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A brief turns a comparison into a written, board-ready document: hero KPIs, a waterfall that decomposes the variance into named drivers, drill-down tables, an on-track signal, and recommendations. Every claim is backed by figures you can drill into.

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Types

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What You Get

A responsive web brief

Hero KPIs, a variance waterfall, drill tables, an on-track signal, and recommendations.

A reconciliation workbook

A multi-sheet Excel file with the line-by-line detail behind every number.

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Generating One

1

Pick the comparison

Choose the two versions and the scope: a department, a parent department, an entity, or the whole company.
2

Generate

Novaplan writes the narrative and builds the visuals from your real numbers. Every claim is backed by figures you can drill into.
3

Share

Send the web brief or hand off the workbook. Both are branded and ready for an audience.

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Common Questions

Yes. Every figure traces to your real data, and the reconciliation workbook carries the line-by-line detail, so a reviewer can tie any headline back to its source.
It is a summary read of whether the scope is tracking to plan, derived from the variance, so the reader gets the verdict before the detail.
They split a cost variance into its causes: rate is cost per person, FTE and volume are how many people, fringe is loaded-cost surcharges, mix is the blend shifting, and FX is currency. See the Variance Guide for how to read them.
From a comparison. Build the story in Comparison Center, then generate the brief from it.

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If the Numbers Look Off

  • If a driver bucket looks like it is absorbing too much, the variance may be concentrated in a dimension the brief did not name; drill the workbook to find it.
  • If a headline claims open positions, confirm it is counting truly net-new unfilled roles rather than gross additions.
Read a brief’s waterfall with the Variance Guide, and start from a Comparison Center view to control the scope.