In this phase of a dashboard project we focus on three major areas: Defining Business Metrics & Key Performance Indicators,
Prototyping the dashboard
visualizations, and defining
the necessary data feeds.
Define Metrics and
Key Performance Indicators
In this part of the design
phase we work with the
client to
analyze the needs of the
dashboard users and either
directly interview end-users
or provide the client with the
tools and techniques to
perform these interviews
internally.
The goal of this phase is to
determine which business
metrics and key performance
indicators (KPIs) will have the
most impact in improving the
effectiveness and timeliness
of the dashboard user's
decision making ability.
Dashboard Prototyping
and Data Visualization
In this process we use rapid prototyping tools to
quickly organize and
visualize business
metrics and KPIs into a
logical set of dashboards
and data visualizations.
In this stage we also design
navigation and menu systems,
drill-down elements, and
links between the various
dashboards.
Define Data Feeds
Usually the data that we
need to represent in the
dashboard is an aggregation
of summarized business
information that may reside
in several different
business IT systems.
The
data feed definition
catalogues and specifies the
specific measures,
dimensions, and frequency of
the data that we will use to
populate our dashboard
visualizations. We identify
all data fields, data types,
range of values, and any
needed transformation logic
required to translate source
data into dashboard data.
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can work directly with a BrightPoint Dashboard Architect
to focus on one of the following areas:
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