Whether you’re

coding up the next big thing, rolling out a game-changing product, or plotting your next power move in a merger, knowing when to stick to your strategy—and when to do a perfect strategic pirouette

—makes all the difference!

As innovation shifts into high gear, everyone’s searching for that secret sauce to turn rapid change into a winning edge. But let’s face it—making sense of lightning-fast transformations and what they mean for your strategy isn’t exactly a walk in the park.

Make data your co-pilot

In every decision you make, data isn’t just numbers—it’s your business’s secret storyteller. With the right tools, your insights leap off the page in vivid visuals and clear messages that spark real action. Turn ordinary data into a plot twist: storytelling so sharp, you’ll understand not just what the numbers say, but why they matter. When strategy meets data, every insight has a reason—and your next smart move is always crystal clear.

Set your Objectives

Project objectives represent the specific, actionable steps required to achieve your overarching project goals. To ensure your objectives are robust and aligned, adhere to the following guidelines:

Align with Goals: Select objectives that directly support and advance your established goals.
Balance Perspectives: Incorporate all four strategic perspectives—Financial, Customer, Internal Process, and Learning/Growth—to ensure a balanced scorecard approach.
Standardize Syntax: Utilize a consistent Verb + Adjective + Noun format (e.g., "Increase operational efficiency") for clarity.

Develop your Strategy

Your strategy is the high-level blueprint that bridges the gap between your initial vision and the final delivery. While goals define what you want to achieve, the strategy dictates how you will navigate constraints, allocate resources, and prioritize tasks. It serves as the "North Star" for your team, ensuring every individual action contributes to a larger objective.

Agility and Iteration

A common misconception is that a strategy is static. In practice, an effective approach must be dynamic. As project conditions change—due to market shifts, resource availability, or stakeholder feedback—your strategy should be reviewed and adjusted. This flexibility allows you to pivot without losing sight of the ultimate project outcomes.

Measure Success via KPIs

To move from abstract planning to concrete results, you must integrate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These metrics act as a vital feedback loop:

Real-Time Monitoring: KPIs allow you to identify bottlenecks before they become critical failures.

Objective Validation: They provide unbiased data to prove whether your chosen approach is actually working.

Strategic Refinement: If metrics show a decline in performance, they provide the evidence needed to justify a strategic shift to stakeholders.

Connect your strategy directly to the right data.

This is your chance to bring data into focus.

Publish the business processes you designed to support your business strategy.
Materialize the logical data model, including auto-generated views of the data.
Map the project metadata to the appropriate data sources.
Using our graphical query builder, get actionable insights into your strategy.

Combine data from various sources, including spreadsheets, older systems, new applications, and both private and public networks—whether stored on-site or in the cloud. Use ready-to-go connectors to create visual representations of your data, helping you see how different data sources are related and how they are categorized. This approach makes it simple to connect the most important data to your business goals, objectives, and strategy.

Derive insights to inform your strategy.

Gain clear, actionable insights tailored to your business strategy.

Query fast and often - run interactive queries.
- know "what to ask first" and "what to ask next."
Drill down - using iterative search capabilities.
- reach a point where you can easily make decisions.
Trust the data using the rules derived from your business.
- analyze data within the context of your strategy.
Derive insights that inform you about your strategy.
- Discover data beyond the well-prescribed data typically found inside your organization.
Easily share and discuss Project insights.

Empower your team to make smarter decisions together.

FAIR Benefits from democratizing your project and federating your data.
1. Findable
2. Accessible
3. Interoperable
4. Reusable
Yield more knowledge about your insights.
- Who generated or collected the data?
- How was it processed?
- Has it been published before?
- Does it contain data from another source?