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Course AF-007
Integrating Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning
Successful organizations align budgeting, forecasting, and business planning to improve performance, manage uncertainty,... The outline covers Budgets and Strategy in Today’s International Environment, The Business Plan...
- 5 daysClassroom or online
- 16Upcoming dates
- 8Cities
- €1,845Fees from
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16 sessions
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Introduction
Course overview
Successful organizations align budgeting, forecasting, and business planning to improve performance, manage uncertainty, and achieve strategic goals. Integrated planning enables better resource allocation, stronger financial control, and faster responses to market changes. This course provides participants with practical tools to connect strategy with budgets, forecasts, cost analysis, and investment decisions.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Integrate budgeting, forecasting, and business planning processes
- Link financial plans with strategic objectives
- Develop effective operating and cash budgets
- Apply forecasting tools using historical data
- Use activity-based budgeting and cost analysis techniques
- Evaluate capital investment opportunities
- Improve planning accuracy and decision-making
- Build a practical integrated planning framework
Who should attend
Target audience
- Finance and Accounting Professionals
- Budget Analysts
- Planning Managers
- Department Managers
- Business Controllers
- Project Managers
- Anyone involved in budgeting and planning processes
Methodology
Learning approach
- This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, Excel exercises, budgeting workshops, forecasting models, financial analysis, and real workplace examples.
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Budgets and Strategy in Today’s International Environment
- Organizational planning framework
- The product / information / decision support cycle
- Strategic, tactical and operational forecasts
- Coffee break
- Strategic, tactical and operational forecasts (continued)
- The strategic approach to business planning
- Various strategic and tactical approaches to business planning
- The international business environment
Day 2
The Business Plan and Budget Development
- Developing the business plan
- Identification of key value drivers
- Achieving objectives
- Coffee break
- Achieving objectives (continued)
- Zero base budgeting
- Activity based budgeting
- Developing the cash budget
Day 3
Analysing the Applicability of Historical Data Using Excel®
- Problems of forecasting
- Using historical data to help predict the future
- Forecasting techniques and applications
- Coffee break
- Forecasting techniques and applications (continued)
- Development of time series models
- Using regression analysis as a predictor and estimator
- Mastering exponential smoothing as a data analysis tool
Day 4
Using Activity-Based Budgeting and Cost Analysis Techniques
- Cost behaviour and breakeven analysis
- Activity based costing
- Budgeting for processes rather than departments
- Defining key cost drivers
- Coffee break
- Defining key cost drivers (continued)
- Defining key activities
- Developing the activity-based budget
Day 5
Capital Budgeting and Project Appraisal
- Identify the various types of capital projects
- Discuss the capital project evaluation process
- The impact time has on the value of money
- Coffee break
- The impact time has on the value of money (continued)
- Using WACC and ROIC as benchmarks
- Development of the hurdle rate for capital projects
- Evaluate capital projects using NPV, IRR, ARR and payback models
Course FAQs
Questions about this course
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What does Integrating Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning (AF-007) cover?
This course covers Accounting and Finance through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 29 November - 4 December 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Finance and Accounting Professionals, Budget Analysts, Planning Managers
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Paris, Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Istanbul, Munich, Kuala lumpur, Dubai.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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