Crystal Ball public seminar to focus on best practice and applications

Crystal Ball, the leading provider of decision analysis software and solutions, will be holding a public seminar in London next week. This unique half-day event will introduce attendees to Crystal Ball software, teaching best practises and applications, using example models and customer case study demonstrations.

A vital part of any Six Sigma project involves modeling scenarios and reporting outcomes. Crystal Ball software is the industry leader in spreadsheet modelling with its innovative charts, reports and simulation technology. Its analytic engines are currently in use at over 85% of Fortune 500 companies and in all of the top 50 MBA programs in the US.

"From Design for Six Sigma to Cost Analysis, the first step to making better decisions is understanding the risk. Our goal is to give companies the language and the tools to communicate risk throughout their organization", said James Franklin, General Manager of Oracle's Crystal Ball GBU.

The seminar, to take place in Central London on Wednesday 26th March, will include two speakers, Dave Hammal and Kevin Clayton, who will address key issues such as:

• Making sense of large volumes of historic data.
• Establishing the approach to model a practical situation.
• Finding the "point of leverage" in the model to create new knowledge.

Dave Hammal, Solutions Specialist with Oracle's Crystal Ball Global Businss Unit will give an overview of Crystal Ball, showing you how to enhance your spreadsheet models and how to use Monte Carlo simulation for predictive management, forecasting and optimisation.

Kevin Clayton from 3 Simple Rules will show you how Crystal Ball was used to help a client with a multimillion pound investment programme to understand if it would meet it's forecasts for investment. With almost 3 million project "forecast and actual" data points from previous years activites to review, there was certainly no shortage of historical data. Kevin will explain how a Crystal Ball model was built to simulate the current project portfolio bringing new insight to the "most likely", "low" and "high" estimates that were being used.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet the Crystal Ball team in London, who will be happy to offer advice and help with any questions you have.

Key details:

When: Wednesday 26th March
Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Oracle London City Office 1 South Place, London EC2M 2RB (Near Moorgate Tube station)

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

For more information:
http://crystalball.com/events/public_seminar_london_26032008.html

About Oracle Crystal Ball:

Since 1986, Oracle's Crystal Ball (formerly Decisioneering, Inc.) has been providing decision analysis software and solutions that empower individuals and organizations to make better decisions. Trust the leader in risk-analysis software to deliver better outcomes by defining risk and uncertainty.

Major industries that have adopted Crystal Ball include oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, and chemicals for such diverse applications as Six Sigma, reserve analysis, financial valuation, environmental and waste assessment, market evaluation, portfolio planning and sales forecasting.