Administering Cloud EPM: The Platform Beneath the Business Processes · Module 17 · The EPM Center of Excellence
Making the case
Lesson 193 of 201 · 2 min
NOBODY ASKS FOR A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. Somebody has to propose it. And it is usually the person doing the work. What does not persuade. "Best practice." An org chart. Or a description of how busy you are. Five things that do. The capability assessment from Lesson 3, showing SPECIFIC gaps. The single-point-of-failure risk, stated plainly, with names. The measured recovery time from Module 12, against the stated objective. The access review evidence — or its absence — against the audit requirement. And the cost of the last incident, if there was one. "WE CAN RESTORE IN X HOURS. THE FINANCE DIRECTOR REQUIRES FOUR. HERE IS THE GAP AND HERE IS WHAT CLOSING IT NEEDS." That is the strongest single argument you have. It is concrete. It is costed. And it is not about you — which is what makes it possible to say in a room. START SMALL. A…
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