Business Dashboards: A Visual Catalog for Design and DeploymentFocusing on designing the right dashboards for use in an organization, this timely, full color book reveals how to successfully deploy dashboards by building the optimal software architecture and dashboard design. In addition, it describes the value of this popular technology to a business and how it can have a significant impact on performance improvement. A unique collection of more than 120 dashboard images are organized by category. One of the chapters provides a step-by-step description of the key performance indicator (KPIs) design process. One of the appendices contains more than 1,000 examples of KPIs to help design the content of dashboards. The book also describes all the steps in a dashboard implementation and offers related advice. Nils Rasmussen (West Hollywood, CA) is cofounder and Principal of Solver, Inc. Claire Y. Chen (Long Beach, CA) is a Senior Business Intelligence Architect at Solver, Inc. Manish Bansal (Irvine, CA) is Vice President of Sales at Solver, Inc. |
Contents
Designing Metrics and Key Performance Indicators | |
Use Case | |
Getting Ready for the Implementation | |
CREATING THE RIGHT BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE | |
DOLAP | |
Data Replication and Delivery | |
Mobile Business Intelligence | |
Design Tips | |
Dashboard Examples | |
SUMMARY AND READINESS CHECKLIST | |
Engaging the Users | |
chapter 18 Project Tips | |
SUMMARY AND READINESS CHECKLIST | |
appendix B Installation | |
Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Dashboard Paradigm | |
About the Authors | |
Other editions - View all
Business Dashboards: A Visual Catalog for Design and Deployment Nils H. Rasmussen,Manish Bansal,Claire Y. Chen No preview available - 2009 |
Business Dashboards: A Visual Catalog for Design and Deployment Nils H. Rasmussen,Manish Bansal,Claire Y. Chen No preview available - 2009 |
Business Dashboards: A Visual Catalog for Design and Deployment Nils H. Rasmussen,Manish Bansal,Claire Y. Chen No preview available - 2009 |
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