There is consensus in the literature that spreadsheets are both ubiquitous and error-prone, but little direct evidence … concerning whether spreadsheet errors frequently lead to bad decision making. We interviewed 45 executives and senior managers …/analysts in the private, public, and non-profit sectors about their experiences with spreadsheet errors and quality control …

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed, but it is not clear how often spreadsheet errors lead to bad … even informal review. Others suggest that spreadsheets inform but do not make decisions, so errors do not necessarily lead … their experiences with spreadsheet quality control and with errors affecting decision making. Almost all said spreadsheet …

There is consensus in the literature that spreadsheets are both ubiquitous and error-prone, but little direct evidence … concerning whether spreadsheet errors frequently lead to bad decision making. We interviewed 45 executives and senior managers …/analysts in the private, public, and non-profit sectors about their experiences with spreadsheet errors and quality control …