Influencing the success of spreadsheet development by novice users

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 319-324

  Babbitt, Timothy G ^a   Galletta, Dennis F ^a   Lopes, Alexandre B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR DETECTION; ERRORS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; EASE-OF-USE; NOVICE USER; PLANNING PHASE; SPREADSHEET DEVELOPMENT;

SPREADSHEETS;

EID: 29144458470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. AMA. "Report on End-User and Departmental Performance, " American Management Association, New York, 1988.
2. Brancheau, J. C., and Wetherbe, J. C. "The Adoption of Spreadsheet Software: Testing Innovation Diffusion Theory in the Context of End-User Computing, " Information Systems Research (1:2), June 1990, pp. 115-143.
3. Brown, P. S., and Gould, J. D. "An Experimental Study of People Creating Spreadsheets, " ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems (5:3), 1987, pp. 258-272.
4. Buckley, F. "A Standard for Software Quality Assurance Plans, " Computer August 1979, pp. 43-49.
5. Business Week. "How Personal Computers Can Trip Up Executives, " (2861) September 24, 1984, pp. 94-102 passim.
6. Cragg, P. G., and King, M. "Spreadsheet Modeling Abuse: An Opportunity for OR?" Journal of the Operational Research Society (44:8), 1993, pp. 743-752.
7. Davies, N., and Ikin, C. "Auditing Spreadsheets, " Australian Accountant, December 1987, pp. 54-56.
8. Davis, G. B. "Caution: User-Developed Systems May be Harmful to your Organization, " Working Paper 82-04, Management Information Systems Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1984.
9. de Geus, A. P. "Planning as Learning, " Harvard Business Review, March/April 1988, pp. 70-74.
10. Ditlea, S. "Spreadsheets Can be Hazardous to Your Health, " Personal Computing (11:1), January 1987, pp. 60-69.
11. Freeman, D. "How to Make Spreadsheets Error-Proof, " Journal of Accountancy (181:5), May 1996, pp. 75-77.
12. Galletta, D. F.; Abraham, D.; El Louadi, M.; Lekse, W.; Pollailis, Y. A.; and Sampler J. L. "An Empirical Study of Spreadsheet Error Performance, " Journal of Accounting, Management, and Information Technology (5:3/4), 1993, pp. 79-95.
13. Galletta, D. F.; Hartzel, K. S.; Johnson, S.; and Joseph, J. L. "Spreadsheet Presentation and Error Detection, " Journal of Management Information Systems (13:3), Winter 1996-97, pp. 45-63
14. Godfrey, K. "Computing Error at Fidelity's Magellan Fund, " The Risks Digest (16:72), January 6, 1995 (http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/16.72.html#subj1).
15. Gray, L. "Excel 97 Recalc Flaw Bugs Bechtel, " PC Week Online, September 24, 1997 (http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0922/24abug.html)
16. Hall, M. J. J. "A Risk and Control Oriented Study of the Practices of Spreadsheet Application Developers, " in J. F. Nunamaker Jr. and R. H. Sprague Jr. (eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1996.
17. Hayen, R. L., and Peters, R. M. "How to Ensure Spreadsheet Integrity, " Management Accounting (70:10), October 1989, pp. 30-33.
18. Markoff, J. "Circuit Flaw Causes Pentium Chip to Miscalculate, Intel Admits, " New York Times, November 24, 1994.
19. Milgrom, P., and Roberts, J. "Complementarities and Fit: Strategy, Structure, and Organizational Change in Manufacturing, " Journal of Accounting and Economics (19:2), March 1995, pp. 179-208.
20. Myers, G. J. The Art of Software Testing, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1979.
21. Panko, R. R. "Errors in Developing and Debugging a 'Simple' Spreadsheet Model, " in J. F. Nunamaker Jr. and R. H. Sprague Jr. (eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1996.
22. Panko, R. R. "What We Know About Spreadsheet Errors, " Working Paper, 1998.
23. Panko, R. R., and Halverson Jr., R. P. "Are Two Heads Better Than One? (at Reducing Errors in Spreadsheet Modeling?), " Office Systems Research Journal (15:1), 1997, pp. 21-32.
24. Panko, R. R., and Halverson Jr., R. P. "Spreadsheets in Trial: A Survey of Research on Spreadsheet Risks, " in J. F. Nunamaker Jr. and R. H. Sprague Jr. (eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1996.
25. Savitz, E. J. "Magellan Loses Its Compass, " Barron's (84:50) December 12, 1994.
26. Scharer, L. "Pinpointing Requirements, " Datamation, April 1981, pp. 139-154.
27. Stang, D. "Spreadsheet Disasters I Have Known, " Information Center (3:11), November 1987, pp. 26-30.
28. Stone, D. N., and Black, R. L. "Using Microcomputers: Building Structured Spreadsheets, " Journal of Accountancy (168:4), October 1989, pp. 130-142.
29. Wetherbe, J. C. Systems Analysis and Design, West Publishing, St. Paul, MN. 1994.