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Visualizations to Make You a Better Budgeter

Dwight deVera Senior Vice President

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Todays Presenter: Dwight deVera

Senior Vice President @ arcplan, Inc.
Industry expert & frequent speaker Oversees arcplans planning implementations

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Agenda

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Planning Challenges

Prioritizing Content

How Charts Speak Volumes

4 5

Answering Planning Questions with Visualizations

Q&A

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Stuck in the Past

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The Planning Community is Not the Perfect Modern Family

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Reality is Somewhat Different

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Planning Influencers
Focus Consistency in the final product Centralized control Process visibility Process timeliness Robust Reporting

Financial Planning & Analysis

Focus Process timeliness Robust aggregate reporting

Management

Planners

Focus Flexibility in the system Ease of use Portability Distributed Robust contextual reporting

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The Planning Challenge

Consistency in the final product Centralized control Process visibility

Process timeliness

FP&A Mgmt
Robust contextual reporting

Planners
Robust aggregate reporting Flexibility in the system Ease of use Portability Distributed

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Focus The Planning Audience

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Content Prioritization (Solution)

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Content Prioritization (Solution)

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Separate the Signal From the Noise

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Separate the Signal From the Noise

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A New Definition of Good and Bad

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The Most Unfavorable Leading the Way

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A Story About a Bridge

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A Story About a Bridge

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A Story About a Bridge

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The Next Bridge

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The Most Unfavorable Leading the Way

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The Most Unfavorable Leading the Way

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Is it going to be a good month?

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Is it going to be a good month?

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Is it going to be a good month?

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Is it going to be a good month?

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Are you any good at budgeting and planning?

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Whats going to happen? (Regression modeling)

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Do you feel lucky? (Monte Carlo simulation)

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Contact Us
Dwight deVera
Senior Vice President P: (610) 902-0688 E: dwight.devera@arcplan.com Twitter: @dwightdevera, @arcplan

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