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Financial modelling should be collaborative. Collaboration
reduces error, speeds up development time and lowers
cost. The Financial Modelling Handbook is a collaborative,
crowd-sourced guide to building better financial models
using the FAST Standard.
Patrick O'Beirne has extensive
experience in Excel/VBA spreadsheet
training, testing, model review, and
auditing.
Recent projects in Ireland and abroad
range from data analysis for subject
matter experts to spreadsheet review
for commodity trading companies and
State bodies.
Modelling can be tough – by following this
guide you can shift your stress and make your
colleagues lives hell!
The consequences for falling for some, or all
of the following temptations are described in
more than eighty spreadsheet problems at:

www.eusprig.org/stories.htm
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation
The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation

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The devil's guide to spreadsheet creation

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3. Financial modelling should be collaborative. Collaboration reduces error, speeds up development time and lowers cost. The Financial Modelling Handbook is a collaborative, crowd-sourced guide to building better financial models using the FAST Standard.
  • 4. Patrick O'Beirne has extensive experience in Excel/VBA spreadsheet training, testing, model review, and auditing. Recent projects in Ireland and abroad range from data analysis for subject matter experts to spreadsheet review for commodity trading companies and State bodies.
  • 5. Modelling can be tough – by following this guide you can shift your stress and make your colleagues lives hell! The consequences for falling for some, or all of the following temptations are described in more than eighty spreadsheet problems at: www.eusprig.org/stories.htm