http://dashboards.tv Business Dashboard Examples | Business Intelligence Dashboards Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:01:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spend so much heads-down time with my business intelligence dashboard work that I often forget that there's a big world out there. Often I'm reminded of it in negative ways. Other times, I come upon something remarkable that makes me so proud of the human spirit. Take a look at ... http://dashboards.tv/inspiration/243/will-smith The US Federal Government announced an innovative new way to provide transparency and reporting of their IT portfolio spending. In this boon to project management dashboards and digital tools for government transparency, the Fed has created a communication channel that is both innovative and a signal of a change in ... http://dashboards.tv/project-management/237/feds-announce-it-dashboard In this review of the Federal IT Dashboard, the skeptics warn about how the data may not be actionable. While the data is there and well presented, there is doubt about whether the users will try to fudge their numbers. They do like the fact however that the project went from concept ... http://dashboards.tv/project-management/235/review-of-the-federal-dashboard Using only Microsoft Excel, Jorge Camoes created this dynamic business dashboard to track demographic information. This excel example shows how one can create dashboards that are both visually pleasing and highly functional with an office tool that you already have. Tags: Excel Dashboards http://dashboards.tv/excel/233/excel-dashboard Information Technology Portfolio Dashboard walkthrough provided by the usaspending.gov dashboarding team. An excellent example of a help video to explain how to use a business intelligence dashboard. The Federal IT dashboard provides management transparency for the public by tracking the I.T. spend at over 30 federal agencies. http://dashboards.tv/project-management/230/federal-dashboard Six design patterns for designing rich web experiences: 1. Make it direct. 2. Keep it lightweight. 3. Stay on the page. 4. Provide invitations. 5. Use transitions. 6. React immediately. These are presented by Bill Scott author of the OReilly book: Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich Interactions.   In ... http://dashboards.tv/user-interface-design/226/interaction-design-for-web-interfaces In this final dashboard design tip from IIR Executive Development's series on How to Design Effective Dashboard Reports, the tip given is the simple "One Page" rule. Simply put, make sure that your dashboard report is never more than a single page. A dashboard contains a lot of information in a ... http://dashboards.tv/digital-dashboards/222/dashboard-design-tip-5-keep-dashboards-to-one-page "Pay attention to the layout of your business dashboard" is the message of this fourth video in the series of Tips for Dashboard Report Design from IIR Executive Development. The rule of thumb is that the more important the information, the closer to the top left corner of dashboard you should ... http://dashboards.tv/digital-dashboards/219/dashboard-design-tip-4-layout-optimization Business Dashboard Report Design Tip 3: It is very important to use appropriate colors to convey the right information. A few rules from this video from the IIR Executive Development course on information dashboard design. Don't distract the eye by using bold colors too often. Reserve bold colors on your dashboard ... http://dashboards.tv/digital-dashboards/217/dashboard-report-design-tip-3-color-selection Dashboard Design Tip #2- Choose the correct medium for the message. In this second video in the series of Dashboard Design Tips, the course instructor stresses the importance of the medium. "Tip: Make sure you choose the best medium for communication information." One digital dashboard can contain multiple mediums such as ... http://dashboards.tv/digital-dashboards/215/dashboard-design-tip-2-choose-right-medium