Spreadsheets Are a Band-Aid for Broken Systems
Most teams don鈥檛 choose spreadsheets because they鈥檙e good at resource management.
They choose them because their software doesn鈥檛 work. You can鈥檛 schedule if you don鈥檛 know how much time you have, so spreadsheets become the de facto planning system - but without guardrails.
Spreadsheets become the bandaid because
- ERPs aren鈥檛 built for planning
- Project management tools don鈥檛 understand capacity
The result is predictable
- Hundreds of tabs across dozens of spreadsheet files
- Double data entry, stuck acting on outdated information
- Disconnected teams and departments
- No clear ownership or accountability














