Quality Control in Spreadsheets: A Visual Approach using Color Codings to Reduce Errors in Formulae

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-143

  Chadwick, David ^a   Knight, Brian ^a   Rajalingham, Kamalasen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color; Development; Errors; Formulae; Spreadsheet; Visual

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ERRORS; QUALITY CONTROL;

DEVELOPMENT; FORMULAE; INTEGRITY CONTROL; REAL-WORLD; SPREADSHEET DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL;

SPREADSHEETS;

EID: 1542780737     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016631003750     Document Type: Article

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