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The Effect of On-Site Champions on Successful Engagements

A lot of things need to be in place for an engagement to be a raging success. When I say raging success, I’m talking about a home run; the type where the client can’t stop talking about how great the consultant was and the consultant never felt like it was work because it was so much darn fun.

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On the Topic of Web Apps

I work a lot with Google Docs and I’m becoming increasingly interested in web apps. The idea of using Microsoft Office in the cloud, through the browser, is very powerful and I think it will eventually have a huge effect on finance departments. It’s only a matter of time so I’m trying to get out in front of it.

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Build Great Spreadsheets Using the Unix Philosophy

Building great spreadsheets entails a lot of software-specific knowledge. For example, to create a solid Excel spreadsheet, it’s important to have at least a working knowledge of the capability of functions and macros. This series of posts, however, will not delve into that type of detail. Instead, we are going to take a step back and talk about spreadsheet philosophy.