The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets: Management Science, Spreadsheet Engineering, and Modeling Craft - Hardcover

Successful business modeling is much more than a technical discipline; it's an art. And as in most professional disciplines, you can tell the experts apart from the novices by the creativity they bring to the craft. That's why Steve Powell and Ken Baker's "Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets" covers spreadsheet engineering, management science techniques, and those essential craft skills needed to develop real expertise in business modeling. The features include: balanced and streamlined coverage of spreadsheet engineering, management science techniques, and modeling craft. The CD-ROM packaged with this text features all of the spreadsheets referred to in the text, as well as three software tools of special importance to business analysts: Premium Solver, Crystal Ball, and Sensitivity Toolkit (featuring four sensitivity tools).

Develop state-of-the-art modeling skills

Successful business modeling is much more than a technical discipline; it’s an art. And as in most professional disciplines, you can tell the experts apart from the novices by the creativity they bring to the craft. Now with Steve Powell and Ken Baker’s The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets, you can master the technical knowledge as well as those essential craft skills needed to develop real expertise in business modeling.

You’ll learn:

• Effective methods for designing, building, and testing models, and for performing model-based analyses;
• Non-technical, craft skills that expert modelers commonly employ, such as abstracting a situation, debugging a model, and translating model results into managerial insights; and
• Standard statistical and management science techniques used in business today, such as data analysis, simulation, and optimization.

Get the tools of the trade!

The CD-ROM packaged wit h t his text features all of the spreadsheets referred to in the text, as well as three software tools of special importance to business analysts:

• Premium Solver
• Crystal Ball
• Sensitivity Toolkit (featuring four sensitivity tools)