PLANNING THROUGH A CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE PLATFORM

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to identify the main challenges to the development of planning science, to emphasize how the development of information and communication technologies can help planners to develop quality planning documents, to review existing planning software applications and to present the possibilities of the Bulgarian prototype of a cloud-based platform for planning and budgeting - CPPB. The methods of comparative analysis and visualization were used. The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of popular autonomous and cloud-based software solutions and argues that planning software should enable the development of strategic and business plans as an integrated and interrelated process. It also defines the benefits of introducing specialized cloud-based planning software for businesses, public administrations, credit institutions and the society as a whole.