Spreadsheet risk

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The risk of financial losses or other adverse effects resulting from invalid assumptions, other errors, omissions or duplications in a spreadsheet.


Losses and other adverse effects may also result from any one or more of:

  • Fraud
  • Overconfidence in the spreadsheet's results
  • Overdependence on the spreadsheet
  • Misinterpretation of results
  • Failure to communicate assumptions and limitations
  • Or failure to understand the consequences of assumptions and limitations.


See also