What advantages does BCP offer as a client server application, rather than a web-based application?
There are many advantages to an asynchronous client/server model. • Allows users to work in isolation/traveling/”perform what ifs” before sharing the information. One of the major reasons to support this functionality is that users always work offline in Excel anyways before they update a centralized database. For example, a sales person will keep a bottom line that is private before he/she enters it in a sales system for the manager to see. • It allows users to apply different personalized models on the data before sharing it with the team. This extremely important in decision making. For example, a manager may apply personalized model on his/her budget before sharing it with the CFO/controller. • A web-based model requires connectivity whereas BCP supports both the web-based and client/server models thus allowing the user to adapt more closely to their working styles. • This isolation/connect mode allows more users to work offline and increases the concurrency and scalability of the
