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Enterprise Dashboards

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Enterprise Dashboards

Design and Best Practices for IT

Wiley,

15 min read
10 take-aways
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What's inside?

Use computerized "dashboards" to keep your business on the right track and out of accidents.

Editorial Rating

6

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Recommendation

Shadan Malik aims to acquaint businesses with the concept of "dashboards" and the process of implementing them, from collecting information and assessing the audience to storyboarding and project planning. Other dashboard-related books discuss the value of these information platforms, but don't explain how to create them. One warning: The book is crammed with charts and images, which may turn off readers who don't absorb information graphically, though it will please those who do. Some screenshots are so poorly reproduced that you may think you suddenly need a new eyeglass prescription. getAbstract recommends this book to executives, department heads, managers and other businesspeople who wish to implement a dashboard and need some practical guidance.

Summary

Organizing Data with Dashboards

In cars or planes, dashboards provide a quick source of information for drivers or pilots about their vehicles' condition and performance. Similarly, "enterprise dashboards" provide a quick visual overview of your organization's health and its progress toward its goals. They bring all your company's data together on charts and reports and alert you to problems before they happen. As organizations deal with compliance requirements and adopt initiatives such as Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), they need to implement processes for analyzing data and making decisions. Technology provides you with information, but the information is useless unless it is well-organized.

Dashboards with SMARTs and IMPACT

The dashboards on aircraft or automobiles all present the same key performance indicators (KPIs). However, organizations are more complicated and one rarely uses the same KPIs as another. Even within organizations, different divisions or departments use different KPIs. For example, human resources needs information about employee hiring and performance, while sales and marketing wants updates on ...

About the Author

Shadan Malik, a software architect, has more than 12 years of experience with business intelligence. Malik also gives speeches on enterprise dashboards and best practices.

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