October 2016

On recent advanced Microsoft Excel training courses we have been asked to tailor content to include good Business Intelligence (BI) reports, commonly dashboard design.  When designed well BI Dashboards help to engage the power of visual perception to communicate information efficiently. BI Dashboard design using Microsoft Excel is increasing popular and covers a range of […]

Here is a very brief project overview introducing basic concepts of project planning, management and critical path analysis. Definition of a Project The Project Management Institute defines a project as follows: A Project is a unique undertaking with a defined starting point and duration directed at achieving defined objectives, utilizing finite or infinite resources. The

During the recent Microsoft Excel training program we delivered for the national Citizens Advice service we tailored the content to respond to relevant data issues.  One of these, breaking down postcodes with Microsoft Excel to allow for better location analysis, we thought we whould share here: UK PostCodes are a mix of letters and numbers

A Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is a method of identifying a gap between a Job Description (skills required for a job) and an Individual (skills that person has to do the job). This skill can be assessed by the individuals own judgement or by them completing a skills assessment. The gap shows what training that