Business Development Metrics

12 Enterprise BI Platforms have been evaluated as part of the latest Forrester Wave study: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms Q3 2008. (Thanks goes to the Dashboard Spies who posted the findings document.) Based on their evaluation of 151 criteria, Forrester finds that IBM/Cognos and SAP/Business Objects maintain market leading positions while Oracle and SAS Institute move [...]

Dashboard Topic: Visualizing the Data behind the 2008 Olympic Medal Count. Data visualizations from the New York Times are usually visually stunning and well thought out. This fine example is no exception. The animated nature of these flash-based dashboards and data visualization graphics allow for intuitive analysis, especially for understanding trends over long periods of time. Visit [...]

While doing some research into flash charting components, I came across this interesting dashboard tutorial from anychart.com. The dashboard creation tutorial walks the reader through the following nine steps: Choose the Data Choose the Layout Convert the Data Convert the Layout Put Data and Layout Together Plan the Interactivity Prepare the Data for the Interactive Dashboard Implement the Interactive Dashboard Launch the Interactive Dashboard In [...]

Today’s Xcelsius Dashboard Example features a benchmarking approach to medical practice performance management. This web-based xcelsius dashboard allows healthcare practices to enter values related to their physician compensation and production metrics. After selecting the medical specialty and entering the KPI information, the dashboard displays the practice’s ranking as compared to industry benchmarks. Take a look at [...]

It’s a simple question - Can your business user take managerial action based on your dashboard? Of course, you say “yes” without hesitation, but let’s slow down and examine what makes a business dashboard truly actionable. Analytics guru and dashboard afficionado, Avinash Kaushik, author of the excellent book, Web Analytics: An Hour a Day had a [...]