Dashboard Articles

Business Impact of Enterprise Dashboards

For many executives, business tools become "fashionable" and "must-have" when they are covered by the mainstream business press.

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Business Week - 2/13/06 - Giving The Boss The Big Picture: A "dashboard" pulls up everything the CEO needs to run the show. This has been the most important article on business dashboards so far this year. Here is a pdf version.

General Articles on Enterprise Dashboards

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Here are some excellent foundational articles about dashboarding.

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DM Review - 11/05 - What Are Performance Dashboards? This is an excerpt from the book Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business.
Driving Ahead with Enterprise Dashboards As the subtitle states: "It is a well-established management principle that you cannot manage what you cannot measure. It is equally true, however, that you cannot manage well what you cannot monitor - which is where enterprise dashboards come in." This excellent 2 page pdf is written by Malik, the author of the book Enterprise Dashboards: Design and Best Practices for IT.

Articles on Dashboard Project Implementation

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A very important category of articles on dashboarding. Covers case studies, best practices and implementation issues of business dashboard projects.

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Getting on the Same Page: Dashboard Development from Planning to Implementation You have to love a dashboarding article that starts with the sentence, 'Nobody wants a dashboard'.
Intelligent Enterprise Magazine - 5/15/04 - Dashboarding Ourselves: Some recent research provides insight into why some business intelligence and data warehouse projects fail. A refreshing perspective.
Boxes and Arrows - 5/10/06 - The Guided Wireframe Narrative for Rich Internet Applications Case Study: Prototyping Complex Interactions. An excellent technique for presenting wireframes, screen mockups and storyboards to the user community using PowerPoint.

Videos about Enterprise Dashboards

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Here is a selection of videos covering various aspects of executive dashboards.

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Forbes Video: Executive Dashboard Light

Business Dashboard Resources

Keep up on the latest products and services for digital dashboards. A wide knowledge of the landscape is critical when it comes to the technology and vendor selection phase of your dashboard project.