Reporting takes a key position during the implementation. Therefore, it is a good idea to revisit the business process analysis we completed earlier. For your own project, you may use the process analysis to additionally clarify the strategic direction of your own business. A strategic direction directly impacts the reporting requirements you will have as a business owner. The strategic goals set the terms which will determine how you will measure progress and accomplishment. These factors indicate progress and must be defined. They will be the data points we will report about.
In addition to the strategic reporting requirements, more operative reports are directly derived. For example, sales stage analysis are reports that must be available for salespeople. Therefore, you can see that the information we extract using reports must include the data points we plan to measure according to our strategic direction. In addition to the strategic aspect, reports also need to provide...