The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing Your Data Using Real-world Business Scen

Description: The Big Book of Dashboards by Steve Wexler, Jeffrey Shaffer, Andy Cotgreave The definitive reference book with real-world solutions you wont find anywhere else The Big Book of Dashboards presents a comprehensive reference for those tasked with building or overseeing the development of business dashboards. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The definitive reference book with real-world solutions you wont find anywhere else The Big Book of Dashboards presents a comprehensive reference for those tasked with building or overseeing the development of business dashboards. Comprising dozens of examples that address different industries and departments (healthcare, transportation, finance, human resources, marketing, customer service, sports, etc.) and different platforms (print, desktop, tablet, smartphone, and conference room display) The Big Book of Dashboards is the only book that matches great dashboards with real-world business scenarios. By organizing the book based on these scenarios and offering practical and effective visualization examples, The Big Book of Dashboards will be the trusted resource that you open when you need to build an effective business dashboard. In addition to the scenarios theres an entire section of the book that is devoted to addressing many practical and psychological factors you will encounter in your work. Its great to have theory and evidenced-based research at your disposal, but what will you do when somebody asks you to make your dashboard cooler by adding packed bubbles and donut charts? The expert authors have a combined 30-plus years of hands-on experience helping people in hundreds of organizations build effective visualizations. They have fought many best practices battles and having endured bring an uncommon empathy to help you, the reader of this book, survive and thrive in the data visualization world. A well-designed dashboard can point out risks, opportunities, and more; but common challenges and misconceptions can make your dashboard useless at best, and misleading at worst. The Big Book of Dashboards gives you the tools, guidance, and models you need to produce great dashboards that inform, enlighten, and engage. Back Cover Praise for THE BIG BOOK OF DASHBOARDS " The Big Book of Dashboards provides a solid treatment of the fundamentals of data visualization, but the numerous examples are what set this book apart. The comments from the authors after each chapter remind the reader that creating influential dashboards is both a science and an art. This book will spend more time on my desk than on my shelf--incredibly practical ." --Jeffrey Camm, Inmar Presidential Chair, Associate Dean of Business Analytics, Wake Forest School of Business "Some books about visualization focus on principles and guidelines, but they dont devote enough pages to explain how to apply them to the design of complex, multi-section displays, like business dashboards. This book is the opposite of that. While the book contains an introduction to data visualization fundamentals, it is the numerous examples of real dashboards that sets it apart. If youve ever found yourself stuck when creating a dashboard, you will likely find a solution here. " --Alberto Cairo, author of The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication "This book is full of beautiful dashboards along with uber-practical advice from three authors with many years of experience. It is a treasure chest for hardcore data-viz geeks and business leaders needing to get smart on how to present data to optimize operations." --J.D. Whitlock, VP, Enterprise Intelligence, Mercy Health "This book provides you with a vast array of real-world dashboards, and shares the thoughts and considerations that have gone into each example. The authors even provide a full explanation that acts as a user guide. Mix and match these ideas, and youll find what you need to visualize your data. " --Josh Tapley, Director of Data Visualization, Comcast Corporation "The artful combination of technique and problem solving come together in The Big Book of Dashboards as the authors demonstrate powerful design principles using real world use cases. Apply these principles to your next dashboard and watch your data come alive ." --Bruce Henry, Managing Partner, False Peak Ventures Flap Praise for THE BIG BOOK OF DASHBOARDS " The Big Book of Dashboards provides a solid treatment of the fundamentals of data visualization, but the numerous examples are what set this book apart. The comments from the authors after each chapter remind the reader that creating influential dashboards is both a science and an art. This book will spend more time on my desk than on my shelf--incredibly practical ." --Jeffrey Camm, Inmar Presidential Chair, Associate Dean of Business Analytics, Wake Forest School of Business "Some books about visualization focus on principles and guidelines, but they dont devote enough pages to explain how to apply them to the design of complex, multi-section displays, like business dashboards. This book is the opposite of that. While the book contains an introduction to data visualization fundamentals, it is the numerous examples of real dashboards that sets it apart. If youve ever found yourself stuck when creating a dashboard, you will likely find a solution here. " --Alberto Cairo, author of The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication "This book is full of beautiful dashboards along with uber-practical advice from three authors with many years of experience. It is a treasure chest for hardcore data-viz geeks and business leaders needing to get smart on how to present data to optimize operations." --J.D. Whitlock, VP, Enterprise