Pie Charts Are Evil
Pie charts are one of the most overused graphs in the world and in most cases are not the best way to present data. They often distort the information and make it more difficult
The U.S. House of Reps, and Data Visualization (#1)
Does turning data into beautiful, elegant graphics actually result in a better-informed audience? Is it the most efficient, effective way to get your point across?
FP&A Professionals: Make Your Clients Intelligent Consumers
There’s no question that a, if not the, principal role of the FP&A function is to produce meaningful information enabling enterprise managers to make fast, intelligent decisions. The ability to design reports
BPM Failures
Rainer Ribback recently posted 5 reasons that BPM projects fail….
Business Process or Customer Journey?
For years, the focus of business process management was to manage a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product. The focus was all internal.
Mobile BI Design Framework: The Art of Support
When it comes to supporting mobile business intelligence (BI) implementations, what we do after we go live is as critical as what we do before. Technology support is art as much as it is science. If you add to the mix global deployments, remote access, language and cultural barriers, we face a daunting task especially when supported by virtual teams without on-site personnel. Two key elements should guide your approach: quickly identify the root cause for immediate relief and put in place safeguards to prevent future occurrences.
10 Points: Selecting the Right ERP Vendor
The ERP marketplace is crowded, and it can be confusing to try and determine which ERP vendor best meets your needs.
The World Is So-o-o Random!
So much of life is random, and not just baseball. Or at least complicated beyond human comprehension, which is pretty much the same thing as random. And yet, we humans believe there must be a reason for what has happened,
Freaky Data Science
Practical freak advice pertinent for data science includes focus on …
Cartoon: The Problem With Most Analytics
The problem with most analytics projects is that they just don’t react fast enough, in two different ways….