Spreadsheet Skills for Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting

Planning, forecasting, and budgeting are essential for business success, and Excel® offers powerful tools to enhance these processes. This course teaches participants how to develop accurate models, perform what-if analyses, and optimize plans efficiently using techniques like goal seek, scenario manager, and solver. Designed for Excel® ’03 and ’07, the course includes practical demonstrations and templates for hands-on learning. Bring your laptop and gain skills to improve precision, save time, and drive business performance.

• Fully understand the various Excel® tools available to perform planning, forecasting & budgeting
• Perform sophisticated “what-if” scenarios to improve decision making
• Know what Excel® techniques to use in a given situation
• Properly use some of the most advanced spreadsheet techniques
• Know when to take a chance & when not to
• Learn to use & expand a range of Excel® models (provided)