I recently wrote about five ways spreadsheets kill your business. Spreadsheets are a versatile tool for performing quick, ad hoc data analysis, developing presentation materials, creating small knowledge bases, and collaborating with small teams. But when spreadsheets become operational tools in recurring business processes, the manual effort required to maintain data quality and develop workflows can be costly and error-prone.
When spreadsheets become part of an ongoing process, it’s time for everyone using them—business leaders, solution architects, data scientists, and software developers—to review migration options to more robust platforms.
