April 19, 2013Controlling, Excel, Featured Actual outcome versus budget in charts A nice way of comparing a budget against the actual outcome is using column charts where you see the actual outcome as […]
March 23, 2013Controlling, Excel, Featured Display variances using waterfall charts As a controller you’re always asked to explain variances in the monthly results against for example budget or a forecast, and a great way of doing this with a chart is creating a waterfall chart (or sometimes called stair chart).