In today's volatile business world, the ability to dynamically account for change and better align business planning with strategic goals has moved to the top of the list of pressures on organizations globally. What are best-in-class companies doing to survive and thrive in this economic state of flux?

Join Nasreen Quibria, senior analyst in the financial management and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) practice at Aberdeen Group, as she shares new research findings illustrating the top five best practices in planning and forecasting. Nasreen will be accompanied by Gregg Sutherland of Ernst & Young and David Williams from SAP.

In this first of a two-part Webcast series about best-in-class planning, budgeting, and forecasting, participants will learn how top-performing companies are:

• Creating a more agile and dynamically responsive planning and forecasting system to adapt to changing market conditions
  
  
• Moving to newer budgeting methodologies such as driver-based planning to improve performance and financial results
  
  
• Using scenario planning and "what-if" analysis to consider alternative strategies and allocation of budgets
  
  
• Leveraging technology to enable dynamic, agile planning capabilities