Death of the Budget: The Rise of Continuous Planning and Forecasting in 2009

Note: Attendees of this webcast will receive Budgeting & Planning in Uncertain Times, a 2009 Business Finance Research Study

Among other things, 2009 will be remembered by finance executives as the year traditional budgeting processes suffered a broad-based system failure. The collapse of the traditional budgeting process is now leading finance executives to explore and adopt new techniques and approaches to better help management decision making.

During this webcast you will learn about the best practices that are helping organizations adapt to the new world of continuous planning and forecasting. Hear how to set targets, devise incentives, allocate resources, and determine priorities during the transition to continuous planning.

Join Business Finance editor in chief Jack Sweeney as he reviews exclusive findings from a recent budgeting best practices survey of more than 400 finance executives. Then hear Steve Player*, program director for the Beyond Budgeting Round Table in North America, explore approaches you can use to evaluate your company's approach to budgeting; and identify opportunities to improve the accuracy of your company's forecasts.

*Steve Player has also co-authored/edited five books on performance management and writes a monthly finance transformation column for Business Finance magazine. His latest book on rolling forecasts will be available in the fall of 2009, and published by John Wiley & Sons.