Leverage the people you already have. They know your business best.
oes your firm need more spreadsheet consulting than your budget allows?
Don't just shelve projects. Your own people can do the work — with a little coaching. Here's how
to tell whether spreadsheet coaching is a viable option:
If you answered yes to these questions, your firm can benefit from Spreadsheet Coaching. I'll coach an individual or team as they work on upgrading your spreadsheet infrastructure or developing a spreadsheet project.
Because of constraints in our ability to invest in spreadsheet infrastructure, tool development and maintenance can be underfunded. The result is that we make critical decisions using antiquated and inadequate spreadsheet infrastructure. Most organizations can't do much about this because they can't muster the resources to invest in spreadsheet infrastructure.
Spreadsheet coaching addresses this resource issue. By developing the staff you already have, we help you address your spreadsheet infrastructure needs economically, while they work on a real project.
After an initial three-hour get-together, we'll work entirely by telephone and email.
You provide the project and labor. We'll provide experience, training, guidance, ideas, technical wisdom and encouragement.
All aspects of spreadsheet project development, including spreadsheet technology, design, testing, project planning effort estimation, and risk management.
Rick Brenner, who created the course "Spreadsheet
Models for Managers" at the Harvard Extension School, delivers
the Spreadsheet Clinic. He has taught this course to hundreds
of professionals, at Harvard and at local companies and venture
capital firms, since 1994. More
Included with the program is a copy of this course, including dozens of examples, solved problems and macros — a USD 199.00 value.
Rick Brenner, (617) 263-1112, rbrenner@ChacoCanyon.com
For more about my spreadsheet consulting and training services,
visit SpreadsheetAce.com.
This Hyperbook — a stand-alone Web site you read with your Web browser — is packed with tips, techniques, and dozens of worked examples for people who want their spreadsheet projects to be more reliable, more flexible, and most important: done on time.
Projects never go quite as planned. We expect that, but we don't expect disaster. How can we get better at spotting disaster when there's still time to prevent it? How to Spot a Troubled Project Before the Trouble Starts is filled with tips for executives, senior managers, managers of project managers, and sponsors of projects in project-oriented organizations. Check it out!