Connected Planning Use Case | Transforming Excel-Based FP&A with Anaplan @weareceu

Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Learn how connected planning transforms business decision-making in this real-world use case presented by CEU graduates and consultants.

In this session from the Data Analytics Jamboree in Vienna, Zsofia Katona and Ian Brandenburg share a practical connected planning use case, showing how companies move from disconnected Excel-based workflows to integrated, data-driven planning systems.

They walk through:
- How businesses struggle with fragmented Excel planning
- The role of connected planning in financial and workforce planning
- How tools like Anaplan enable a single source of truth
- The consulting process: from messy data to structured business insights
- How AI supports (but does not replace) decision-making in modern organizations

This talk is especially useful for students, analysts, and professionals interested in business analytics, FP&A, data consulting, and enterprise planning systems.

The Department of Economics at Central European University (CEU) and the Vienna Data Science Group hosted the second Data Analytics Jamboree in Vienna, bringing together data scientists, analysts, engineers, managers, students, and professionals for an inspiring exchange on real-world analytics and AI-driven business solutions.

With international speakers from Austria, USA, Germany, and Hungary, the event featured expert talks, a live-streamed keynote and roundtable, a data job market open mic, and lively networking, capturing CEU’s global spirit and forward-looking approach to data science.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction & Speaker Welcome
0:42 Meet the Speakers (CEU Graduates & Consultants)
1:47 What Does Volantic Do? (Consulting & Digital Transformation)
3:11 How Data Consulting Projects Work (Agile Process Explained)
5:20 What is Anaplan? (Connected Planning Tool Overview)
6:50 Connected Planning Explained (Why It Matters)
7:00 The Business Problem: Excel Chaos & Disconnected Planning
8:39 What Data Consultants Actually Do (From Raw Data to Insights)
9:53 Inside Anaplan: Backend vs Frontend (How It Works)
10:53 The Role of AI in Data Consulting (Support, Not Replacement)
12:01 Will AI Replace Jobs? Real Perspective from Consultants
12:19 Skills You Need in Data Analytics & Consulting
14:28 Key Takeaways & Closing

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Connected Planning Use Case | Transforming Excel-Based FP&A with Anaplan

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