The Dashboard Spy Website: Enterprise Dashboard KPIs, Commentary, News and 1000s of Examples of Executive Dashboards
Enterprise Dashboard users, designers, IT staff and executive sponsors from all over the business dashboarding scene have noticed the redesign of the Dashboard Spy website. They’ve been asking “So, what’s going on? Will we still get to see those sneak peeks at dashboards from companies across the world?”
Not to worry, this unique business intelligence resource will continue to focus on the design and implementation of business dashboards. Call them what you will - enterprise dashboard, executive dashboard, business scorecard, digital dashboard, company dashboard, business dashboard, performance dashboard - The Dashboard Spy will continue to track, analyze and comment on the best practices of executive dashboard design.
I am convinced that Business Intelligence will be ubiquitous at all levels of the enterprise, not just the executive board room. Click the “more” link to learn why:
BI Dashboards will be the “face” of business intelligence as they are visual, easy to understand by business users and fun projects to design and implement from the point of view of the IT staff (not to mention, easy to fund!). They come in all types and purposes as you’ll see through exploring this site and the associated blog. Now is the time to learn all you can about enterprise dashboards.
If you are new to the Dashboard Spy, welcome! Here is a rundown on the major themes of this site:
What’s on your Dashboard? Or, more importantly, what’s on the other guy’s dashboard?
Executive Dashboards are in high demand and every management team wants one. But what metrics and key performance indicators should you put on your dashboard? What layout do you use? What should the graphics look like? Don’t just guess. Take a look at what others are doing in their enterprise dashboards and identify best practices and commonly used KPIs. The Dashboard Spy is the most complete collection of screenshots of actual enterprise dashboards, balanced scorecards, executive dashboards, performance dashboards and business dashboards. Whatever you call your dashboard, you want it to become the most compelling management tool in your organization. So do your homework and see what’s on the other guy’s dashboard before you implement your own.
An Open Enterprise Dashboard Collaborative:
Whether they like it or not, companies all over the world are finding that their enterprise dashboards are being shared by dashboard designers, programmers, analysts and users. The Dashboard Spy is doing its share to facilitate this underground exchange of ideas. Enterprise dashboard implementations are just getting started and there’s too much to learn from each other’s dashboard projects not to share. We invite you to share some screenshots with us and add to the collective dashboard knowledge pool. You never know when you yourself may need some executive dashboard design inspiration from someone else’s screenshot. You can make a difference. There’s a little Dashboard Spy in all of us.
An important note for you executive dashboard enthusiasts: Always be sure to keep up on what’s new in enterprise dashboard technology. The majority of enterprise dashboards in production in most enterprises are custom built by corporate IT, but the trend is definitely towards off-the-shelf dashboard packages. Whatever side of the buy vs. build fence you are on, you owe it to yourself to check out what’s going on in the field of business dashboard software.
Reading The Dashboard Spy is just one step to take. Browse the dashboard screenshots, but do all the research and study into Enterprise Dashboards that you can. Keep up with current industry trends and the hottest metrics in your area of concentration. Seek out the best practices in designing business intelligence dashboards.
So, what’s on this site?
Dashboard screenshots & a whole lot more! What will you find on the Dashboard Spy website? Hundreds and hundreds of enterprise dashboards, in-depth analysis of dashboard best practices, templates for dashboard mockups, sample executive dashboard KPIs and metrics, dashboarding books and articles, and many other things to inspire you in your dashboards.
The reason for moving to a new design is so that I can offer you much more in terms of types of content. In upcoming posts, watch for videos and podcasts where the Dashboard Spy speaks about enterprise dashboard design and other business intelligence issues.
Looking for links from the previous version of the website? Here are some direct links to the older content. New content will appear as posts below this one.
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