Although traditional budgets have evolved over the years, they can hardly meet the challenges of the modern economic and business environment.

The 200^th landmark meeting organized by the FP&A Trends Group occurred on March 16^th in New York. 25 FP&A leaders met to share their experiences and ideas about how to approach building the best-in-class FP&A teams.

The 2nd semi-annual FP&A board meeting in New York happened on October 4th, 2022. This time, the topic of the discussion was “Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)”.

After a 2-year Covid-related break, FP&A Trends resumed a series of live events in the United States. New York welcomed senior FP&A practitioners on June 16th. This article describes the main insights of the meeting.

The International FP&A Board in Paris met to bring together the latest financial trends. FP&A professionals discussed the lessons learned from the Pandemic. Scenario management is the planning model that can help mitigate uncertainty.

The topic of discussion at the International FP&A Board in San Francisco on the 19th of October, 2022, was ‘Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)’. Although the concept is not new, it has not been an easy journey for most organisations.

The recent FP&A Board meeting brought together some strong leaders in the FP&A field to discuss key lessons learned from the pandemic and how the future is evolving for the FP&A function. The article describes the main insights of the FP&A Board.

The 9^th in-person Brussels FP&A Board met on the 11^th of May 2023 at the beautiful Spaces Manhattan Center in Brussels to discuss the evolution from Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A).

The economic volatility of 2020 has revealed the shortcomings of the traditional FP&A process and the pressing need for transformation. In particular, conventional methods are no longer sufficient for budgeting, planning, and forecasting.

Thorsteinn Siglaugsson, a Logical Thinking Process Expert, shared a presentation titled "Expanding the use of AI in FP&A beyond quantitative analysis".