F1F9 blog | Full blog archive and subscription form

"Imagine how many problems there are that receive no publicity at all."

"I have been looking at around 1,000 versions of pretty much the same model, prepared at huge expense by different organisations"

"Years of knowledge, experience and organisational memory may be captured by a good checklist."

"Had it been a FAST model, the issue would have been spotted quickly"

"The ICAEW recommend that organisations adopt a standard"

"Nobody likes my answer - which is to rebuild the model using a modelling standard"

Why is it that in 2014 we are still talking about spreadsheet errors as if they were inevitable?

"I inherited an appalling, over complex, and, frankly untidy series of spreadsheets"

"Split role modelling absolutely necessitates efficient collaborative working"

The question is not "whether to sign switch" but rather "how to sign switch and where".

"My flight is being called and I still cannot think of a single advantage to using OFFSET"

"Interim FAST modelling is FAST modelling but undertaken in an existing non FAST model"

"Spreadsheet models are never an end in themselves"

Blog