Technology each of the components of enterprise permance management (EPM) has been rapidly advancing, especially in the areas of predictive analytics and cloudbased solutions but the vision and thoughtleadership is lacking. This title introduces a framework implementing and managing next generation functionality better insight, focus, and alignment. This blueprint will show that EPM can have a direct, positive impact on revenue growth, operating margin, asset utilization, and cash cycle efficiency. This new edition will provide updated technology references, more on integrated business planning as a cornerstone of EPM/Connected Planning; less on history of EPM; a refinement of the central framework (which continues to be successful with client CxO levels)including governance in the middle, new use cases of EPM/Connected Planning (additional types of planning, reporting, and advanced analytics), and a new chapter on finance in a digital world addressing technologies that are challenging or changing the nature of planning, with particular attention to the cloud.