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Modeling for Strategic Insight

XSDR321

Delivery Options: Online, At Stanford

Course Description

This course gives participants both the understanding and skills needed to build useful models in strategic decision situations and to use them to draw powerful insights into the decision. The course topics range from conceptual, such as how to define the goodness of a model, to practical, such as best practices in laying out the structure of a model in Microsoft® Excel.

In this highly interactive course, many of the lessons include hands-on experience for the participants to cement their grasp of new skills. In the case exercise, participants build a complete decision model under the guidance of instructors. Each participant is expected to have a laptop computer with Excel installed. Some of the software tools used in the course are given to participants, and demonstration versions of other software packages are downloaded to their computers for use during the course.

Sample Course Syllabus

Topics Include

  • Introduction to decision modeling
  • Planning the model structure
  • Review of Excel skills
  • Best practices in decision modeling
  • Case exercise in creating a decision model
  • Debugging models
  • Software tools for probabilistic analysis
  • Drawing and communicating insights.

Course Notes

Laptop Computer
Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following:
  • Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98)
  • Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97)
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port (at Stanford course only)
  • Microsoft® Excel Skills

We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course. Prior participants have suggested that if you do not consider yourself to be an "experienced Excel user", you might want to brush up on the skills listed here. We will use each of the skills in the workshop.

Degrees and Certificates

Accrediting Associations
Project Management Institute 20.0 Units

Prerequisite(s)

Requires an accepted application.


Applications may be submitted online at anytime.

It is recommended that you take the two required courses Decision Quality in Organizations (XSDR120) and Decision Analysis (XSDR122) first as part of the Stanford Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate Program.

Recommended

Microsoft Excel Experience
We will use Microsoft Excel during the course, and we expect that all participants will be able to create at least relatively simple decision models in Excel. If you do not consider yourself to be an "experienced Excel user", you might want to familiarize yourself with the basics; the Excel for Dummies series is a useful guide.

On-Demand Webinars

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COURSE SECTION

XSDR321 - 007 Online Available Autumn 2009-10

Enroll in this Section

Day Date Time Location
Tue   Aug 26 to Dec 31, 2009 Anytime Online

Required Software/Technology: Laptop Computer Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following: Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98) Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97) CD-ROM drive or USB portMicrosoft® Excel Skills We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course.

Course Access
90 day access to the online course starts upon payment.

Course Materials
Course materials are available for download from the online videos page to allow for printing and review.

Final Exam:
Online participants are asked to complete a final exam at the end of each course to maintain the integrity of the program. A completion certificate will be mailed to participants when they pass the exam.

Course Evaluation:
It is required that participants complete the course evaluation once they have passed the final exam.

Units: 2.0 CEUs

Instructor(s):
Bruce Judd, Jennifer Meyer, Steven Tani

Tuition Options:
Online Course $950.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Stanford University Transcript (CEU) $75.00 ?

XSDR321 - 009 Online Available Winter 2009-10

Enroll in this Section

Day Date Time Location
Tue   Jan 01 to Mar 31, 2010 Anytime Online

Required Software/Technology: Laptop Computer Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following: Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98) Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97) CD-ROM drive or USB portMicrosoft® Excel Skills We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course.

Course Access
90 day access to the online course starts upon payment.

Course Materials
Course materials are available for download from the online videos page to allow for printing and review.

Final Exam:
Online participants are asked to complete a final exam at the end of each course to maintain the integrity of the program. A completion certificate will be mailed to participants when they pass the exam.

Course Evaluation:
It is required that participants complete the course evaluation once they have passed the final exam.

Units: 2.0 CEUs

Instructor(s):
Bruce Judd, Jennifer Meyer, Steven Tani

Tuition Options:
Online Course $950.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Stanford University Transcript (CEU) $75.00 ?

XSDR321 - 008 At Stanford Available Winter 2009-10

Enroll in this Section

Day Date Time Location
Mon   Mar 22 8:00AM to 5:00PM Stanford, Skilling Bldg
Tue   Mar 23 8:00AM to 5:00PM Stanford, Skilling Bldg
Wed   Mar 24 8:00AM to 12:00PM Stanford, Skilling Bldg

Required Software/Technology: Laptop Computer Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following: Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98) Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97) CD-ROM drive or USB portMicrosoft® Excel Skills We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course.

