Spreadsheet errors are reduced by using good design. Our students do three assignments to acquire good spreadsheet design skills.
Incorrect use of Excel's NPV function is a common source of spreadsheet errors. We show several pitfalls and ways to avoid them.
The twenty principles for good spreadsheet practice aims to reduce the amount of time wasted and the number of errors.
Once information is loaded into a spreadsheet, it acquires properties that it may not deserve – a process called reification.
Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making. Strive for spreadsheets that are validated, reliable, and auditable.
Solver Max provides a collection of optimization model examples in Excel (using the Solver and OpenSolver add-ins) and Python.
See our bibliography of spreadsheet best practice, risk management, errors and testing, and methods for improving spreadsheets.
Every study that has looked for errors has found them in considerable numbers. Spreadsheeting's childhood is over.
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