Excel Basics to Blackbelt: An Accelerated Guide to Decision Support Designs

Description

This third edition capitalizes on the success of the previous editions and leverages the important advancements in visualization, data analysis, and sharing capabilities that have emerged in recent years. It serves as an accelerated guide to decision support designs for consultants, service professionals and students. This 'fast track' enables a ramping up of skills in Excel for those who may have never used it to reach a level of mastery that will allow them to integrate Excel with widely available associated applications, make use of intelligent data visualization and analysis techniques, automate activity through basic VBA designs, and develop easy-to-use interfaces for customizing use. The content of this edition has been completely restructured and revised, with updates that correspond with the latest versions of software and references to contemporary add-in development across platforms. It also features best practices in design and analytical consideration, including methodical discussions of problem structuring and evaluation, as well as numerous case examples from practice. Cover Front Matter EXCEL BASICS TO BLACKBELT: An Accelerated Guide to Decision Support Designs Copyright Contents Associated Links Preface Section 1 - Getting Oriented 1 Necessary Foundations for Decision Support 2 The Common Development Environment 3 Acquisition, Cleaning, and Consolidation Section 2 - Structuring Intelligence 4 Estimating and Appreciating Uncertainty 5 Visualizing Data, Dynamics, and Risk Section 3 - Prescription Development 6 The Analytics of Solution Search 7 Searches in Highly Complex and Uncertain Landscapes Section 4 - Advanced Automation and Interfacing 8 VBA Editing and Code Development 9 Application and User Interfacing Glossary of Key Terms Appendix A. Workbook Shortcut (Hot Key) Reference Appendix B. Blackbelt Ribbon Add-in Tools and Functions Index