Dilbert.com by Scott Adams
Thursday November 30,
2017
If We Are Off By One Percent
Tags #projection, #prediction, #finances, #big business, #guess, #estimate, #obliviousness
Transcript
Dilbert: According to my highly unreliable forecast, we're on the right track. But if even one of my seventeen assumptions is off by one percent, we are doomed. The obvious conclusion is that... Board: We're nailing it!
Wednesday November 29,
2017
Worthless Financial Projections
Tags #money, #finances, #big business, #projection, #prediction, #guessing, #estimate
Transcript
Dilbert: Here's the financial projection you asked me to do. It's basically just guessing plus math. Obviously, it's useless for making decisions because I can get any result I want by tweaking the assumptions. Boss: Don't say any of that stuff when you present it to the board tomorrow.
Tuesday November 28,
2017
Financial Forecaster Quit
Tags #big business, #money, #projection, #prediction, #advice
Transcript
Boss: Our financial forecaster quit. I need you to fill in for him. Dilbert: I don't know how to do financial forecasts. Boss: Neither did he. Dilbert: How were you making decisions? Boss: It's better if we don't excavate that septic tank.