Course Materials:
You will be mailed a confirmation kit 1 – 2 weeks before Stanford campus start date. Pre-reading materials, if any, will be included.

Attendance Requirement:
An absence of up to 30 cumulative minutes may be excused by the Program Manager. For any absence greater than this, you will be required to view the online version of the course and pass an exam before the completion certificate is awarded.

Video-taping:
We frequently video-tape courses, and you will be asked to sign a waiver when you check-in for each course providing SCPD permission to use any comments, photos, or video footage of you.

Units: 2.0 CEUs

Instructor(s):
Bruce Judd, Jennifer Meyer, Steven Tani

Tuition Options:
At Stanford Course $2,600.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Stanford University Transcript (CEU) $75.00 ?

Potential Price Adjustments: Early Registration Discount

XSDR321 - 010 Online Available Spring 2009-10

Enroll in this Section

Day Date Time Location
Tue   Apr 01 to Jun 30, 2010 Anytime Online

Required Software/Technology: Laptop Computer Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following: Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98) Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97) CD-ROM drive or USB portMicrosoft® Excel Skills We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course.

Course Access
90 day access to the online course starts upon payment.

Course Materials
Course materials are available for download from the online videos page to allow for printing and review.

Final Exam:
Online participants are asked to complete a final exam at the end of each course to maintain the integrity of the program. A completion certificate will be mailed to participants when they pass the exam.

Course Evaluation:
It is required that participants complete the course evaluation once they have passed the final exam.

Units: 2.0 CEUs

Instructor(s):
Bruce Judd, Jennifer Meyer, Steven Tani

Tuition Options:
Online Course $950.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Stanford University Transcript (CEU) $75.00 ?

Potential Price Adjustments: Early Registration Discount

XSDR321 - 011 Online Available Summer 2009-10

Enroll in this Section

Day Date Time Location
Tue   Jul 01 to Aug 31, 2010 Anytime Online

Required Software/Technology: Laptop Computer Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following: Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98) Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97) CD-ROM drive or USB portMicrosoft® Excel Skills We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course.

Course Access
90 day access to the online course starts upon payment.

Course Materials
Course materials are available for download from the online videos page to allow for printing and review.

Final Exam:
Online participants are asked to complete a final exam at the end of each course to maintain the integrity of the program. A completion certificate will be mailed to participants when they pass the exam.

Course Evaluation:
It is required that participants complete the course evaluation once they have passed the final exam.

Units: 2.0 CEUs

Instructor(s):
Bruce Judd, Jennifer Meyer, Steven Tani

Tuition Options:
Online Course $950.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Stanford University Transcript (CEU) $75.00 ?

Potential Price Adjustments: Early Registration Discount

XSDR321 - 012 Online Available Autumn 2010-11

Enroll in this Section

Day Date Time Location
Tue   Sep 01 to Dec 31, 2010 Anytime Online

Required Software/Technology: Laptop Computer Please bring a laptop computer equipped with the following: Microsoft® Windows (no earlier than Windows 98) Microsoft® Excel (no earlier than Excel 97) CD-ROM drive or USB portMicrosoft® Excel Skills We will use Microsoft® Excel 2002 during the course.

Course Access
90 day access to the online course starts upon payment.

Course Materials
Course materials are available for download from the online videos page to allow for printing and review.

Final Exam:
Online participants are asked to complete a final exam at the end of each course to maintain the integrity of the program. A completion certificate will be mailed to participants when they pass the exam.

Course Evaluation:
It is required that participants complete the course evaluation once they have passed the final exam.

Units: 2.0 CEUs

Instructor(s):
Bruce Judd, Jennifer Meyer, Steven Tani

Tuition Options:
Online Course $950.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Stanford University Transcript (CEU) $75.00 ?

Potential Price Adjustments: Early Registration Discount




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