StrataJazz Financial Planning Commentary
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Mark Allphin
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Loyalty, Product
One of the things we're challenged with right now with the system is trying to essentially...
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Product
The tool is great. It does a lot of things well. Strata Decision Technology has come out with a lot...
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Culture, Value
Strata Decision Technology is transparent about their charges. But I would question whether they are...
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Loyalty, Product
We had a different product that allowed us to kick out Excel sheets, and we were budgeting in Excel...
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Relationship
On the financial planning side, I like the autonomy of the system, especially on the rollovers and...
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Operations
What Strata Decision Technology could do better with their training is kind of a hard question to...
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Product
Overall, StrataJazz Financial Planning is a very good system with a lot of good functionality. Some...
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Product
I don’t know that we’ve changed the way we approach budgeting and planning by adopting StrataJazz...
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Relationship
Sometimes Strata Decision Technology’s support is really good, and sometimes it is a little slower....
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Product
The strategic planning piece of the solution is pretty complex, and it isn't intuitive like the...
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Relationship, Operations
Strata Decision Technology could have better communication about best practices after the...
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Operations, Product
The capital planning piece was very easy to implement in our organization. We love it. The software...
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Loyalty
Development and innovation are part of why we went with Strata Decision Technology. I did a big...
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Relationship
Strata Decision Technology's support is a little clunky. It isn't always timely. It seems like they...
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Relationship, Operations
With their project management, the way Strata Decision Technology goes about managing their team is...
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Product, Value
Since moving to the solution, being able to do budgeting by volumes is a big outcome for us. I...
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Value
Strata Decision Technology is pricey, and the implementation fees are costly, but it is the Cadillac...
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Culture, Relationship, Product
Strata Decision Technology is constantly innovating with new products, but they should spend a lot...
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Product
Some things don't work perfectly in StrataJazz Financial Planning. They tend to use one dimension,...
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Value
The vendor has some capabilities on their road map, but the key issue is embedding AI without...
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Loyalty, Relationship
Strata Decision Technology typically uses their annual user conference to share their road map...
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Relationship, Value
Strata Decision Technology has been a solid partner. However, we have some concerns when new...
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Relationship, Operations
Once the system is installed, we receive limited proactive interaction from Strata Decision...
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Relationship
When issues arise with the system, we submit a support ticket through email or the vendor's portal...
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Product
The primary differentiator between StrataJazz Financial Planning and other solutions is StrataJazz...
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Product
StrataJazz Financial Planning's biggest strength is its flexibility in defining what is variable...
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Product
On the budgeting side of StrataJazz Financial Planning, I think the rolling forecast could be a...
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Relationship
With Strata Decision Technology, we have regular executive sessions. We have had those since we went...
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Operations
When we implemented StrataJazz Financial Planning, we ripped off the Band-Aid and implemented...
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Loyalty, Product
There are some enhancements we are waiting for that would make our process better. Strata Decision...
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Value
We are leveraging productivity outside of StrataJazz Financial Planning to help with workforce...
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Relationship
We have had concerns, and when we have them, we get them resolved. When we have issues, the vendor...
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Culture, Value
The vendor has a new business model. The first go-around, they did whatever we wanted. On the second...
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Product
The solution is integrating very well. They integrate, and they tell us up front how it will...
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Relationship, Operations
The vendor has done a really good job of guiding us. The solution has been very easy to use.
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Product, Value
The system's updates for daily productivity feature have worked well for our system. We have been...
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Product
StrataJazz Financial Planning is average. We are making it work, but it is not anything to write...
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Product, Value
Strata Decision Technology hasn't fixed a couple of things, including productivity. Health systems'...
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Product
For productivity reporting, Strata Decision Technology decided to use their own calculations for...
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Loyalty
StrataJazz Financial Planning’s stability is iffy. Its responsiveness depends on the day of the...
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Relationship
Support for StrataJazz Financial Planning is included up to a point. If we put in a ticket, we...
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Culture
Executive involvement from Strata Decision Technology doesn’t help us because they just give us a...
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Value
I would not purchase StrataJazz Financial Planning again. That is also a catch-22 because I really...
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Operations
There is training for StrataJazz Financial Planning, but the training is usually videos, so it is...
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Culture, Value
Charging for everything is what Strata Decision Technology does. Every little thing is going to cost...
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Loyalty, Relationship
With StrataJazz Financial Planning upgrades, we really don’t have a choice, and Strata Decision...
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Loyalty, Product
We replaced at least four different software platforms with one, so that was good. For all I know,...
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Product
We use StrataJazz Financial Planning to drive financial results. We like the long-range plan module...
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Relationship
We have asked Strata Decision Technology about some different functionalities over the years. We are...
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Value
StrataJazz Financial Planning is expensive. We expected StrataJazz Financial Planning to be very...
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Relationship, Operations
I would like to see more guidance and insights from Strata Decision Technology. I want them to take...
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Loyalty
Things have been really good with Strata Decision Technology. I think we are going to start to try...
