Training agenda....

Classes run from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day.

Monday, Morning

Introductions to one another

Review agenda

Concepts: the introductory lecture: Big Picture, FullCost Overview [Partners' Handbook, Part 2, "FullCost Overview"]

Review of benefits (problems solved) [Partners' Handbook, Part 2, "Benefits"]

Levels of cost modeling: Pyramid, Levels 1-5

Budget versus project proposals

Process overview

Monday, Afternoon

Demonstration [Partners' Handbook, Part 2, "Demonstration"]

Unique product capabilities
[Partners' Handbook, Part 2, "Unique Product Capabilities," "Competition"]

Items in FullCost: 2 Excel® workbooks, 3 handbooks [software, handbooks]

Corporate Linking Tool (separate product)

Workbooks overview

2 workbooks, shared folder, sub-folders for years

Masterfile worksheets, data flows

Budget Unit worksheets, data flows [SheetFlow]

Tuesday, Morning

Project Plan [Template Project Plan]

Handbooks [BU, PM, PT]

Set-up: Workshop 1 - Workshop 3

Tuesday, Afternoon

Set-up: Workshop 4 - Client Task 5

Handbook Addendum

Catalog: Workshop 7 - Client Task 9

Wednesday, Morning

Deliverables: Workshop 9 - Workshop 10

Priorities, Forecasted Units: Workshop 10 - Client Task 13

Wednesday, Afternoon

Compensation cost, Hours: Workshop 11 - Workshop 13

Headroom

Supplier Sets, Labor Tiers

External cost: Workshop 13 - Workshop 14

Direct versus indirect

Supplier Sets, errors

Revenues: Workshop 14 - Client Task 18

Internal, Overhead: Workshop 16 - Workshop 17

Skip Client Task 20

Thursday, Morning

Internal Circularity: Client Task 20

Circularity fix, concept of distortions, tracing, alternative business models

Scrutiny: Client Task 21 - Client Task 22

What to look for, how to use reports

Thursday, Afternoon

Data cleanup, Tuning, Reporting: Workshop 18 - Client Task 27 (end)

Error in Rates

Review all sheets, all inputs, all calculations

Friday, Morning

Edit commands

Masterfile commands

Updates, crashes

Friday, Afternoon

Follow-on projects: dynamic systems, other [Budget Unit Managers' Handbook, Part 1, Workshop 20]

Selling resources (Ray Terlaga)

Ideas for collaboration

Next steps