ANAPLAN MASTER ANAPLANNER ESSENTIAL
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Time spent on each corner stone of the Anaplan way?
Answer: Process: 35%
Data: 35%
Model: 17%
Deployment: 13%
◉ Who should be invited to the project workshop?
Answer: - Business process owners who understand the end-to-end
process
- end users who are responsible for their individual in-scope process
components
- Data specialists who understand the data inputs, calculations, and
data outputs
- Core project team
◉ What are the data readiness best practices?
Answer: - Start the data discussion with the key stakeholders before
the project begins
,- Clearly identify data sources and data components (lists,
properties, hierarchies, subsets, and transactional data) in the
statement of work
- Assign homework: identify a team that ensure production-quality
data is ready and available at the start of the project. Gain early
insight into data completness, quantity, and integrity. Build
contingencies and identify critical risks and dependencies during
the planning phase.
◉ Data prep best practices
Answer: - Start small and focus on data quality
- Automate later
- Add data tasks as user stories in project tracking software
- Pay as much attention to data as you do to building the model
- When uncover data issues, document clearly and socialise broadly
◉ What model building training does?
Answer: - Provides a baseline
- Drives efficient requirements gathering
- Provides context that leads to increased stakeholder involvement
◉ What is deployment?
, Answer: Deployment involves a plan to roll the application out to the
end users and will usually include a training approach for getting the
end users trained.
◉ When end users should be involved in Anaplan implementation
project?
Answer: at the onset - or the latest during second sprint
◉ When to involve business SME?
Answer: in the early stages, preferably in the requirements phase
then, around the middle of Sprint 2, once you have the model at
about 90% built (model only, no user interface), start to get them
involved in evaluating the solution
◉ What is Anaplan Planual?
Answer: The Planual provides a systematic set of standards for
model building on the Anaplan platform.
Designed to produce the most efficient, usable, and scalable Anaplan
models, while dramatically increasing performance for models in all
contexts.
◉ When to create a change communication plan?
Answer: During project planning.
Adjust this plan throughout the release phases.
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Time spent on each corner stone of the Anaplan way?
Answer: Process: 35%
Data: 35%
Model: 17%
Deployment: 13%
◉ Who should be invited to the project workshop?
Answer: - Business process owners who understand the end-to-end
process
- end users who are responsible for their individual in-scope process
components
- Data specialists who understand the data inputs, calculations, and
data outputs
- Core project team
◉ What are the data readiness best practices?
Answer: - Start the data discussion with the key stakeholders before
the project begins
,- Clearly identify data sources and data components (lists,
properties, hierarchies, subsets, and transactional data) in the
statement of work
- Assign homework: identify a team that ensure production-quality
data is ready and available at the start of the project. Gain early
insight into data completness, quantity, and integrity. Build
contingencies and identify critical risks and dependencies during
the planning phase.
◉ Data prep best practices
Answer: - Start small and focus on data quality
- Automate later
- Add data tasks as user stories in project tracking software
- Pay as much attention to data as you do to building the model
- When uncover data issues, document clearly and socialise broadly
◉ What model building training does?
Answer: - Provides a baseline
- Drives efficient requirements gathering
- Provides context that leads to increased stakeholder involvement
◉ What is deployment?
, Answer: Deployment involves a plan to roll the application out to the
end users and will usually include a training approach for getting the
end users trained.
◉ When end users should be involved in Anaplan implementation
project?
Answer: at the onset - or the latest during second sprint
◉ When to involve business SME?
Answer: in the early stages, preferably in the requirements phase
then, around the middle of Sprint 2, once you have the model at
about 90% built (model only, no user interface), start to get them
involved in evaluating the solution
◉ What is Anaplan Planual?
Answer: The Planual provides a systematic set of standards for
model building on the Anaplan platform.
Designed to produce the most efficient, usable, and scalable Anaplan
models, while dramatically increasing performance for models in all
contexts.
◉ When to create a change communication plan?
Answer: During project planning.
Adjust this plan throughout the release phases.
