Strategy Execution Software with Balanced Scorecard at Its Core
BSC Designer
Help your executive team move beyond spreadsheets and turn strategic plans into a connected execution architecture.
Align objectives, KPIs, initiatives, risks, and strategy maps in one place.
Estimate savings from moving from spreadsheet-based strategy tracking to automated strategy execution in BSC Designer.
Is BSC Designer the Right Fit for Your Strategy Execution?
BSC Designer is a good fit when your organization needs a structured system for strategy execution.
BSC Designer Is a Good Fit When…
- Objectives must cascade across business units within a scalable strategy architecture.
- You need to combine multiple frameworks, such as Balanced Scorecard, OKRs, and Hoshin Kanri.
- KPIs require continuous monitoring with weights, formulas, evidence, and approval workflows.
- Risks and controls need to be integrated into the strategy execution system.
- Governance and audit trail matter.
A Simpler Tool May Be Enough When…
- Your strategy process is informal.
- You mainly need task tracking, rather than strategy maps, KPIs, and initiatives.
- Your OKR process is limited to basic quarterly objective tracking without KPI logic or evidence-based updates.
- An informal spreadsheet is enough for now.
The following sections explain how BSC Designer supports this level of strategy execution in practice.
Connect Planning, Execution, and Review
Connect scorecards, update KPIs with evidence, review dashboards, and assign follow-up actions. Learn how this workflow supports strategy implementation in practice.
Structure
Design the strategy architecture
Design the strategy architecture with linked scorecards, goals, KPIs, initiatives, owners, formulas, and weights.
Create
Create strategy and functional scorecards, or import an existing strategy with goals, KPIs, targets, and initiatives.
Configure
Assign owners, set update intervals, define formulas and weights, and keep reporting consistent across scorecards.
Execution
Update performance and collaborate
Collect performance data, attach evidence, discuss changes, and approve updates through a controlled workflow.
Update
Enter KPI values manually or connect data sources. Add evidence for reviews and audits.
Collaborate
Comment on KPI changes, clarify assumptions, approve data, and keep discussions linked to the relevant goal or initiative.
Review
Report, decide, and adjust
Use strategy maps, dashboards, and scheduled reports to review performance and update the scorecard.
Report
Generate strategy maps, dashboards, and scheduled reports for management review.
Review
Record decisions, assign follow-up actions, adjust targets or initiatives, and carry lessons into the next review cycle.
Reliable KPI Calculations Without Spreadsheet Errors
Automate calculations – normalization, weights, indexes, and progress – even for the most complex scoring systems.
Organize goals and KPIs into a structure.
Manage weights, optimization functions, and grouping.
Calculate scorecards automatically.Keep KPI Data Ready Before Every Strategy Review
Connect to external data sources and use them to keep KPIs updated in real time.
Connect KPIs to MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, SAP HANA, Oracle, Databricks, and Snowflake.
Import existing strategies and data for KPIs from Excel. Automate data input via Google Sheets.
Update KPIs via developed RESTful API using Zapier or MS Power Platform.Traceable KPI Updates with Evidence
Define required evidence for each KPI and ensure users upload the correct documentation with every update.
Define the evidence required for the indicator and for each update.
Upload required evidence before entering performance data.Control, accountability, and auditability built in:
Keep Strategy Data Secure, Governed, and Audit-Ready
Learn how we protect, host, and govern your performance data.
Cut Strategy Reporting from Days to Minutes
Start from pre-defined reporting profiles, customize as needed, and schedule automatic delivery by email.
Keep Strategy Maps Alive Between Review Meetings
Automatically generated from your scorecards — always up to date.
Balanced Scorecard for IT. 
Balanced Scorecard-style strategy map created automatically.
Objectives with live performance and initiatives data.
Customizable canvases with live data from the scorecard.Decision-Ready Strategy Dashboards
Always powered by live strategy data — with charts designed for strategy execution.
Track KPIs over time.
Visualize risks and risk mitigation plans.
Track the execution of action plans. Customer Service Strategy Scorecard. Track How Strategic Risk Changes Over Time
Identify and measure 
risks for strategic objectives and track their treatment initiatives.
Bowtie analysis of threats and consequences with dynamic controls.
Define risks in the context of objectives.
Quantify inherent, acceptable, and residual risk.
Visualize risk evolution.Align Teams Around One Connected Strategy
Ensure the future readiness and resilience of your strategy. Communicate your strategy and align your team.
Cascade the company’s strategy into strategic and functional scorecards.
Establish a performance measurement system to quantify objectives, KPIs, and initiatives.A practical walkthrough of the architecture behind successful strategy execution with BSC Designer.
Before You Build Scorecards: Run a Strategy Workshop
Download the free Strategy Execution Canvas and run a half-day strategy workshop with your team.
Build and Audit Strategy Scorecards Faster with AI
Use GenAI to cascade your strategy into scorecards, suggest goals and KPIs, import your data, or audit your strategy.
Use AI to support and improve strategic analysis.
Review the AI’s suggestions before adding them.Industry Use Cases for Strategic Execution
Real-world strategy and performance management applications across industries and sectors.
Public Sector & Government
Evidence-Based Performance Reviews
— National Revenue Authority (Africa)
Cascading Strategy for Regulatory Oversight
— Data Protection Authority (Europe)
Finance & Investment
KPI Scoring Standards
— Financial Institution (Asia)
Portfolio Monitoring Framework
— VC Firm (USA)
Education & Research
Five-Year Strategy Rollout
— University (GCC)
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Aligning Clinical and Support Functions
— Healthcare Organization (USA)
Environmental & Industrial Operations
Implementing an existing Balanced Scorecard
— Environmental Consultancy (GCC)
Energy & Engineering
KPI Compliance Controls
— Electrical Engineering Company (LATAM)
Vertical & Horizontal Alignment
— Integrated Coal Mining Company (Asia)
Corporate & Services
Strategy and Risk Model
— 3PL Logistics Provider (Mexico)
KPI and Incentive Linkage
— Food Producer (LATAM)
SLA Scorecard Replication
— Telecom Provider (Europe)
Professional & Advisory Services
Policy Control Automation
— Consulting Firm (Africa)
ROI-Driven Strategy Execution
— Digital Transformation Consultancy (GCC)
Non-Profit & NGOs
RBM-Aligned Strategy System
— Non-Profit Organization (GCC)
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What’s the best tool to track your strategy and support execution? Download a ready-to-use template where the requirements for an integrated strategy execution platform are clearly formulated.
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