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What is an Anaplan Center of Excellence – and why it matters
What is an Anaplan Center of Excellence — and why it matters Author: Stacey Borne is a Certified Master Anaplanner, former Anaplan Center of Excellence Leader, and runs the Certified Master Anaplanner Program and Anaplan Center of Excellence Programs at Anaplan. Defining what an Anaplan Center of Excellence is — and how…
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September 2025 CoE Exchange Event Recap
September 2025 CoE Exchange Event Recap Our latest CoE Program event brought CoE Program members together for networking and learning. We started with a virtual networking session, giving members a chance to connect and share experiences with peers across the program. From there, we moved into two featured sessions focused…
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Anaplan Center of Excellence Charter
The charter template and general information guide are cornerstones to standing up the CoE team. — By Josh Baker, CoE Leader @ PJT Partners, and Asslam Umar Ali, CoE Leader @ Fortescue Metal Group(@Asslam). Hundreds of customers have established an Anaplan Center of Excellence (CoE), recognizing it as a foundational…
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How to turn strategic goals into executable plans through effective prioritization
https://video.anaplan.com/watch/8jyLBoB2nDjHhxCvKb4PS1? Do you struggle with prioritization? Do you have a never-ending task list that always gets pushed to the side? Are you a transformational leader who wants to implement new Anaplan use cases, but maintenance work eats up all your resources? If the answer to any of the…
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Learn How a Center of Excellence enables Connected Planning
Learn how an Anaplan Center of Excellence enables Connected Planning and maximizes your Anaplan investment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIyrjEpYKf0
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Journey of Anaplan Center of Excellence
1. Learn about the components and Benefits of establishing an Anaplan CoE. The video also talks about setup of CoE and how you can scale your CoE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YebILyi30y8 2. Want to know how to efficiently and effectively achieve business objectives with the goals of maximizing ROI, standardizing best…
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Secrets of a Successful Center of Excellence (CoE): A Q&A with Groupon
Groupon’s Anaplan journey began in 2013, and they quickly adopted the Connected Planning vision, using one platform for integrated end-to-end planning. Join Dragana Kangrga from Groupon, and Wendy Wen and Kevin Jacokes from Impetus Consulting Group, to learn how Groupon realized the need to develop a Center of Excellence…
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Launching your Connected Planning Center of Excellence
1. Getting ahead of disruption around the corner Your Connected Planning Center of Excellence for better decision-making Business leaders are familiar with the need for digital transformation and today, they have a lucrative opportunity to take decision-making to new heights. Through technology and improvements to existing…
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Getting ahead of disruption around the corner [Whitepaper]
Your Connected Planning Center of Excellence for better decision-making Business leaders are familiar with the need for digital transformation and today, they have a lucrative opportunity to take decision-making to new heights. Through technology and improvements to existing business planning processes, leaders can…
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Career Opportunities
Many professionals know how impactful having Anaplan knowledge and expertise is on their careers. As there are many paths one can take being part of an Anaplan Center of Excellence. Hear from our current and former Center of Excellence Leaders on how being in this leadership position has propelled their careers, and learn…
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Strategic Leadership
As noted in this CoE Leader video, CoE Leaders are seen as transformational and strategic leaders in the business. You are leading the team's charter and creating long-term success plans for both Anaplan—the technical roadmap—and your CoE members—the talent roadmap. Learn how other CoE Leaders are sparking inspiration,…
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Governance and CoE Structure
Enacting governance and establishing an effective team structure are two core priorities for a CoE Leader. Though the style, playbooks, and sizes may vary from CoE to CoE, there are fundamental items that must be in place no matter what. Learn what other CoE Leaders have tested and determined as their governance standards…
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Culture of Connected Planning
Defining and fostering a culture of Connected Planning within and outside your CoE is a critical responsibility of a CoE Leader; Breaking down silos and challenging the norm is at the core of Anaplan and CoE members. The vision, clarity, and connections empower everyone to stay focused and act faster to continue the…
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5 Steps to Connected Planning Health Check
This article describes how to use health check audit on Anaplan models to identify gaps, deal with data quality, manage user experience, connecting models and user adoption. Based on experience in maintaining and deploying new models across FP&A and operational business functions as the Enterprise Connected Planning…
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Center of Excellence Series - Master Planning
The flavour for this year is not just about recovery but building strength in your capabilities to achieve the growth with scale you planned for, last year was unexpected, we all had big plans that might not have come to fruition, as many of our capabilities were tested. I’ve set myself the challenge this year to help the…
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Customer CoE Stories
An Anaplan Center of Excellence (CoE) creates synchronicity between the people involved in your Connected Planning journey. Many of our customers—regardless of where they are in their journey—have been focusing on establishing a CoE, or an Anaplan Community of Practice, to pursue their goals. CoEs are being built typically…
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A guide: How to tidy up any Anaplan model
Got multiple models on the go built by different departments? Thinking about establishing a CoE? Some of the first baby steps towards establishing your CoE can be daunting. Where do you start? In the past, I have spent a fair bit of time embedded within a client's CoE and have navigated existing models across various…
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How to Effectively Manage Request from End Users
Contributors: @Beauram @wendylynnwen This community post is a crucial resource to help the CoE lead understand prioritization and the continued growth of the platform. This guidance will help the team actively tend to deployed instances while simultaneously building for the future. — By Josh Baker, CoE Leader @ PJT…
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CoE Community Ask Me Anything Recap
As the Anaplan ecosystem continues to mature, many companies are beginning to commit dedicated resources to building and scaling an Anaplan Center of Excellence (CoE). We have found that those customers who have made this investment are the most likely to attain independent sustainability, and maximize their value received…
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The Evolution of the CoE Lead Role
CoE Leads are driving transformation and acting as visionary leaders and are key to success. — By Josh Baker, CoE Leader @ PJT Partners (@josh.baker) A recent study on a wide range of our customer CoEs has helped identify the shift in responsibilities for our most successful CoE Leads. Our strongest CoE Leads have evolved…
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Building a Lasting Capability and Protecting Your Investment
A Center of Excellence (CoE) can be a daunting undertaking, especially if you have a full Connected Planning vision on the horizon. While the vision may be big, the first steps are small and consistent to ensure you are involving the right people early enough to set yourself up for success. Spaulding Ridge has created this…
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Center of Excellence
Unpack the makings of a successful Center of Excellence with Patrick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2_81Ygl88
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Community perspective: Centers of Excellence Benefits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYgxWEi39JY Listen to Magali and Andrew discuss the benefits and impacts of Master Anaplanners and Centers of Excellence.