Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 29th November 2017

Dilbert//10455, first published nine years ago on Wednesday 29th November 2017

Worthless Financial Projections

Tags

money, finances, big business, projection, prediction, guessing, estimate

Official 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.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

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.

DON'T SAY ANY OF THAT STUFF WHEN YOU PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD TOMORROW.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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