Key IT Tower Reports
The table below identifies key reports that are available once you have configured the IT Towers component. Use the table as you review the reports to identify the objectives of the reports as well as the questions addressed by the reports.
| Report | Audience | Objectives | Questions Addressed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costing Standard Summary - IT Towers | CIOsIT Management | View the budget variance trend over the past 13 months by IT sub-tower.Identify the top spend, variance, volume, and unit cost by IT sub-tower using the table. | How much have I spent by sub-tower so far this year?How has the variance trended over the past 13-months?What are the volumes and unit cost by sub-tower?How are unit costs trending? |
| IT Management - Summary | CIOIT Management | See spend and budget KPIs (KPI bar).Understand cumulative spend YTD and projected annual spend (Cost With Projection vs Full Year Budget chart).Identify budget variance by Cost Pool (Budget Variance by Cost Pools chart).Identify top spend and variance by IT Tower (Cost Summary chart and table). | How is my spend tracking against budget so far this year?Am I projected to be over or under budget for the year?Which cost pools are over or under budget?How much have I spent by IT Tower so far this year?Where is my biggest spend?Where is my biggest variance -- by amount and by percent?What amount of variance or of percent variance is material compared to my overall IT spend?Is action required to mitigate budget risk? |
| IT Management - IT Towers | IT Finance personnel | View the fixed/variable spend by IT tower.View the fixed/variable spend by IT sub-tower.Filter by role and location to isolate information. | You can use the information presented on this report to answer the following questions:If demand or consumption drops, do I have flexibility to reduce spend in a particular IT tower area?Does demand remain fairly consistent or vary greatly in the different towers?What financial agility is appropriate for a specific IT tower at this time?Should I set a percent variable target for individual IT towers? |
| Data Quality - Financials | TBM administrator | Quickly see unallocated costs from the financial layer.Assess unallocated cost trends over time by IT Financial model objects.Identify unallocated costs by IT Financial model objects.Review allocation strategies for the IT Financial objects in the model (e.g. Cost Source, Labor, Fixed Assets, etc.). | Which specific records are not being allocated to one of the destination objects (Labor, Fixed Assets, etc.)?Can I see any patterns that might identify the error?Are all the important fields which drive my allocations complete and valid? |