Corporate Performance Management. Not just an ordinary blog!

Let's hope this posting will last a bit longer than the previous two. After all, it turned out not to be that easy to start a blog about Corporate Performance Management (CPM) written by consultants from Deloitte The Netherlands. Just to set everything straight. All the information in this blog is written from our personal point of view and does not always have to match with the Deloitte point of view.

First, let’s do a short introduction on Corporate Performance Management. The definition of corporate performance management (CPM) has remained consistent since industry analysts Gartner Research introduced CPM in 2001. "CPM is an umbrella term that describes all of the processes, methodologies, metrics and systems needed to measure and manage the performance of an organization." More about the definition of CPM can be found in: "Gartner Research, Magic Quadrants for CMP Suites:No Dramatic Movement in 2004". But for now I will not further introduce the concept of CPM. There are a lot of great websites which explain fully the concept and processes of CPM.

At Deloitte the term CPM is not commonly used. Deloitte likes to call it Integrated Performance Management. However I would like to use the term CPM (instead of BPM – Business Performance Management; EPM – Enterprise Performance Management or, like they call it at Deloitte, IPM) because nowadays most people simply use the term CPM. Probably in a couple of years there will be an other definition. We will see.

So, what’s this blog all about. Well, as you all (probably) know at Deloitte we have a great global CPM practice. In the UK and Canada, Deloitte is a visionary and leading partner with respect to CPM implementations. Also in The Netherlands the CPM practice is growing fast the last couple of years. We like to describe ourselves as “Business Consultants with the Ability to Execute”. We have a great vision with respect how to manage your performance within an organisation. However, besides writing nice reports, we also have the knowledge and the skills to translate this vision into an high performance system which can support CPM processes. And this are not just empty words, we are also recognized by the market for our approach.

Goal is to publish a posting every week which is written by a CPM-consultant from our practice. Postings can be about new trends or articles, but also just ordinary, funny, real-life stories we experience every day at our clients. Because it’s really true. Consultancy @ Deloitte: the best job there is!

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