed for the
typical reporting needs of most
organizations, the library of pre-
defined, best-practice reports
is ready to use immediately. As
well, each report template can
be personalized to meet specific
requirements– at the organization,
department, or even user level.

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Ad-Hoc Analysis
Suppose a user is seeking Complex problems require deep on IT, as users across the organization can now
to plan projects or estimate analysis– which may mean a series of immediately self-service their information needs.
Information is extracted from the structure
revenue for the upcoming unique and highly detailed questions of the transaction database, and organized for
year. Access to the trusted to get to the “why” behind the “what.” deep analysis. Users can easily establish even
data source brings users complex queries to join information into nearly
Because a decision-maker’s information any context, along dimensions such as client,
the detailed information needs go beyond the straightforward status business unit, service, project type– infinite ways
they need to compare this presented in dashboards, and the common to view the data, sure to bring an answer to the
year’s revenue to last year repeatable questions answered by reports, question at hand.
Deltek Maconomy Analysis provides a single Heavy-use business analysts and non-
and combine the data with environment of accurate, current data– along technical occasional users gain a flexible, intuitive
their forecast. Hence, users with a structured view that guides users freely interface for easily answering their ad hoc queries.
can quickly identify trends through the data, helping them explore the root A familiar, Microsoft Office™-like user experience
causes and “real reasons” behind problems. puts comprehensive analysis and formatting
and determine areas where Deltek Maconomy Analysis eliminates the burden capabilities right at their fingertips.
added focus will driver that repeated detailed reporting requests place
greater profitability.
Deltek Maconomy Analysis is a framework to guide even novice users to root causes, yet is also
flexible for experts to freely explore the data using ad-hoc queries.

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Key Capabilities
Collaborative Decision-Making Integration to Microsoft Office™,
When groups can’t collaborate effectively around Portals & Mobile Devices
shared data, it takes many meetings, phone calls, Mobile devices, desktop tools, and portals
or e-mails to reach a decision. Conversely, when constantly blur the boundaries of your
an individual makes a decision, you might never organization’s growing information environment.
see the basis for his or her conclusions. Deltek Deltek Maconomy Business Performance
Maconomy Business Performance Management Management easily adapts to your information
addresses both these issues, enabling users to environment by supporting multiple information
collaborate while they view shared information. delivery options and integration points. Users can
Threaded discussions help users share their access and synchronize data from corporate and
insights & conclusions, and document-sharing personal sources and deliver it using Microsoft
gives everyone the same view of information. Office™ applications, internal portals like
Collaboration brings users to a common context Microsoft SharePoint™, and mobile devices.
& viewpoint of the data, increasing confidence in
the decisions made with the information. Secure & Cost-Effective Platform
You want your critical business information
managed on a business intelligence platform
Multilingual Information Access that delivers leading-edge technology, trusted
Organizations are increasingly global; now you security, and world-class performance. Built
can share crucial decision-support information on Business Objects™, Deltek Maconomy
across your services organization, accessible to Business Performance Management delivers a
users in their native language.
single point of security and administration for
all users. Unlike other solutions, which may use
multiple technologies for each layer of reporting,
monitoring, and ad-hoc analysis—leading to
complex and cumbersome deployment and
risky support issues—Deltek Maconomy Business
Performance Management deploys quickly and
reduces internal maintenance by streamlining
control of each user’s security profile and data-
access rights.

8. Deltek (Nasdaq: PROJ) is the leading global provider
of enterprise software and information solutions for
professional services firms and government contractors.
For decades, we have delivered actionable insight that
empowers our customers to unlock their business
potential. Over 14,500 organizations and 1.8 million users
in approximately 80 countries around the world rely on
Deltek to research and identify opportunities, win new
business, optimize resources, streamline operations, and
deliver more profitable projects.
Deltek – Know more. Do more.®
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