In 2003 a large power supply company lost $24 million because they used copy-paste and sort incorrectly. They had no safeguards in place. Could this happen to your company?
Limit Your Risks And Your Liability:
Spreadsheet SafeTM is an innovative one-day training and certification programme designed to help spreadsheet end-users and organisations assure and maintain good spreadsheet design, usage and control.
Benefits:
Increase the integrity & accuracy of your spreadsheets
Bulletproof your spreadsheet against malicious use or unauthorised changes
Restrict access and control changes
Implement best practices
Increase productivity and reliability
Increase internal awareness of spreadsheet risks
Provide ways of auditing critical data
Limit your risk and liability should the worst happen
Receive a certification issued by a major standards company
Ensure compliance with internal reporting procedures and meet legal requirements (Sarbanes-Oxley, Data Protection law etc.)
Course Duration:
1 Day
Course Cost:
€550 per person which includes documentation & certification test
Anyone who relies on spreadsheet data to make business decisions should take part in the course.
You must have a basic knowledge of Excel to attend.
What is Spreadsheet SafeTM?
This course will ensure your corporate spreadsheets are designed and maintained to a level which complies with international best practices.
We will show you how to detect flaws in spreadsheets and minimise the risk element. Your management information will become more reliable ensuring your business can make sound decisions and minimise loss of revenue.
See Benefits for further reasons you should attend this course.
Course Content
Setup
Prepare and organise to ensure the spreadsheets will meet the requirements of your business
Inputs
Make it easy to control inputs and ensure their integrity
Calculations
Build tamper-proof formulas which do what they are supposed to do
Outputs
Choose the right charts and proof spreadsheet outputs to avoid missing data
Audit
Test and validate spreadsheet logic and ensure compliance with laws and guidelines
