1 00:00:03,270 --> 00:00:09,810 ‫The most popular form of organizational budgeting is zero based budgeting, often referred to as ZBB. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:16,900 ‫What the ZBB approach was essentially changing our financial mindset, we're being forward thinking 3 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:19,690 ‫and forgetting the past. In zero based budgeting 4 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:25,090 ‫the current year's budget is prepared from scratch without considering the budget of the previous year. 5 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:32,440 ‫It's very important to remember no to budget programs look exactly the same, but there are similar 6 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,450 ‫trends in how companies are implementing them. 7 00:00:35,050 --> 00:00:40,720 ‫Is zero based mindset means starting from scratch and building up what your cost should be based on 8 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:41,890 ‫the outcomes you want. 9 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:48,810 ‫This is an alternative approach on the practice of examining past results and incrementally carving 10 00:00:48,810 --> 00:00:54,060 ‫out cost, project managers must be able to justify every single expense. 11 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:59,190 ‫No expenses are automatically approved as zero based budgeting is very tight. 12 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:06,300 ‫And this approach, we aim to avoid any and all expenditures that are not considered absolutely essential 13 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:08,400 ‫to the companies of profitable operation. 14 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,810 ‫This kind of bottom up budgeting can be a highly effective way to shake things up in the corporate world. 15 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:21,860 ‫If implemented correctly, zero based budgeting can translate into a cost savings which drives growth 16 00:01:21,860 --> 00:01:23,360 ‫and strategic initiatives.