SSM 10.1 Cascaded Scorecard

Hi SSM 10.1 Experts,
for people who have had the opportunity to work SSM 10.1, I want to ask you a question related to
the impact of cascading the scorecard, which is mentioned in the documentation as a new possibility.
Thanks a lot.

Ingrid,
What do you want to know about cascading?
You can cascade the contexts within SSM so that they stretch from the Corporate level to the departmental or business unit level. The relevant filters placed on dimensions will ensure that the data matches that level of the organisation.
Within SSM you can also cascade Objectives and Initiatives. When cascading Objectives you are saying that Objective A is supported by Objective B in the context of a lower level and an Objective B may support that same Objective in another context on that lower level.
Similarly you can cascaade Initiatives so that the initiative in Context A is 'copied' into the contexts at the lower levels and you can reassign responsibilities and budgets.
Does this help?
Regards
Colin

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Leelananda and others PLEASE NOTE!
This original post was in 2006 and Jason does NOT seem to be an active member. His member email bounces so he will not receive any alerts about updates to this post.
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