The limitations of spreadsheets verses ERM software are systemic and largely stem from the way they manage data, their inability to easily show relationships, and their general inaccessibility

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Risk Managers: Why Spreadsheets are
Failing You by Steven Minsky
Spreadsheets are still an
excellent tool for data
manipulation and one
dimensional analysis, they fall
significantly short of delivering
the capabilities a risk manager
really needs to analyze trends
and see the relationships the
job entails.
The limitations of spreadsheets
verses ERM software are
systemic and largely stem from
the way they manage data.

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Impractical
Risk management is an iterative process that
requires collecting a great deal of information
to glean the necessary insights.
 impede the process of combining data into a
coherent big picture, it also means any
changes to data structure becomes a great
undertaking.
 Dependent on spreadsheets, risk managers
will spend countless hours validating
data, double checking formulas, and
updating values instead of spending that
time on much needed evaluation and
mitigation.
Risk Managers: Why Spreadsheets are
Failing You by Steven Minsky

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Relationships
 Risk analysis is not a static process; it's dynamic
and highly strategic.
 Assessment structure, information, and the
people involved evolve over time as
management's requirements and priorities
change.
 Spreadsheets, however, are ridged. With each
change to a spreadsheet, links between
information are lost making it very difficult to
analyze relationships over time.
Risk Managers: Why Spreadsheets are
Failing You by Steven Minsky

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 Spreadsheets can actually limit the
depth of risk analysis.
 Analyze the relationships your risk
tools can uncover.
 Spreadsheets offer limited access to
past and current data.
 Spreadsheets prevent an
understanding of the dependencies
and consequences between
departments, processes, and strategic
goals.
Risk Managers: Why Spreadsheets are
Failing You by Steven Minsky

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Inaccessible
Risk Managers: Why Spreadsheets are Failing
You by Steven Minsky
 Risk management isn't something that can
be done in isolation.
 The information risk managers collect and
analyze needs to be accessible to the rest
of the organization.
 Risk management function without
support from management and an
organization with an abundance of
duplicate tests, controls, and information.
 Risk managers need to be able to
aggregate and access.

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The Solution
 Risk management requires
dynamic tools:
 that can organize and link data
automatically,
 analyze dependencies and
consequences enterprise-
wide, and
 be accessed by decision makers
and other silos.
Risk Managers: Why Spreadsheets are
Failing You by Steven Minsky

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