Category Archives: Business Intelligence Dashboards

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  Tool Reports Are Worthless

  You probably have multiple tools that are used within your organization. All those tools probably have a report of some kind but those reports are worthless when you can’t see what’s causing items to occur. Management teams don’t look at metrics/reports just to see what’s going on, they also look at reports to make positive […]

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  ABC’s of Chart Types

  In a previous post we discussed the ABC’s of Software Metrics, which listed the various metrics that you can use throughout your project. Today we’re going to take it a step further and discuss charts & graphs. Charts & graphs are effective tools to convey information in a simple and visual way. They are also […]

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  Stop Waiting For Metrics

  In the past teams had to wait for reports to find out what was going on within their organizations. Are projects on time? Are projects within budget? Organizations use a variety of different tools (defect trackers, test trackers, code trackers, etc.) that are used by various teams to gather information and status on applications/projects . […]

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• How To Choose The Best Chart For Your Data

  There are lots of whitepapers, presentations & blogs out on the Internet that tell you to use one chart type versus another. It’s great that there are so many chart types available but do you know when to use a bar chart versus a line chart? This presentation will provide you information so the next […]

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• The Good, The Bad, and The Metrics

  Last week Mike Lyles & Jay Philips presented the “The Good, The Bad, and The Metrics” at STPCon Spring 2014. Below is the info from the presentation and the corresponding slides: Session Info: Has your organization ever considered replacing a tester that did not write, for example, 15 test cases per day? Is the testing […]

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  One Bite At A Time

  Enterprise business intelligence projects are often very large because there’s data coming from all different sources and each area has their own metrics. You may find yourself stuck getting data or KPI’s from one side of the organization, which holds up the entire project. You want your BI dashboard to show everything but it takes […]

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  Can You Get A Comprehensive View Of Your Business?

  Does your BI dashboard provide you with a comprehensive view of your business? If you don’t have a comprehensive view how do you know if your business is meeting its goals & objectives? Business data is stored in a variety of different systems, 3rd party or partner sources, databases, etc. When data is spread out […]

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  When Is A BI Project Complete?

  You purchased a BI tool and brought in BI consultants to get it up and running. The tool is working great, pulling data automatically from all your systems. The process is working great but does that mean your BI project is complete? The answer is no. A BI project is not complete until: All users […]

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  7 Facts About Data Quality [Infographic]

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• 6 Key Steps In Creating Metrics That Matter

  There are lots of whitepapers, presentations & blogs out on the Internet that tell you to create one metric over another metric.  It’s great to know about the variety of different metrics available but do you really need all of them? This presentation reduces the complexity to 6 key steps in creating actionable metrics that […]

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