Technology-enabled finance transformation

Free IMA CMA Part 1 (Financial Planning, Performance, and Analytics) lesson in Technology and Analytics. 14 min read, ~2,042 words.

SDLC has five phases: systems analysis, conceptual design, physical design, implementation and conversion, operations and maintenance, with operations and maintenance the longest and largest lifetime cost. Business process analysis must precede automation: simplify the workflow first, because automating a broken process only delivers faster failure. RPA automates rules-based, high-volume, structured-data...

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