Nils H. Rasmussen, Claire Y. Chen, Manish Bansal

Business Dashboards

A Visual Catalog for Design and Deployment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines dashboard technology. It will focus on selecting the right dashboards for use in an organization, and on how to successfully deploy the dashboards by building the optimal server and software architecture. It will also describe the value of this popular technology to a business and how it can have a significant impact on performance improvement. The book will contain real-life dashboard images organized by category. It will also provide many examples of key performance indicators to help design the content of dashboards.

The tentative outline is: (1) Introduction--Definition; why dashboards have become so popular; types of dashboards; (2) Creating the Right BI Architecture to Support Dashboards--why a good architecture is important; Sample architecture for real-time dashboards; sample architecture for a data warehouse-based dashboards; architecture options; key performance indicators; (3) Dashboard Examples--executive dashboards; operational dashboards; (4) Managing a Dashboard Project--Planning the project; building user support and interest; the kick off; Project tips; (5) Appendices--Installation; hardware recommendations; security; training your staff; successfully deploying dashboards to the users; KPI examples by category.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9780470413470
• ISBN-10: 0470413476
• Artikelnr.: 25180299

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Book Summary. Part 1. Introduction to Dashboards. Chapter 1.
Dashboards Definition. Chapter 2. Dashboards' Role in a Business
Intelligence Solution. Chapter 3. Why Dashboards Have Become so Popular.
Chapter 4. Types of Dashboards. Chapter 5. Designing Metrics and Key
Performance Indicators. Chapter 6. Dashboard Scenario: Use Case. Chapter 7.
Getting Ready for the Implementation. Part 2. Summary and Readiness
Checklist. Part Two. Creating the Right Business Intelligence Architecture
for Dashboards. Chapter 8. Why a Good Architecture Is Important. Chapter 9.
Data Warehouse Techniques. Chapter 10. Data Replication and Delivery.
Chapter 11. Query Language and Interactivity. Chapter 12. Data Warehouse
and Business Intelligence Dashboard Paradigm. Chapter 13. Mobile Business
Intelligence. Part Two. Summary and Readiness Checklist. Part 3. Dashboard
Design. Chapter 14. Design Tips. Chapter 15. Dashboard Examples. Part
Three. Summary and Readiness Checklist. Part 4. Managing a Dashboard
Project. Chapter 16. Planning the Project. Chapter 17. Engaging the Users.
Chapter 18. Project Tips. Chapter 19. Training and Deployment. Part Four.
Summary and Readiness Checklist. Appendix A. Software Selection Tips.
Appendix B. Installation. Appendix C. Hardware Recommendations. Appendix D.
Security Authentication Techniques. Appendix E. Metrics and Key Performance
Indicator Examples. About the Authors. Index.

Rezensionen

"The book tackles the question from the ground up, explaining what dashboards are and what they're for, before diving deeply into data architecture and visual design, with tons of examples and illustrations. It even explains why dashboards are so popular." (Accounting Today, June 1-14, 2009)