De Havilands · Business-Critical Spreadsheet Risk Check
Could one critical Excel process be an operational risk?
Answer 13 practical questions about one business-critical Excel process.
● Overall review-priority pattern across four categories
● Known gaps separated from unconfirmed assumptions
● Personalised next steps and the full Risk Index
Allow about five minutes • No workbook upload required • Screening check, not an audit
Your business-critical Excel process will be assessed across the following key areas:
Business criticality & accountability
Who is accountable and could the process continue safely without its main creator or expert?
Operational control & resilience
How data, inputs, review, testing and environmental changes are managed and controlled.
Workbook integrity & maintainability
Whether material logic can be checked, traced, supported and kept within practical limits.
Workbook governance & lifecycle
Whether the authoritative process can be restored and access to sensitive data is controlled.
HOW IT WORKS
Think of one Excel-based process
Choose the business-critical Excel process that concerns you
most—or that would matter most if it failed.
For this check, consider the principal workbook together with
the files it directly depends on or produces.
Please answer for the way the process operates today,
rather than for controls you intend to introduce.
Evidenced Control
Select Evidenced Control only where you can point to a current owner, procedure, check, record or test.
Partial / Informal
Select Partial / informal where a control exists but is incomplete, inconsistently applied, undocumented or dependent on individual practice.
Not Confirmed
Select Not Confirmed where the position is assumed or would require further investigation.
Known Exposure
Select Known exposure where a control weakness or gap has already been identified and remains unresolved.
Confidentiality
Do not enter client names, financial figures or other confidential information.
Where should we send your personalised result?
Your result will include an overall screening indication, four category views, principal findings and practical next steps. We’ll also include the full Spreadsheet Operational Risk Index.
