This early spreadsheet, a Babylonian clay tablet c.1800 BC, contains several errors. How many errors do your spreadsheets have?
Good spreadsheets are essential for informing decision making. But most spreadsheets are not good. We help you make better spreadsheets.
Research concludes unanimously that spreadsheet errors are both common and non-trivial. We must seek ways to reduce spreadsheet errors.
Overconfidence is one of the main causes of spreadsheet errors. Being informed about overconfidence leads to more accurate spreadsheets.
Do you document your spreadsheets? We use the FizzBuzz word game to illustrate the importance of documenting your spreadsheets.
We are conscious of very few of our errors. When people are confronted with their actual error rates, they are typically shocked.
Only a quarter of survey participants were satisfied with their spreadsheet testing. Their techniques are largely manual and lack formalism.
Once information is loaded into a spreadsheet, it acquires properties that it may not deserve – a process called reification.
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