Computer Science – Software Engineering
Scientific paper
2011-11-29
Computer Science
Software Engineering
11 Pages, 3 Colour Figures; Proc. European Spreadsheet Risks Int. Grp. (EuSpRIG) 2011 ISBN 978-0-9566256-9-4
Scientific paper
Thanks to the enormous flexibility they provide, spreadsheets are considered a priceless blessing by many end-users. Many spreadsheets, however, contain errors which can lead to severe consequences in some cases. To manage these risks, quality managers in companies are often asked to develop appropriate policies for preventing spreadsheet errors. Good policies should specify rules which are based on "known-good" practices. While there are many proposals for such practices in literature written by practitioners and researchers, they are often not consistent with each other. Therefore no general agreement has been reached yet and no science-based "golden rules" have been published. This paper proposes an expert-based, retrospective approach to the identification of good practices for spreadsheets. It is based on an evaluation loop that cross-validates the findings of human domain experts against rules implemented in a semi-automated spreadsheet workbench, taking into account the context in which the spreadsheets are used.
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