Budgeting - A budget helps the business to stay on track and have an allocated amount of money for each aspect of the business. This helps the company to stay on track and not excessively spend on one particular category.

Forecasting - Projected financial plans allow you to predict future problems and prevent them. Forecasting allows the business owner to anticipate for any disturbances to the business in the future and plan for growth.

Scenario Analysis - Expanding a current product or service, determining revenue in future months due to an investment or additional hiring, or starting a new product or service are just some examples of unique projects that would fall into this category.

Cash flow management - a business can seem very successful on an income statement but the reality can be otherwise. A cash flow statement can help to see how much actual cash the business is generating, which is something that the income statement does not portray as accurately.