Case Study: City of Pittsburgh streamlines budgeting and reporting with Workiva

City of Pittsburgh cuts budget fixes from an hour to 5 minutes with Workiva

The City of Pittsburgh's budget team faced significant challenges with its inefficient, time-consuming process for producing the annual operating budget. Using traditional tools like spreadsheets and manually produced PDFs, the process was cumbersome, allowed only one person to work on the document at a time, and made even small changes take hours. To save time, produce better reports, and refocus their work, the city turned to Workiva for its government reporting solution.

By implementing Workiva's Wdesk platform, the city gained the ability to link data to a central dataset, enabling multiple team members to work collaboratively in the same document. This solution allowed for quick and accurate implementation of last-minute changes and eliminated the need for extensive late-night and weekend work. Workiva provided the city with greater control, accuracy, and a streamlined process, saving considerable time and allowing the team to focus on content instead of formatting.

City of Pittsburgh