Calling quality people everywhere!

I've just released something I think you'll find useful.

Over the past 20 years working in regulated environments, I've seen the same spreadsheet problems show up again and again:

A quick Excel tool gets built to solve an immediate need. It works. Gets "validated" with a few hand calculations. Then gets reused and modified for different datasets or slightly different purposes.

Eventually - sometimes months or years later - someone discovers an error. Or an auditor does.

The scramble begins: How long has this been wrong? Which results are affected? Do we need to repeat studies?

The root cause is always similar: spreadsheets are incredibly easy to build and modify, which makes them incredibly hard to control and maintain properly.

I've written a guide that addresses this.

The Spreadsheet Risk-Reduction Guide covers six high-impact transformations that reduce risk in critical spreadsheets. These are practical changes that immediately improve:

• Data integrity
• Usability
• Long-term maintainability
• Audit readiness

These transformations are often overlooked, but they're no-brainers once you see them.

If you're already subscribed to this newsletter, you can download the guide right away.

Or you can subscribe and get the guide for free! Just go to daily.haiqu.ca/csrr and provide your email address.

I'd love to hear what you think - especially if you implement any of the transformations with your own spreadsheets.

Thanks for reading,

– Brendan

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