Business Case Analysis with R Simulation Tutorials to Support Complex Business Decisions

This tutorial teaches you how to use the statistical programming language R to develop a business case simulation and analysis. It presents a methodology for conducting business case analysis that minimizes decision delay by focusing stakeholders on what matters most and suggests pathways for minimi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown III, Robert D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA Apress 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Business Case Analysis with R
  • Chapter 1: A Relief from Spreadsheet Misery
  • Chapter 2: Setting up the Analysis
  • Chapter 3: Include Uncertainty in the Financial Analysis
  • Chapter 4: Interpreting and Communicating Insights
  • Part 2: It’s Your Move
  • Chapter 5: "What Should I Do?"
  • Chapter 6: Use a Decision Hierarchy to Categorize Decision Types
  • Chapter 7: Tame Decision Complexity by Creating a Strategy Table
  • Chapter 8: Clearly Communicate the Intentions of Decision Strategies
  • Chapter 9: What Comes Next
  • Part 3: Subject Matter Expert Elicitation Guide
  • Chapter 10: “What’s Your Number, Pardner?”
  • Chapter 11: Conducting SME Elicitations
  • Chapter 12: Kinds of Biases
  • Part 4: Information Espresso
  • Chapter 13: Setting a Budget for Making Decisions Clearly
  • Chapter 14: A More Refined Explanation of VOI
  • Chapter 15: Building the Simulation in R
  • Appendix A: Deterministic Model
  • Appendix B: Risk Model
  • Appendix C: Simulation and Finance Functions
  • Appendix D: Decision Hierarchy and Strategy Table Templates
  • Appendix E: VOI Code Samples