Series · 4 articles · 10 min

Getting out of the spreadsheet

The spreadsheet does everything, right up to the day it does nothing. Where it breaks, why auditors distrust it, and what to replace it with without losing everything.

Start with part 1
  1. 01 Is Excel a good idea for managing projects? A great many companies, perhaps yours among them, run their project management in Excel. Unsurprisingly, and despite the freedom the software gives you to organise things your own way, Excel runs into a number of limits. 3 min
  2. 02 Your executive committee deserves better than a spreadsheet rebuilt every Monday Every Monday somebody glues together the project updates that arrived by email, for the executive committee. Here is how to get a portfolio view that is always up to date. 3 min
  3. 03 Your Tally Forms deserve better than a spreadsheet Discover the Power of Klaro Cards 1 min
  4. 04 Pharma: what GMP auditors really think of your spreadsheets Spreadsheets, shared drives, checklists filled in by hand: why they make GMP auditors uneasy, and how a small pharma company can prove its compliance simply. 3 min