What If Modeling

Looking forward and planning with ease

Why do predictive modelling?

• Predict without risk – no changing base data• Not historical results, identify where focus in needed to achieve the

targets of the college• Know what will happen • Planning resourcing – informing the process• See impact on financials

Other benefits of predictive modelling?

• Can apply to any process not just applications – funding, room utilisation, running costs, staffing

• Can be used to model student progress and students at risk• Easy to use and rapid prediction tool • Time saver – no need to use spreadsheets • Visibility to Senior Managers

What If Modelling from Dynistics

• Predictive modelling dashboard• Forecasting applications and other key metrics for a college• Benchmarking previous period with this period (year, quarter, month)• Benchmarking against national figures• Filters for the courses, departments, marketing channels• User defined ratios or based on custom function (algorithm) based on

historical data• Defaults the prediction based on existing ratios• Can drill down from each step to dashboard, item or webpage • Set indicator targets are defined in the designer• Can set it to show one process flow – configured in designer • Permissions can be set for different access levels

How customisable is it?

• Red amber green – targets for the web site • Can define RAG colours• Break points – 132 Website, 140 telephone, 132 paper• Grey line is the target and shows how far over the target you are• Multiple templates such as 3 x 1, 5 x 3 templates • Can remove sliders and feed “live” data into the process flow• Text can be dynamic and calculated as well as static text• Auto refresh