{"id":1585,"date":"2011-12-25T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2011-12-25T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T15:29:51","slug":"juice30days-fav-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/juice30days-fav-five","title":{"rendered":"#Juice30days Fav Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month I’ve been following the #Juice30days<\/a> guide by Juice Analytics to learn more on data visualization. You really should check their cool\u00a0website<\/a> and blog<\/a> and follow the 30 days program. They are doing a great job setting this up. I put my Fav Five content in this post.<\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0A Guide to Creating Dashboards People Love to Use<\/a><\/p>\n

This 3-part white paper \u00a0gives us best practices and guidelines on how to create and design better dashboards.<\/p>\n

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Part 1: Foundation helps you identify your target audience, understand what type of dashboard you want to create and why it is valuable to your organization. It concludes guidance regarding how to focus your message\u00a0on the information and metrics that matter.<\/p>\n

Part 2: Structure helps you start on designing your dashboard, including what form it should take, how to design for audience understanding, and what navigation, interactions, and capabilities will make your dashboard useful and engaging.<\/p>\n

Finally, Part 3: Information Design dives into the details of interface and information design. You will learn how to lay out your dashboard and best practices for charting and data presentation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2.\u00a0 Who is Edward Tufte? <\/a><\/p>\n

I knew about this guy, but hadn’t read a lot of his work yet. So this story resulted in a very large and expensive Amazon.com<\/a> visit…<\/p>\n

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3.\u00a0 5 Phases of Data Analytics Maturation: Part 1 & 2<\/a><\/p>\n

I found this article very fun to read since I could plot the stages exactly to the environments at the clients I work(ed) for, especially the Tribal Elders phase, which is – sadly enough – still reality.<\/p>\n

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In this article the 5 different\u00a0stages of maturity that information workers go through as they try to become more effective and efficient at consuming and acting on information are explored.<\/p>\n

Phase 1: Tribal Elders<\/p>\n

Phase 2: Static Reports<\/p>\n

Phase 3: Bigger Static Reports<\/p>\n

Phase 4: Ad-hoc reports<\/p>\n

Phase 5: Experienced Guide<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

4. Before trying to communicate information, first understand it.<\/a><\/p>\n

When thinking about information, don’t confuse the medium with the message. Watch it:<\/p>\n