Strategies for Addressing Spreadsheet Compliance Challenges

TL;DR

This paper discusses practical organizational strategies for managing spreadsheet compliance and highlights features in the 2007 Microsoft Office System to support compliance efforts.

Contribution

It introduces a set of organizational strategies and demonstrates how Microsoft Office 2007 tools can help address spreadsheet compliance challenges.

Findings

Practical strategies for spreadsheet compliance management.

Microsoft Office 2007 features support compliance efforts.

Organizations can better integrate spreadsheets into compliance frameworks.

Abstract

Most organizations today use spreadsheets in some form or another to support critical business processes. However the financial resources, and developmental rigor dedicated to them are often minor in comparison to other enterprise technology. The increasing focus on achieving regulatory and other forms of compliance over key technology assets has made it clear that organizations must regard spreadsheets as an enterprise resource and account for them when developing an overall compliance strategy. This paper provides the reader with a set of practical strategies for addressing spreadsheet compliance from an organizational perspective. It then presents capabilities offered in the 2007 Microsoft Office System which can be used to help customers address compliance challenges.