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Product
Before we started using StrataJazz Financial Planning, our budgeting was all over the place. That is...
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Loyalty, Relationship, Product
Strata Decision Technology could do better at helping us tie out best practices for the integration...
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Loyalty, Product, Value
Adopting StrataJazz Financial Planning has helped our approach to budgeting, our plan to be more...
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Product, Value
StrataJazz Financial Planning is lacking in their ability to integrate the number of attributes to...
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Product
The system is really simple. We don’t need much to get it up and running.
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Relationship, Product, Value
There are a few things that don’t always make sense when filling out a project. For example, there...
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Product
One thing that is frustrating is the way the system handles older projects. When we open up the...
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Operations
I wasn’t part of the original implementation, but I helped put together a lot of the projects that...
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Product
Strata Decision Technology does a good job with integration, but the integration is not easy. Even...
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Relationship, Operations
The access we have to the vendor is something that stands out. Strata Decision Technology is very...
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Relationship, Product
The system functionality and the intuitiveness of clicking around in places are strengths of...
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Relationship, Product
When we compare our prior experience to our current financial planning and analysis solution, we can...
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Loyalty
Strata Decision Technology is continually working on new technology, and that is really neat to see....
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Relationship, Value
We have struggled at times to get guidance from Strata Decision Technology. It seems they want the...
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Product
We have changed the way we budget and plan things since adopting StrataJazz Financial Planning, and...
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Product
We actually don't use long-range planning and rolling forecasting with Strata Decision Technology...
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Operations
When it comes to ongoing training, other than in patch notes, we get no training from Strata...
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Culture, Operations
StrataJazz Financial Planning does a lot, but stuff is missing. Sometimes the vendor says there is...
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Loyalty, Product
The revamp of the productivity reporting in StrataJazz Financial Planning was very useful and gave...
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Product
The system is complete; the vendor has a lot to offer, and they offer everything. Other systems do...
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Loyalty
One of the main things we are looking forward to in the system is the advanced reporting the vendor...
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Relationship
I have regularly scheduled calls with Strata Decision Technology. I also have calls with my project...
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Relationship, Operations
The teams at Strata Decision Technology have been great. We have had some very good experiences. We...
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Product
I love the system. It has made my life so much easier, and it is wicked cool. StrataJazz Financial...
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Operations, Product
I have started rolling the system out to additional staff members, and those staff members are in...
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Product, Value
Sometimes, we find things in StrataJazz Financial Planning that we don't understand, and we have to...
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Value
I would recommend the system to others with the caveat that I would give them the good and the bad....
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Relationship
We have received quite a bit of support from the vendor. However, I would give their support a...
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Loyalty, Operations, Product
The system's upgrades are seamless. The system is cloud based, so the vendor will notify us when...
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Loyalty
Strata Decision Technology has a new system that has been out for a few years already, and we have...
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Relationship, Operations
We are on an older version of the system. There aren't as many consultants from Strata Decision...
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Loyalty, Product
The vendor has come up with new things that I would love to have, but those things are in the...
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Product
StrataJazz Financial Planning has made how we approach budgeting and planning a ton easier. It lays...
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Product
It is very easy to work within StrataJazz Financial Planning's model to load assumptions. Also, we...
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Relationship
We have fairly regular update meetings with the vendor to talk about services and the road map for...
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Loyalty
We have been fairly stable on the platform. The vendor has kept up with our move to a new ERP...
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Loyalty, Value
The vendor has a pretty comprehensive platform. A lot of people use it, so it has delivered value....
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Operations
With training, the vendor usually does okay on the initial implementation. But I don't know that we...
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Culture, Product
I haven't heard of any blow-ups when we have done upgrades. The product is working as the vendor...
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Culture
The vendor has an annual agreement, and they also have a certain number of consulting days. The...
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Relationship
When we need support from Strata Decision Technology, we have to open a ticket, and sometimes the...
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Culture, Operations
When we started our budgeting process, Strata Decision Technology helped us set that up, but then we...
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Relationship, Product
We have gotten good feedback from our end users about the solution's ease of use.
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Product
I wish the different aspects of operating budgeting would talk to each other better. When I go in...
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Relationship, Product
We would like better transparency and reporting capabilities around changes that we have made...
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Relationship
The vendor is usually rather good at proactive service. They constantly put out messages, and once...
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Value
For StrataJazz Financial Planning, we are paying for productivity, and we are not really using the...
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Product
We rely on the reporting capabilities that come from the module's platform or tables; however, we...
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Relationship
I'm not very fond of the ticket process. We have to put in a ticket and wait 24 hours to get a...
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Product, Value
The solution gives us quicker reporting capabilities. It allows us to dive into a greater level of...
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Culture
We get monthly account invoices, and we received a monthly account invoice that was sent to us by...
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Relationship, Operations
The Strata Decision Technology support and the learning and certification courses that the vendor...
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Product
StrataJazz Financial Planning works well, but it is still a mainframe-heavy and database-heavy...
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Value
The product has allowed us to scale our operations and forecast our growth projections.
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