Once information is loaded into a spreadsheet, it acquires properties that it may not deserve – a process called reification.
The cascading structure of typical spreadsheet formulae means that just about every spreadsheet is almost certainly wrong.
Errors in the data, formulas, or manipulation of spreadsheets could be costly, even devastating.
Research concludes unanimously that spreadsheet errors are both common and non-trivial. We must seek ways to reduce spreadsheet errors.
Spreadsheet errors are reduced by using good design. Our students do three assignments to acquire good spreadsheet design skills.
Good spreadsheets are essential for informing decision making. But most spreadsheets are not good. We help you make better spreadsheets.
Only a quarter of survey participants were satisfied with their spreadsheet testing. Their techniques are largely manual and lack formalism.
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