BSC Designer - Balanced Scorecard Software with AI

BSC Designer

Balanced Scorecard Software

Transform your strategy and KPIs:
– Move from chaotic spreadsheets to scalable scorecards.
– Achieve clarity and alignment for effective strategy execution.

What is Strategic Planning Software in 2025?

The trends of 2025/2026 include the growing complexity of the business and regulatory landscape, which impacts the requirements and application areas of strategic planning software:

Integrated stakeholder management

Multiple frameworks like Balanced Scorecard and OKRs

GRC and internal controls functions

Strategy cascading and alignment

Integrated risk management

Transparent and compliant use of AI

Supporting and Empowering Strategies Worldwide

Strategy Implementation System by BSC Designer

BSC Designer combines strategy cascading with performance measurement.

Strategy implementation in a business group with multiple companies and subsidiaries.

Cascade the company’s strategy into strategic and functional scorecards.

Steps to set up a performance measurement framework to ensure data consistency, effective reporting, and continuous improvement.

Break down complex objectives into sub-goals, KPIs, and initiatives.

Connecting Goals with Strategy

Strategic planning software complements your goal-tracking tools with strategic alignment and long-term planning.

Goal Tracking Software	Strategic Planning Software
Daily planning and task tracking for operational teams.	Planning for strategy team and senior management.
Cascading tasks within projects.	Cascading across business units.
Tracking completion progress for tasks.	Tracking cause-and-effect relationships for goals using leading and lagging indicators.
Basic risk estimation as “low” or “high.”	ISO 31000-compliant risk management.
Alignment within projects.	Alignment with stakeholder needs, governance, and compliance functions.

Introduce BSC Designer to Your Team

Download PDF slides to Present BSC Designer to key stakeholders involved in strategic planning.

BSC Designer presentation: about company

Develop, Deploy, and Collaborate on Your Strategy

A workspace for your strategy. Cascade high-level strategies into strategic and functional scorecards.

Organize scorecards like files on a computer.

Assign access rights to the scorecards.

Communicate the company’s vision and mission.

Make Your Goals Tangible by Defining KPIs

The software does all calculations, including normalization, weights, indexes, calculation of progress.

Organize goals and KPIs into a structure.

Set up KPI weights, optimization function, and grouping.

Manage weights, optimization functions, and grouping.

Calculate scorecards automatically.

Connect KPIs to the Data Sources

Connect to external data sources using a direct database connection, Google Sheets, Zapier, or RESTful API.

Create SQL indicators to connect directly to databases.

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.

Automate ISO 31000-Compliant Risk Management

Identify and measure

risks for strategic objectives. Track risk treatment initiatives.

Define risks in the context of objectives.

Quantify inherent, acceptable, and residual risk.

Visualize risk evolution.

Have Specific Action Plans to Execute Your Strategy

Upload documents, assign budgets, timelines and persons responsible for the initiatives to prepare the strategy for execution.

Define a detailed action plan with assigned owners.

Track the progress of the initiative with aligned KPIs.

Define budgets and timelines for the initiatives.

Build a Framework of Internal Controls

Minimize risks and ensure compliance by implementing comprehensive internal controls.

Organize internal controls into a catalog.

An example of an internal control with aligned metrics, action plans, and risks.

A risk diagram for internal control.

Create Strategy Maps Automatically

Present your strategy on one page automatically.

An example of strategy map in BSC Designer

An example of the strategy map in BSC Designer. Source: 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.

Make Faster Decisions with BI Dashboards

Customizable BI dashboards help to track important metrics.

Track KPIs over time.

Visualize risks and risk mitigation plans.

Track the execution of action plans.

An example of the BI dashboard in BSC Designer. Source: Customer Service Strategy Scorecard.

AI-Driven Strategy Analysis and Description

Provide GenAI with contextual information; review and approve AI-generated suggestions.

Use AI to support and improve strategic analysis.

Review the AI’s suggestions before adding them!

Discuss Strategy and Performance Data

Facilitate discussions around strategy. Comment on the values of KPIs, action plans, and link directly to the strategy elements.

Provide comments on the values of the KPIs.

Discuss the initiatives and goals in detail.

Keep Stakeholders Informed with Performance Reports

Customizable reports in HTML, PDF, Excel formats – view online or schedule sending by email.

Example of Overview Report

Example of Cost of Strategy Report

Example of Action Plan Report

Seamless Experience on Mobile Devices

The platform’s responsive design adapts to smaller screens without compromising functionality.

Presentation mode activated to optimize screenspace for smartphone scenario

Enable presentation mode to focus on viewing data.

Tap on the Value field to edit it directly without the need to open scorecards

Tap on the Value field to edit data directly.

A dashboard optimized for mobile view in BSC Designer

Adapt dashboards and KPI tables for mobile devices.

Customizing the Platform with No-Code

To be agile, BSC Designer was designed with a minimalist approach. To automate challenges related to strategic planning and GRC, it relies on a few customizable components.

Scorecards serve as containers for other components.

Inside the scorecard, the basic components are goals, KPIs, and initiatives.

Custom fields allows customizing basic components in BSC Designer

The properties of basic components can be extended with user-defined fields.

Data Governance

Your strategy data is managed according to industry best practices, ensuring compliance with the latest regulations.

Two-Factor Authentication

Single sign-on

‘View’ or ‘Modify’ Access Rights
(for scorecards, indicators, dashboards)

Lock Historical Data

Approval for Entered Data

Audit Trail

Data Availability: System Backups & User Exports

Data Localization Compliance

Hosted securely on DigitalOcean Platform
(AICPA SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS)

Formal Cybersecurity Program Implemented

Hands-On Training Included

Start learning the platform with video tutorials. Ask questions to the AI assistant.

Included with Professional Plan:

Hands-on training for various application areas
Customer support by email

Included with Enterprise Plan:

Strategy advisory hours
Specialist certification

Companies Across the Globe Trust BSC Designer

BSC Designer is used by business strategists, CEOs, educators, HRs, QA specialists. Customer stories…
BSC Designer product rating: 9/10 based on 102 reviews.

We find BSC Designer a very ergonomic and intuitive tool. It quickly adapts to your way to carry out the information analysis. It is simple, fast and effective.
BSC Designer helps to avoid using and maintaining home-made Excel sheets and produces professional results. Learn more >

This tool has contributed a lot as a strategic planning and operation management solution that enabled everyone to track results at real-time and achieve assigned goals.
It provides a dynamic approach to work-flow planning unlike using Excel spreadsheet. Learn more >

We have a very good experience with BSC Designer, as this instrument can facilitate the implementation of the Balanced Scorecard in our unit.
We have been trying to design a MS Excel spreadsheet but this approach proved to be more difficult. Learn more >

We use BSC Designer for measuring performance rather than effort.
BSC Designer has allowed us to evaluate results in more than one way. Now we can reward efforts that we are sure are creating the desired results. Learn more >

I was looking for a software for strategical planning for the company where I work, therefore we are looking for a way to implement the Balanced Scorecard.
I found BSC Designer, which is a very practical software. Learn more >

A great and practical option to deliver and keep a Balanced Scorecard.
We are a consulting firm and use BSC-Designer regularly to help our clients to visualize their strategy and keep control of their vital metrics. Learn more >

Applicable to Diverse Challenges

The BSC Designer platform addresses a wide range of performance management challenges.

Governance:

Risk Management:

Growth Strategies:

Resilience:

Talent Management:

Continuous Improvement:

Start with a Free Plan

Free plan for small projects. No credit card required.
This Balanced Scorecard software comes with 39 ready-to-use scorecard templates.

Present BSC Designer to key stakeholders involved in strategic planning.