3 Major Concerns for Revenue Forecasting

Revenue Forecasting presents a major challenge for companies, especially in finance and marketing. Erroneous forecasts can be disastrous for a companies bottom line, especially when money is spent in anticipation of higher revenues. While the challenges are numerous, there are some actions a department can take to ensure their forecasts are accurate and continue to … Continue reading 3 Major Concerns for Revenue Forecasting →

Top 3 Reasons Why Analytics Projects Fail

Analytics projects can be very complex and require an appropriate level of expertise. The various stages of an analytics project incude determination of goals, collection of data, cleansing of data, statistical analysis, and presentation of findings. According to Gartner over half of the analytics projects fail, which is determined as a project that fails to … Continue reading Top 3 Reasons Why Analytics Projects Fail →

STOP! – Understand and Apply Growth Curves Correctly

Growth curves are a critical part of many different disciplines including the physical disciplines, however, many business,  with the exclusion of financial companies, tend to neglect growth curves due to the preference of simpler, easy to implement linear lines. They are often misunderstood and when incorrectly applied,  lead to very divergent results. If used properly, however,  they are a great way … Continue reading STOP! – Understand and Apply Growth Curves Correctly →