Financial Planning, Types, Strategic financial planning, Financial Models, DCF, M&A, LBO, Budget model, Forecasting model, option price model

3.  A clear and compelling vision for the future
 An outline or “roadmap” for achieving our
goals

4.  Growth
 Finance
 Organization
 Personnel
 Public Relations
 Product & Services
 Marketing

5.  Financial objectives
 Customer objectives
 Internal objectives
 Learning & Growth objectives

9.  Three Statement Model
 Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Model
 Merger Model (M&A)
 Initial Public Offering (IPO) Model
 Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Model
 Sum of the Parts Model
 Consolidation Model
 Budget Model
 Forecasting Model
 Option Pricing Model

10.  Leveraged Buy Out Model
 Discounted Cash Flow Model
 Option Pricing Model
 Sum of the Parts Model
 Merger and Acquisition Model

11.  Investment Banking / Equity Research
 Project Finance/Credit Rating
 Corporate Finance
 Entrepreneurs/Private Equity

12.  Gather Requirements
 Apply the industry knowledge
 Define the scope and execution plan
 Develop the structure (architecture) of the
model
 Develop and Test the modules
 Final Testing
 Sensitivity Analysis

13. Capital budgeting, and investment appraisal, is
the planning process used to determine
whether an organization's long term
investments such as new machinery,
replacement of machinery, new plants, new
products, and research development projects
are worth the funding of cash through the
firm's capitalization structure.

15.  Cash flows should be measured on an
incremental basis
 Cash flows should be measured on an after -tax
basis
 All the indirect effects of a project should be
included in the cash flow calculations
 Sunk costs should not be considered when
evaluating a project
 The value of resources used in a project should
be measured in terms of their opportunity
costs