This appendix presents the basics you need to understand how Crystal Ball can be used to analyze uncertainty in two financial settings, a process improvement setting, and a product design setting.
Tutorial 1 — Futura Apartments is ready to run so you can quickly see how Crystal Ball works. If you work regularly with statistics and forecasting techniques, this might be all the introduction you need before running the own spreadsheets with Crystal Ball.
Tutorial 2 — Vision Research teaches more about defining and running simulations and interpreting their results.
Tutorial 3 — Improving Process Quality shows howCrystal Ball supports process improvement initiatives similar to Six Sigma.
Tutorial 4 — Packaging Pump Design shows how Crystal Ball supports quality initiatives for product and system design, such as Design for Six Sigma (DFSS).