Dashboards

Various Dashboard and Data/Information Visualization References
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(see Metrics page also)

Dashboard Spy’s .COM Website http://www.dashboardspy.com/ (see his blog as well)

Dashboard Guy http://dashboardguy.blogspot.com/

Dashboard Zone http://www.dashboardzone.com/

Edward Tufte
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/index

Ask Edward Tufte -
Executive Dashboards Thread
https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000bx&topic_id=1&topic=

Executive Decision Support Systems Thread
https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00002r&topic_id=1&topic=Ask+E%2eT%2e

Key Success Factors for a Performance Dashboard July 2007 Good read.

Kimball Group - Design Tips (BI focus, but good stuff on dashboards, design, etc.)
http://www.kimballgroup.com/html/designtips.html

This is really cool. A great overview with examples and application tips for visualziation.
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

Kent Bauer

Kent Bauer is the managing director, Performance Management Practice at GRT Corporation in Stamford, CT. He has more than 20 years of experience in managing and developing CRM, database marketing, data mining and data warehousing solutions for the financial, information services, healthcare and CPG industries. Bauer has an MBA in Statistics and an APC in Finance from the Stern Graduate School of Business, New York University. A published author and industry speaker, his recent articles and workshops have focused on KPI development, BI visioning and predictive analytics. Please contact Bauer at kent.bauer@grtcorp.com.

Graph Selection and Presentation

Visuals - Icons, Color, Palette

What’s Important?

Determining your Audience
Business Performance Management Dashboards http://www.b-eye-network.com/newsletters/bpm/1718
What are Performance Dashboards? http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1040487

Designing Executive Dashboards Pt. 1 http://www.brightpointinc.com/Articles.asp?File=Designing%20Executive%20Dashboards%20-%20Part%201.htm

Designing Executive Dashboards Pt. 2
http://www.brightpointinc.com/Articles.asp?File=Designing%20Executive%20Dashboards%20-%20Part%201.htm

Dashboard Design: Key Performance Indicators and Metrics - Choosing the Right Data to Display
http://www.brightpointinc.com/Articles.asp?File=Dashboard%20Design%20Metrics%20and%20KPIs.htm

Executive Dashboards: An Information Design Approach

KPI Wheel - COOL!
http://www.brightpointinc.com/kpiwheel.asp

Articles and Best Practices Section at Xcelcius:
http://www.xcelsius.com/Learning/Center.html

- Are you Dense? How Dense to make your Dashboards?
http://www.xcelsius.com/Learning/article4.htm

- Three Components of an Effective Presentation
http://www.xcelsius.com/Learning/article1.htm

- The Use (and Misuse) of Gauges
http://www.xcelsius.com/Learning/article2.htm

- Design to Engage - NICE
http://www.xcelsius.com/Learning/article12.htm
http://www.xcelsius.com/Learning/article13.htm

- Metrics Dashboard Design
http://www.pureshare.com/resources/resource_files/PureShare_Dashboard_Design.pdf

- Visualizing Dynamic Data
http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/?p=79

- Visualization Category
http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/index.php?tag=visualization

- Information Strategy: A Philosophical Blueprint for Building the Executive Dashboard
http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=5571

- User Interface Design Portfolio
http://www.zentall.com/portfolio.html

- Marketing Dashboards
http://www.cmomagazine.com/analyst/100705_hurwitz.html

- Hands on Graphics
http://www.handsongraphics.com/index.htm

Dashboards vrs. Scorecards http://blogs.officezealot.com/mauro/archive/2005/12/01/8681.aspx

I’ve been talking to a lot of folks about the new Business Scorecard Manager. It demos well and has a very strong “business impact” story. One of the questions that is asked early in the BSM discussion is “what is the difference between a dashboard and a scorecard?”.

Referring to Wayne Eckerson’s “Performance Dashboards” book (see one of my previous blogs for book details)…

“The primary difference between the two is that dashboards monitor the performance of operational processes whereas scorecards chart the progress of tactical and strategic goals.”

Here’s a table that helps spell out the details…

Dashboard Scorecard

Purpose Measurse performance Charts progress

Users Supervisors, specialists Executives, managers, staff

Updates Real-time feeds Periodic snapshots

Data Events Summaries

Display Visual graphs, raw data Visual graphs, text comments

Dashboard Design - From The Dashboard Company
http://www.dashboardcompany.com/Articles.asp?File=Dashboard%20Design/Designing%20Executive%20Dashboards%20-%20Part%201.htm

http://www.dashboardcompany.com/Articles.asp?File=Dashboard%20Design/Designing%20Executive%20Dashboards%20-%20Part%202.htm

http://www.dashboardcompany.com/Articles.asp?File=Dashboard%20Design/Dashboard%20Design%20Metrics%20and%20KPIs.htm

Excel Based Dashboards
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ExcelUser - http://www.exceluser.com
Excel Dashboard Reports- http://www.exceluser.com/dash/index.htm
Excel Dashboards - http://www.exceluser.com/catalog/landdash2.htm
Gauges vs Charts - http://www.exceluser.com/dash/gauges_no.htm
Learn to Show Business Data That Readers Can Understand - http://www.exceluser.com/dash/chartbooks.htm
Sparklines in Excel - http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/?p=152
Excel 2007 Dashboard Capabilities - http://esj.com/enterprise/article.aspx?EditorialsID=1560 (good post DBS)
Andy Pope Excel Charting Reference: http://andypope.info/charts.htm

http://charts.jorgecamoes.com/ - Great resource, blog and conversations!

Sparklines
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Joe Gregorio Sparkline Project http://bitworking.org/projects/sparklines/
Sparkline PHP Graphing Library http://sparkline.org/
http://www.tiddlywiki.com/#Sparklines
Sparklines Webservice http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/06/22/sparklines.html
Sparklines for Java http://www.representqueens.com/spark/
Edward Tufte Sparklines Thread http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000Lk&topic_id=1
http://www.webofdc.com/offsite/sparklines.php
Sparklines Implementation http://michaelgalloy.com/?p=12

BonaVista Systems - some really cool stuff for SparkLines and small charts in Microsoft Excel and Analysis Server. Check out their award winning entry in the 2006 B-Eye Data Visualization Contest. Talk about information overload!!

Books
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http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2370?jsessionid=7585cd6cd8ee530b3fa46f2f37a340ad

Blogs
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Dashboard Spy: http://dashboardspy.wordpress.com/
Dashboard Forum http://www.brightpointinc.com/forum/forums/index.asp
http://www.juiceanalytics.com/weblog/
http://infosthetics.com/
Dashboard Guy - http://dashboardguy.blogspot.com/
Charts - http://charts.jorgecamoes.com/
Flowing Data: http://flowingdata.com/

Vendors
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IBM http://www.ibm.com
Celequest http://www.celequest.com (bought by Cognos)
NetSuite http://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml
iDashboards http://www.idashboards.com/
Xcelsius http://www.xcelsius.com/
Visual Mining http://www.visualmining.com/
Corda http://www.corda.com/
Dundas http://www.dundas.com/
The Dashboard Company http://www.dashboardcompany.com/