This Aberdeen Group report is based on a survey of 167 organizations of all sizes. The report uncovers the challenges that organizations face in utilizing performance data, the steps needed to create a base-line budget, tactics for taking planning to the next level through advanced analytics, and the benefits of predictive business solutions.

Volatile markets are making it harder to determine future performance. Unfortunately, pure guesswork and sticking to the norm will just not cut it in today’s business environment. This report details how top performers are achieving the next level in planning, budgeting, and forecasting by relying on their historical data contained within planning solutions and supplementing that data with predictive analysis.