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.
Spreadsheets have errors like dogs have fleas. Nine out of every ten spreadsheets suffer some error, and consequences can be severe.
Errors in the data, formulas, or manipulation of spreadsheets could be costly, even devastating.
See our bibliography of spreadsheet best practice, risk management, errors and testing, and methods for improving spreadsheets.
We are conscious of very few of our errors. When people are confronted with their actual error rates, they are typically shocked.
Research concludes unanimously that spreadsheet errors are both common and non-trivial. We must seek ways to reduce spreadsheet errors.
Do you document your spreadsheets? We use the FizzBuzz word game to illustrate the importance of documenting your spreadsheets.
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