Top 10 Spreadsheet Dysfunctions

Here’s our full list of the "Top 10 Dysfunctions of #Spreadsheets”, and a few new #takeaways:

  1. Versioning Confusion

  2. Tabs Sprawl

  3. Broken Formulas

  4. Color Formatting Ain’t Data

  5. Funky Data Types

  6. Data Entry With No Form

  7. Cell Comments, the Silent Killer

  8. Too Many Rows

  9. No Pickers, Free-Form

  10. Security Blunders

Takeaways:

  • Good, Better, Best — think of the roadmap, the practical steps you can take to improve your current state and plan for the best. 🔨

  • Make big plans — assume that you will have smashing success and that your small spreadsheet prototype will be the makings of a robust system. 🚀

  • Trail-blaze on! — don’t let our warnings and gotchas slow you down. You got this. #Onward! 💪

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