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The system went live in January. The spreadsheet is still open.
When a team keeps a parallel record after a new system goes live, the problem is rarely training, and banning the file rarely fixes it.
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The system went live in March. Half the team still keeps the spreadsheet.
When a spreadsheet survives the software that was meant to replace it, the usual reading is poor discipline: the more…
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The system went live in April. Four teams still keep the spreadsheet.
When staff quietly run a parallel spreadsheet alongside a new system, they are not being difficult. They are telling you…
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The system went live in April. Half the team still runs the spreadsheet.
Six months after go-live, the workbook on the shared drive is still the version people trust. That is information about…
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The new system went live in April. The team still runs the spreadsheet.
A shadow spreadsheet surviving six months after go-live is telling you something specific about the system you bought, and it…
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The system went live in March. The spreadsheet is still the source of truth.
When a new system installs cleanly but never displaces the workaround it was bought to replace, the reason is rarely…
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The system went live in March. The spreadsheet is still the source of truth.
When a shadow spreadsheet outlives a system implementation, it is usually treated as a training failure. It is better read…
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The system went live in March. The spreadsheet still decides.
When a shadow spreadsheet survives a system implementation, it is rarely defiance: it is usually a diagnosis of the system,…
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The system went live in March. Two teams still keep the spreadsheet.
A shadow spreadsheet surviving a system go-live is rarely defiance. It is usually the most precise requirements document anyone in…
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The system went live in March. The spreadsheet is still the real one.
Every implementation leaves a spreadsheet behind. What that file contains is the most honest specification document a business will ever…
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