One of the most widely used tools for project management today is the spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are ubiquitous, heavily relied on by organisations to manage data and make critical business decisions. However, contrary to popular belief, spreadsheets are not free.
I will admit that I did not adopt early to new technology and when thinking about using future devices and incorporating them into my daily routine, i’m somewhat of a technical loafer.
I’ve used spreadsheets for nearly most of my working life and as a result, I had become lazy in moving on from excel as this met my needs. However, as I work more in the cloud it began to register that spreadsheets are so dated. Continuing to use this method would only cost in terms of productivity and accuracy.
Spreadsheets have collaboration inefficiencies
Spreadsheets have been used for team projects, the downside to this is that only one person at the time can access a file. There is the risk factor of overwriting the original file. The file ha…
