and
QPR ScoreCard 7.0

Features

(QPR features also present in BSPG are checked with a tag in the image below and afterwards)

Positioning of BSPG and QPR in the
Gartner Group BSC Software Classification

Benefits of QPR ScoreCard (compared to BSPG)

• Interactive - Commit People to Objectives
  Strategy-driven action
  Set targets and achieve them
  Communicate through action planning and commenting [as of 3-8-03 you can add,search and review comments to any BSPG object]
• Efficient - Get results fast
  Easy and quick modeling of scorecards
  Visual and clear presentation
  Up-to-date information delivery on the web
  Email alerts for quick reaction time [at present alerts are managed by a human BS administrator]
• Flexible - Meets Your Needs
  Customizable terminology and graphical symbols
  Scalable from standalone to corporate level balanced scorecard application
• Cost Effective
  Less reporting, better information
  Automatic updates from variety of data sources [BSPG must be customized for a real case data synchronization; see also Data imports in the Details below]
  Spend less time in measuring and more time in analyzing

Details

• Web based Management Portal
• Communicate Strategy with Web Enabled Strategy Maps [BSPG strategy map is MacromediaFlash enabled, while QPR is image-based, slower and unconfortable]
• Set Clear Targets
• Powerful Personalization of Portal [BSPG may be quickly improved on this, if necessary]
  • Public bookmarks [Does not seem so useful.. you can still set up your bookmarks through a browser]
  • Personal home and default pages [just home page, but simply extensible]
  • My Responsibilities [Responsibilities are automatically inherited by each user]
  • Customizable analysis view [BSPG is customizable by BS administrators, not by end-users]
• Web-based Discussion & Action Planning with File Attachments [BSPG will be improved on this: it's already in the to-do list]
  • True interactive feedback channel!
  • Give comments, analyse performance, create and assign action plans.
  • Break down action plans to tasks. Attach project plans to your action plans.
  • Gather & distribute best practise lessons [but not automated: these are too often manual tasks]
• Web-enabled Briefing Booklets [justly missing in BSPG, because BSC are complex and structured views on company strategies: breaking it up and giving each user a personalized option means losing the BSC view]
  1. Browse and "shop" for the desired content (Add to Basket)
  2. Create booklet and pages [can be done by BSPG Developers]
  3. Place content from basket on pages
  4. Publish booklet
• Consolidate and drill-down
• Analyze Historical Performance and Trend
• Web Enabled Reports
• Cascade Scorecards to Entire Organisation
• Detect Exceptional Performance with Warnings [Evaluation is the Key feature, in BSPG: you can choose its detailment level, from the simplest and common green/yellow/red to a full-range rainbow color.. because things sometimes are not just good or bad..]
• Fast Reaction with Email Alerts [not present, can be quickly implemented on demand]
• Automated and scheduled Data Imports [performances are a key success factor, when implementing a BSC.. and they cannot be achieved without a customized, case-by-case analysis and integration: for this reason Data Imports in BSPG have to be custom-made upon source database]
  Supported interfaces:
  • All major databases – ODBC (SQL)
  • Many OLAP cubes – MDX queries
  • Files – *.txt, *.csv, *.xls
• Fast and Flexible BSC Modeling [BSC Modeling with BSPG is still in a beta-phase, and should be followed step-by-step by a BSPG consultant]
• Fully customizable measurement system
  • What to measure?
  • How to measure?
  • How often?
• Online Resource Centre and User Community usernet.qpr.com [there will be a BSPG forum as soon as there will be some more users..]