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Re: Development and offshoring was Re: IBM file status 97 (was: Prodcuing an output f

Alistair

2006-10-30, 9:55 pm

Clark Morris wrote:
> This seems good but I truly question whether a spreadsheet application
> developed as a side project in a using department has the same rigor
> that the official application would. Little details like error
> handling, making sure the inputs are correct, making sure that
> organization policy about items is taken into account, etc. get in the
> way. If the IT department is doing as bad a job as the department
> creating the spreadsheet, then there is no greater problem.

For the interest of others, Louise Pryor covers spreadsheet error rates
nicely at :
http://www.louisepryor.com/showTopic.do?topic=31

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