Modeling for Strategic Insight

Offered through the Stanford Center for Professional Development in partnership with SDG, Modeling for Strategic Insight is a core requirement of the prestigious Stanford Certificate in Strategic Decision and Risk Management.

Learn the best practices for decision modeling and generating a deeper understanding of the opportunity for value creation. This course covers:

• How to structure a variety of generic business situations, such as capacity expansion, a new product launch, and investment in improved technology
  
• Best practices in creating and using decision models with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
  
• Use of software to generate tornado diagrams, decision trees, Monte Carlo simulation and, ultimately, insight into how to make the best decisions