Cognos 8 Planning 8.3 Curriculum

This curriculum has been designed to meet the diverse needs of Cognos 8 Planning users. Project managers, planners, analysts, modelers, and administrators are assured a fast, effective, and convenient way to maximize success with Cognos Planning offerings.

 

Project Manager / Implementation Team Stakeholder | Planner / Reviewer
Analyst | Modeler | Application Administrator | Technical Administrator

 

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PROJECT MANAGER/IMPLEMENTATION TEAM STAKEHOLDER

You understand the business needs of your organization and are responsible for identifying business questions, validating requirements and design, and representing the business in the user community. If you want to know how to represent your business needs in the design of a new Planning model, the following offering is for you.

 

PLANNER / REVIEWER

As a Planner, you contribute to plans, budgets, or forecasts and produce reports. You may also input data. As a Reviewer, you are responsible for approving submissions from Planners. If you want to learn how to use Cognos Planning to plan or review budget and forecasts, the following offering is for you.

 

ANALYST

You manipulate business data to discover and understand trends and exceptions, and perform predictive modeling. You may also customize pre-defined reports for use by others. If you want to learn how to use Cognos Planning to analyze your data, the following offering is for you.

 

MODELER

You are responsible for designing and building models for deployment to other users. If you want to learn how to use Cognos Planning to design and build effective planning models and maintenance procedures, the following offerings are for you.

 

APPLICATION ADMINISTRATOR

Building on your business or financial background, you set up and maintain your company's applications. You define and modify the business rules, hierarchical definitions, and table relationships. You also define and maintain source data mapping, execute loads from transactional systems, and maintain security definitions. If you want to learn how to set up, secure, maintain Cognos Planning applications, the following offerings are for you.

 

TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATOR

You manage the technical deployment of your company's applications, review hardware and software requirements, and plan the overall system infrastructure. If you want to learn how to manage the deployment of the Cognos Planning applications, including installation, configuration, and system optimization, the following offering is for you.

 

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