EPM Success Blueprint

The Wrong Plan Can Break The Right EPM.

A four-week programme designed to help finance teams define what success needs to look like before EPM selection, configuration or implementation begins.

The Blueprint gives you a clearer view of what finance actually needs, where the risks sit and what the right route forward should look like before major decisions are made.

The Blueprint outputs

Business Requirements Document

Defines the finance, planning and EPM requirements that should guide selection, design and implementation.

Informed Proof of Concept

Makes the proposed EPM solution tangible before full implementation, helping stakeholders test the approach, challenge assumptions and make better-informed decisions.

EPM Success Blueprint™ | £20,000
Clear requirements. Practical proof. Better EPM decisions.

Capable software is not enough.

Independent EPM QA™ applies our Success Framework™ across every phase of your programme, from architecture through to go-live.

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Start before software.

The EPM Success Blueprint™ helps finance teams define what they need, what good looks like and what it will take to deliver properly before selection, configuration or implementation begins.

The process answers four critical questions:

  • What do we need from EPM?

    Define the finance, planning and reporting requirements that matter most.

  • What should this look like?

    Turn those requirements into a clear view of the future solution.

  • What should come first?

    Prioritise the use cases and decisions that will have the greatest impact.

  • What will it take to implement properly?

    Understand the people, process, technology and ownership needed to deliver successfully.

Plan Assist success framework<br />

Two Deliverables. One Clearer Decision.

// 01 Business Requirements Document

A clear record of what finance needs from EPM, written in business language.

It defines the plan and supports better selection and road mapping.

// 02 Informed Proof of Concept

A practical example of how the future solution could work, using your structure and sample data.

It makes the requirements visible before the full build.

EPM Success Blueprint™

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Business Requirements Document

Defines what finance needs.

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Informed Proof of Concept

Shows how the future solution could work.

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Selection support

Uses the BRD to guide more informed EPM selection.

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Implementation roadmap

Turns the agreed requirements into a clearer route to delivery.

Finance People, Not Just System.

Plan Assist brings together experience across accounting, FP&A, customer-side EPM and hands-on delivery.

That means we understand the finance process as well as the technology behind it, and can help build EPM solutions that work in practice, not just at go-live.

Our Success Framework™ is designed around long-term adoption, ownership and value.

The result is a planning solution your finance team can trust, use and continue to develop.

Calculate “Your EPM Risk Assessment”

Complete the assessment to understand where your EPM programme may be most exposed to risk and receive recommended next steps based on your responses.

  • Around 10 minutes

    A focused assessment designed to give you a useful view of your EPM readiness without a lengthy discovery process.

  • Personalised risk score

    See how you perform across strategic alignment, technical foundations, user experience and ownership.

  • Recommended next steps

    Receive practical guidance based on your responses, helping you understand where to focus before selection or implementation.

Extracts from the EPM Risk Blueprint report

Customers describe Plan Assist in three words:

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