Spreadsheet Models for Managers
Getting Access to Spreadsheet Models for Managers
If 
you use Excel to model businesses, business processes, or
business transactions, this course will change your life. You’ll learn how to create tools for yourself that will amaze
even you. Unrestricted use of this material is available in two ways.
- As a stand-alone Web site
- It resides on your computer, and you can use it anywhere. No need for Internet access.
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Spreadsheet Models for Managers
| Management as the art of steering a system | 7/3 Session Links |
- Three “Knows”
- Know where you are
- Know where you want to go
- Know what you must do to get there
Managing a model development project can be modeled as a control system. You have an idea of where you want to go, and an idea of where you are. By comparing these two, you get an idea of what you must do to get to your goal. Actually, this picture applies to managing many kinds of projects, but we’ll just think about spreadsheet modeling projects for now.
This picture could be the basis of an entire course in itself. But we’ll be focusing on the “Description of Where You Are” piece, and on only one small example of that.
As you get more experience with managing spreadsheet modeling projects, keep coming back to this picture, and see if you can see more ways to apply it to make your projects more predictable.
Last Modified: Wednesday, 27-Apr-2016 04:15:26 EDT
Many believe that the main benefit of spreadsheet inspections is that they locate issues so they can be fixed. Certainly they do accomplish that. But spreadsheet inspections, when performed early enough and often enough, can actually prevent problems. And preventing problems is certainly more valuable than locating them.
We hope that you’ll apply what you learn about spreadsheet inspections when you work on your projects. If you’re working in a team, review your project schedule and decide when would be advantageous times to insert an inspection or two. If you’re working alone, ask someone else who’s working alone if they would be willing to inspect your project in exchange for your inspecting theirs.
Since we don’t grade on a curve, helping someone else doesn’t hurt you. Inspection exchanges raise the quality of both projects — and both grades. Whatever you do, don’t wait until the end to do your inspections.