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Friday December 01,
2017
Forecasts Are Guessing Plus Math
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Thursday November 30,
2017
If We Are Off By One Percent
Tags projection, prediction, finances, big business, guess, estimate, obliviousness
Transcript
Dilbert: According to my highly unreliable forecast, we're on the right track. But if even one of my seventeen assumptions is off by one percent, we are doomed. The obvious conclusion is that... Board: We're nailing it!
Wednesday November 29,
2017
Worthless Financial Projections
Tags money, finances, big business, projection, prediction, guessing, estimate
Transcript
Dilbert: Here's the financial projection you asked me to do. It's basically just guessing plus math. Obviously, it's useless for making decisions because I can get any result I want by tweaking the assumptions. Boss: Don't say any of that stuff when you present it to the board tomorrow.

