Changing User Attitudes to Reduce Spreadsheet Risk
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چکیده
A business case study on how three simple guidelines: 1. make it easy to check (and maintain) 2. make it safe to use 3. keep business logic out of code changed user attitudes and improved spreadsheet quality in a financial services organisation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/1009.5701 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010