Take control over mission critical processes Optimize for execution speed with event-triggered workloads and SLA management Predict job durations with historical and advanced estimation (cycles, average & variance) See the impact of planned and unplanned events beforehand 9.3 Changes to SLA jobs produce proactive alerts Identification of “patterns” (regular trends) in job time durations/deadlines IBM SPSS used for statistical analysis Drag & drop jobs in a Gantt view Real time simulation of changes on the current plan Forecast of impacts Trial and error approach IBM SPSS Statistics is a well known software package used for statistical analysis. It is using the whole job history to identify patterns and make the right prediction. It is not using a pre-defined list of possible periods. It Is using sophisticated algorithms. This processing is being used for a subset of jobs identified by the user. A confidence interval is provided

Predict job durations details (WSd) Built in job duration prediction algorithms Detailed statistics are reported for common periods Global statistics for all the job instances Weekly statistics Monthly statistics Monthly (from the end of the month) statistics Run cycle statistics

Predict job durations details (WSd) Built in job duration prediction algorithms An algorithm identifies the period (if present). A linear prediction algorithm is used to analyze the samples of the period. A confidence interval is showing the variance of the samples for the identified period This is the default prediction algorithm for all the jobs. e

Predict job durations details (WSd) Better estimate for job durations IBM SPSS Statistics is a well known software package used for statistical analysis. It is using the whole job history to identify patterns and make the right prediction. It is not using a pre-defined list of possible periods. It Is using sophisticated algorithms. This processing is being used for a subset of jobs identified by the user. A confidence interval is provided

Predict job durations details Additional info to fine tune the confidence level Historical TCR Cognos reports Error estimations Variance estimations Filters available

Predict: What-if analysis details Visualize critical jobs in an iconic GANTT view Drag and drop jobs for immediate simulations Forecast the possible effects of an event Run What if simulations by selecting one or more jobs

Predict: What-if simulations and analysis Modify the Start date You can drag a job later in the plan and... ...check which impact this change causes on the plan, looking at the operation critical latest start.

Predict: What-if simulations and analysis Simulate workstation unavailability

Deleting Dependencies Predict: What-if simulations and analysis Deleting Dependencies ..and simulate the effect of cancelling a dependency. ..and discover that this would be the action to complete the process on time!

Apply changes to the plan Apply “What-if” simulations outcome to the plan Apply changes to the plan ..and apply corrective actions to the plan