- Managing future commitments is too difficult.
- The way you forecast anticipated expenses today is difficult.
- Your forecasts tend to include inaccuracies.
- The reporting mechanism you have to highlight future commitments does not work well.
- You do not have a special commitment budget.
- You often commit to spending above your budget level.
- None or not enough steps are taken for implementing corrections.
- Your financial managers do not have all the information they need in order to generate and authorize requisitions.
- They do not generally feel they are in control of budgets.
- Competition for available funds from donors, granters, and members is intense, and it is difficult to demonstrate your clear focus on the organizational mission to these people.
- Your donors have not given you any feedback on their perception of your operation and its financial management.
- You do not know how your financial management compares to that of the organizations that are looking to the same funding sources.
- You are not getting the best sort of return on your technology investments.
- Too large a portion of your budget is consumed by administration and other overhead, as opposed to activities in pursuit of the organizational mission.
- You have recently lost significant donors.
- Financial management technology does not adjust to the way the organization works.
- Your financial management system does not integrate with other applications.
- Your current system is too old.
- Users do not find it easy to learn and operate.
- Your current system does not accommodate larger numbers of users or transactions well.
- Your current technology cannot adapt to changing regulations, increasing membership, or other requirements.
- Your IT resources are not working completely on their own, and they do not have partner expertise available to them.
- Software solutions specifically developed for your needs are unavailable.
