Description:
Develop your skills and capabilities for improved financial and performance management and decision-making, especially in today's environment of declining budgets and increased performance expectations. Enhance your business intelligence to help you effectively manage and make informed decisions affecting your programs and service to the American public. Learn techniques from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for evaluating agency and program performance to provide financial and performance information in useful form, anticipate OMB actions, effectively manage your program responsibilities, and truly support the business of government. This course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis and also part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).
Duration:
3 days
Level:
Intermediate
Who Should Attend?
Financial, budget, program analyst and management analyst professionals in supervisory and senior level positions, especially staff responsible for evaluating and justifying new and existing programs. Participants should be familiar with management analysis skills as taught in Data Collection Methods (PGMT8011)
Credits:
24 CPEsLearning Outcomes:
- Follow a comprehensive, structured approach for conducting analysis.
- Formulate specific, answerable questions to guide and control the analysis.
- Determine where and in what form data exist to answer the questions.
- Identify and select data collection methods.
- Identify and select data analysis methods.
- Present the results of the analysis structured to responds fully to the identified questions.
- Apply the 5-step structured analytical approach to a case.
Available Sessions:
| Session Code | Start Date | End Date | Location | Tuition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session Code FINC8120-001 | Start Date May 13, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date May 15, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,199.00 | |
| Session Code FINC8120-002 | Start Date Jun 24, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Jun 26, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,199.00 | |
| Session Code FINC8120-003 | Start Date Jul 15, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Jul 17, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,199.00 | |
| Session Code FINC8120-004 | Start Date Aug 19, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Aug 21, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,199.00 | |
| Session Code FINC8120-005 | Start Date Sep 30, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Oct 02, 2025 5:00 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,199.00 |
- Management Reform Drivers
- The New Playing Field
- The Results: Higher Performance and Accountability Expectations
- Structured Approach for Conducting Analysis
- What Do We Mean by Program/Budget/Financial Analysis?
- A Five Step Structured Approach to Analysis
- Structured Approach Steps Highly Interrelated
- Documenting Your Analysis Design
- Questions Drive the Analysis
- Categorization of Questions and Analysis
- Identifying the Data
- Assessing Data Availability and Quality
- Using Multiple Data Sources
- Assuring the Data will Answer the Questions
- Collecting the Data
- Data Collection Hierarchy
- Using Standard Agency Reports
- Using Data Extraction Tools
- Using Manual Files
- Gathering Data from People
- Sampling Procedures
- Recognizing Data Limitations
- Conducting the Analysis
- Conducting Methods Screening
- Using a Decision Tree to Select Analytical Methods
- Bringing Together Critical Skills and Knowledge
- Presenting the Results of the Analysis
- Method of Report
- Written Report
- Briefing
Other Recommended Courses:
- Intermediate Decision Support Analytics (FINC9150)
- Data Analytic Tools for Financial Management (FINC8900)
- Federal Activity Costing, Analysis & Reporting (ACCT8010)
