Chapter 3

Why do cash forecasts die in week three?

Vì sao bảng dự báo nào cũng chết ở tuần thứ ba?

The chapter's question

Who updates this sheet, and on which day each week?

Big idea

A forecast dies in week three if updating it belongs to nobody.

In this chapter

  1. Part 3.1

    Fifteen Minutes a Week

    How long does the update really take?

  2. Part 3.2

    Rolling It Forward

    Each week, how do I drop the old week and add a thirteenth?

  3. Part 3.3

    Forecast Against Actual

    How far off was last week's forecast?

  4. Part 3.4

    When You're Far Off

    When the gap is large, do I fix the sheet or fix the assumption?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Next Thirteen Weeks is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Next Thirteen Weeks

  1. 1.Why thirteen weeks, and not a whole year?
  2. 2.Should my first forecast be pretty, or just done?
  3. 3.Why do cash forecasts die in week three?
  4. 4.What's an accurate forecast worth if nothing changes?
  5. 5.Does my plan only work if nothing goes wrong?