Comments on: EUC Best Practice #1: Use Automated Spreadsheet Diagnostics for Baselining http://endusercomputing.org/2009/07/10/euc-best-practices-baselining-why-you-need-automated-diagnostics/ The Ultimate Resource for Spreadsheet and EUC Risk Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Patrick O'Beirne http://endusercomputing.org/2009/07/10/euc-best-practices-baselining-why-you-need-automated-diagnostics/#comment-47 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:43:11 +0000 http://endusercomputing.org/?p=206#comment-47 “Typical hourly rate for a spreadsheet domain expert: $225″

I think you’ll find better rates in the current climate :-)

Seriously, though, of course you’re right. I’d put the estimate at far more than 8 hours without automated tools. In the often-reported study by Don Price of HMRC, a typical VAT audit takes 31 hours. At a rate of £3M assured per audit hour, you can see their definition of criticality.

Automated tools shine at static analysis. You still need the basics like data quality checks, sanity checks, and so on.

Thanks for the EUC blog, Eric,

Patrick

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