How to use Investment Planning Dashboards
This article explains how to use AIZOPlan’s suite of dynamic dashboards to monitor, analyze, and optimize portfolio-level investments.
Overview
The Investment Planning Studio in AIZOPlan offers a suite of dynamic dashboards that empower you to monitor, analyze, and optimize portfolio-level investments. These dashboards provide real-time visibility into budget performance, execution progress, and strategic alignment, enabling smarter investment decisions across your portfolios.
📌Accessing the Investment Planning Dashboard
To access the dashboards, open the Investment Planning Studio through one of the following paths:
- Option 1: From the main menu, navigate to
Portfolio → Plan → Investment Management Studio - Option 2: Open the Investment Planning Studio directly from the Portfolio Office.
Then, click on the Dashboard tab.

🗂️ Select Period and Portfolio
Begin by selecting the reporting period and target portfolio. All dashboard metrics and views will update based on your selection.
📈 Overview Dashboard
This summary dashboard offers a high-level view of core investment performance indicators:
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Total Investment – Cumulative allocated investment for the selected portfolio
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Average CPI – Cost Performance Index across projects
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Average SPI – Schedule Performance Index across projects
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Budget Utilization – % of budget consumed (actual vs. planned)

🔍 Portfolio Details View
Explore detailed performance metrics for each project in the portfolio:
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Portfolio / Project Names
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SPI – Measures schedule adherence per project
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CPI – Assesses cost efficiency
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Budget Utilization – Tracks budget consumption
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Allocated Investment – Shows investment assigned to each project

📊 Investment Trend – Detailed View
Visualize how your portfolio’s financials evolve over time:
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Budget – Planned investment
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Actual – Actual spending to date
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Forecast – Projected future spending
This view helps detect over/under-spending and supports forecast adjustments.
🎯 Strategic Objectives – Detailed View
Understand how your investment portfolio aligns with strategic goals.
Metrics include:
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Target % – Degree of alignment to each objective
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Allocated – Investment allocated to each objective
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Requested – Investment originally requested
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In Progress – Investment tied to ongoing initiatives
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Total – Cumulative view per objective
📂 Full Portfolio Data View
Gain complete transparency over all financial data, with the ability to analyze at three levels:
▸ By Program
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Investment
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Funding
- Spend

▸ By Project
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Investment
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Funding
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Spend

▸ Aggregate View
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Consolidated investment, funding, and spend data across the entire portfolio

✅ Summary
AIZOPlan’s Investment Planning dashboards offer real-time insights to drive better financial decisions at the portfolio level. With visibility into performance indicators like CPI, SPI, budget utilization, and strategic alignment, portfolio leaders can:
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Monitor execution efficiency across programs and projects
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Detect financial risks early and adjust forecasts proactively
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Ensure funding is directed toward the most valuable initiatives
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Align investment decisions with strategic business goals
These dashboards provide the clarity needed to manage your portfolio with confidence and agility.