The Cost Transparency dashboard provides a breakdown of all cost allocations based on the TBM model your organization’s has implemented. It enables you to analyze spend across Cost Pools, Towers, Solutions, and Consumers, while comparing actual spend against budget and forecast values.
Who should use this dashboard?
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IT management
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IT finance and TBM teams
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Technology and finance executives
What is this dashboard used for?
Use this dashboard to:
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Monitor year-to-date IT spend across TBM dimensions
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Compare actual spend against budget and forecast values
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Identify high-spend areas and cost drivers
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Analyze spending trends across towers, solutions, and consumers
What questions does this dashboard answer?
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What is the current YTD IT spend across the organisation?
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Which Cost Pools, Towers, Solutions, or Consumers have the highest spend?
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How does current spend compare to budget and forecast?
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Where are the largest spend variances occurring?
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Which business areas or consumers are driving IT costs?
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How is spend distributed across the TBM model?
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KPIs
Charts and tables
Selecting any data point in a chart allows you to drill down into a more detailed view of the selected element.
Cost Pools
The Cost Pools chart shows Year-to-Date (YTD) spend compared against budget and forecast values across TBM Cost Pool categories.
Click any cost pool to drill into the Cost Pool Spend report for a detailed breakdown of spend.
The Cost Pools table view displays the same information in tabular format, allowing you to sort, filter, and review detailed spend values by Cost Pool.
Towers
The Towers chart shows year-to-date spend compared to budget and forecast, broken down by technology tower. This chart help you analyze how IT spend is distributed across technology services and identify high-cost operational areas.
Click any tower to drill into the Tower Spend report for detailed breakdown of spend.
The Towers table view provides a detailed breakdown of spend by Tower with sorting and filtering capabilities for deeper financial analysis.
Solutions
The Solutions chart displays YTD spend against budget and forecast by Solution category. It provides visibility into which business and technology solution areas contribute most to overall IT spend.
Click any solutions to drill into the Solution Spend report for detailed breakdown of spend.
The Solutions table view displays detailed spend information by Solution, supporting detailed review, filtering, and variance analysis.
Consumers
The Consumers chart compares YTD spend against budget and forecast by Consumer or business unit. It helps orginization understand which business areas consume the most IT services and drive IT spend.
Click any solutions to drill into the Consumer Spend report for detailed breakdown of spend.
The Consumers table view provides a detailed tabular breakdown of spend by Consumer, enabling sorting, filtering, and detailed financial review.
Data sources
The table below outlines the charts available on this page and the corresponding data cubes from which each chart retrieves its data.
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Chart Name |
Data Cube |
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Cost Pools |
TBM Cost Pools |
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Towers |
TBM Towers |
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Solutions |
TBM Solutions |
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Consumers |
Consumer Spend |
Drilldown reports: