You already know that TBM is a discipline. It's an ongoing practice. When Apptio capabilities are supporting your recurring IT Management processes, you are directly contributing to the success of your organization.
Many of our members are already doing this. In Dec 2016, when I asked How do you #UseApptio some said they were supporting multiple regular processes and others were just getting started. Wherever you are in the adventure, there are people in the Apptio Community who are just like you. So tell us what your Apptio related goals are for 2017. Which recurring IT Management processes or events are you going to support with Apptio?
Share your Apptio goals in the comments section and we'll put the power of community behind helping you get there.
As comments come in, I'm going to record them in this table for a consolidated view.
<UPDATE: Feb 8 - Thanks for your comments everyone!
As we continue to curate and enhance community content, I'll make sure to tag you in anything that aligns with your interests. We'll also do a mid year check-in to see how your progressing and if we've been able to help you. >
| In 2017, we will #UseApptio to.... | Community Member | Category |
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Connect our existing MSPS project and program data via a SQL connection, so we can further expand the power of Apptio to our PMO by providing real-time views into Program and Project spend. This will further increase adoption to an even broader audience, and move closer to using Apptio as the one-stop-shop for IT reporting. | @Carol St. Claire | Program and Project Spend |
Give our infrastructure teams deeper insight into the utilization and consumption of infrastructure resources. This will enable them to plan infrastructure spend based on server and storage consumption, perform what-if analysis, forecast for the future, etc. | @Carol St. Claire & @Jenny Franklin | Infrastructure Spend |
| Model public vs. private cloud | @Jenny Franklin | Cloud Spend |
Refine our reports to make them more user friendly | @Molly Meinert | Reporting for the business consumer |
Roll-out the rest of our Cost Transparency reports in IT Finance and IT Management that haven't been perfected yet | @Molly Meinert & John Schmitt | Reporting & IT Finance and Management socialization |
Utilize IT Planning to create and edit our budget and forecast throughout the following fiscal year | @Molly Meinert | Launch ITP for budgeting and forecasting |
Look for more ways to promote TBM and Apptio use in our organisation. Specifically, we will find key consumption areas (Networks, End User Services & Licences) and figure out how to best report on these. Would be great if Apptio had OOB reports for such things ;-) #CustomersMakeUsBetter @Jennifer Dinh | @Sasha Dunford | Reporting for the business consumer |
Prepare and launch a CT program and improve the bottom line of SVB.
Use the continuing analysis to give stakeholders an opportunity to understand the COB.
Provide Stakeholders with the tools to reduce cost. & Benchmarking | Vernda Monette & @Jen Marquis | Cost Transparency and reduction |
Engage users in Apps TCO reports | Juan José Jarillo | App TCO and Business Consumers |
Evolve forecasting process to create three years rolling forecast including project operational expense | Juan Jose Jarillo | Rolling forecasts |
| Migrate to R12 | Juan José Jarillo & @Peggy Cantu | Upgrade to v12 |
| Launch what if scenario analysis | Juan José Jarillo | What-if Analysis |
| Perform an Annual Data Review (kicked off 4Q2016) - Meet with all data providers and their management to ensure that we are receiving the most current &relevant data for their area, validate allocations and identify reporting opportunities. | @Peggy Cantu | Annual Data Review |
| Checkout enhancements such as Bill of IT, ATUM 2, and SaaS Insights | @Jenny Franklin & @Peggy Cantu | New releases |
| Use what we have learned from our first planning cycle within Apptio to make planning for the next fiscal year more seamless | John Schmitt | IT Planning |
Track priority account expenses at a higher frequency to make budget-expense matching easier | John Schmitt | Tracking frequency & Expense tracking |
Microsoft Azure reporting | @Carol St. Claire | Azure reporting |
Let's see what the common themes are, so we can identify the best ways to help each other. Personally, I'll look to this list for ideas on resources to make available or the best expert talks to schedule. We've also got Spotlight points (those are explained here) for anyone who shares a goal :-)
So don't be shy
Make Your Goals OUR Goals
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