Intelligence, Mercy Health "This book provides you with a vast array of real-world dashboards, and shares the thoughts and considerations that have gone into each example. The authors even provide a full explanation that acts as a user guide. Mix and match these ideas, and youll find what you need to visualize your data. " --Josh Tapley, Director of Data Visualization, Comcast Corporation "The artful combination of technique and problem solving come together in The Big Book of Dashboards as the authors demonstrate powerful design principles using real world use cases. Apply these principles to your next dashboard and watch your data come alive ." --Bruce Henry, Managing Partner, False Peak Ventures Author Biography STEVE WEXLER is the Founder and Principal of Data Revelations. He has helped scores of organizations worldwide understand and visualize their data.JEFFREY SHAFFER is the VP of Information Technology and Analytics at Unifund and Adjunct Professor teaching Data Visualization at the University of Cincinnati.ANDY COTGREAVE is Technical Evangelist at Tableau and writes the Living With Data column for ComputerWorld. Table of Contents Acknowledgments viiAbout the Authors ixIntroduction xiPart I A Strong FoundationChapter 1 Data Visualization: A Primer 2Part II The ScenariosChapter 2 Course Metrics Dashboard 38Chapter 3 Comparing Individual Performance with Peers 48Chapter 4 What-If Analysis: Wage Increase Ramifications 62Chapter 5 Executive Sales Dashboard 70Chapter 6 Ranking by Now, Comparing with Then 80Chapter 7 Are We on Pace to Reach Our Goals? 92Chapter 8 Multiple Key Performance Metrics 98Chapter 9 Power Plant Operations Monitoring 106Chapter 10 Showing Year-to-Date and Year-over-Year at the Same Time 118Chapter 11 Premier League Player Performance Metrics 130Chapter 12 RBS 6 Nations Championship Match Performance Analysis 138Chapter 13 Web Analytics 146Chapter 14 Patient History Analysis of Recent Hospital Admissions 156Chapter 15 Hospitality Dashboard for Hotel Management 164Chapter 16 Sentiment Analysis: Showing Overall Distribution 174Chapter 17 Showing Sentiment with Net Promoter Score 186Chapter 18 Server Process Monitoring 202Chapter 19 Big Mac Index 210Chapter 20 Complaints Dashboard 224Chapter 21 Hospital Operating Room Utilization 236Chapter 22 Showing Rank and Magnitude 246Chapter 23 Measuring Claims across Multiple Measures and Dimensions 258Chapter 24 Showing Churn or Turnover 268Chapter 25 Showing Actual versus Potential Utilization 282Chapter 26 Health Care Provider Productivity Monitoring 294Chapter 27 Telecom Operator Executive Dashboard 306Chapter 28 Economy at a Glance 316Chapter 29 Call Center 328Part III Succeeding in the Real WorldChapter 30 Want to Engage People? Make Your Dashboards Personal 338Chapter 31 Visualizing Time 352Chapter 32 Beware the Dead-End Dashboard 382Chapter 33 The Allure of Red and Green 390Chapter 34 The Allure of Pies and Donuts 396Chapter 35 Clouds and Bubbles 404Chapter 36 A Journey into the Unknown 410Glossary 419Bibliography 423Index 425 Long Description Praise for THE BIG BOOK OF DASHBOARDS " The Big Book of Dashboards provides a solid treatment of the fundamentals of data visualization, but the numerous examples are what set this book apart. The comments from the authors after each chapter remind the reader that creating influential dashboards is both a science and an art. This book will spend more time on my desk than on my shelf--incredibly practical ." --Jeffrey Camm, Inmar Presidential Chair, Associate Dean of Business Analytics, Wake Forest School of Business "Some books about visualization focus on principles and guidelines, but they dont devote enough pages to explain how to apply them to the design of complex, multi-section displays, like business dashboards. This book is the opposite of that. While the book contains an introduction to data visualization fundamentals, it is the numerous examples of real dashboards that sets it apart. If youve ever found yourself stuck when creating a dashboard, you will likely find a solution here. " --Alberto Cairo, author of The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication "This book is full of beautiful dashboards along with uber-practical advice from three authors with many years of experience. It is a treasure chest for hardcore data-viz geeks and business leaders needing to get smart on how to present data to optimize operations." --J.D. Whitlock, VP, Enterprise Intelligence, Mercy Health "This book provides you with a vast array of real-world dashboards, and shares the thoughts and considerations that have gone into each example. The authors even provide a full explanation that acts as a user guide. Mix and match these ideas, and youll find what you need to visualize your data. " --Josh Tapley, Director of Data Visualization, Comcast Corporation "The artful combination of technique and problem solving come together in The Big Book of Dashboards as the authors demonstrate powerful design principles using real world use cases. Apply these principles to your next dashboard and watch your data come alive ." --Bruce Henry, Managing Partner, False Peak Ventures Details ISBN1119282713 Pages 368 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc (US) ISBN-10 1119282713 ISBN-13 9781119282716 Format Paperback Imprint Wiley US Audience General/Trade Year 2017 Subtitle Visualizing Your Data Using Real-world Business Scenarios Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2017-04-12 Author Andy Cotgreave Media Book DEWEY 658.4038011 Short Title The Big Book of Dashboards Language English UK Release Date 2017-06-02 AU Release Date 2017-06-02 NZ Release Date 2017-06-02 US Release Date 2017-06-02 Textbook 1 Edition 1st We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97312202;

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