Data visualisations: Dashboard overload
Your message is only as good as your ability to share it. The US Patent Office's overloaded dashboards fail to convey effectively the messages contained within their data.  Oct. 17, 2011
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ROI of User Experience
What's the value of investing in User Experience design and testing? In this informative new video, User Design expert Dr. Susan M. Weinschenk, outlines the factors to consider in in judging the return on such investment.  Feb. 6, 2011
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The Joy of Statistics
Hans Rosling - the guy behind that TED talk and the world's most exciting graphs of economic development - is back. He presents with a fascinating new BBC documentary on the joy and power of statistics. The film follows Hans as he explores how to create compelling narratives through the visualisation of huge quantities of data.  Dec. 7, 2010
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Open Data Usability Strategies
Different organisations are employing a variety of usability strategies to present their data to the public. Some employ in-house visualisation tools, while others simply release raw data in standard formats. Which strategy represents the most effective medium for data dissemination and understanding?  Nov. 30, 2010
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'Data is the new soil' - Let's cultivate it
David McCandless' recent TED talk explained how anyone can turn complex data-sets into beautiful, simple visualisations that tease out unseen patterns and connections. His examples, highlight the power and beauty of information design, along with their ability to bring clarity to otherwise huge data sets.  Sep. 8, 2010
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The Importance of Social Phenomenon in Change Control Processes
The proverbial "too many chefs spoil the broth", can often manifest itself in overtly cumbersome SAP change control mechanisms. Often the more approvals that are required for a specific change, the more likely those approvers will abdicate their responsibility to others. This can result in changes being overlooked, due to a Diffusion of responsibility and Pluralistic Ignorance.  Sep. 4, 2010
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The Consequences of Transparency 2.0
The new US Federal Government IT Dashboard is starting to spread much needed light on the performance of Government IT projects. Displaying data in easy to understand dashboards is key to one of the central tenets of Business Intelligence i.e. to enable faster and more accurate decision making through the contextualization and visualization of data trends.  Jul. 21, 2009
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Data.gov increases demand for BI onDemand
The eagerly awaited data.gov site launched last week, ushering in a new area of openness and transparency throughout the US federal government. Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra announced the site as a platform to democratize government data by stimulating the creation of innovative applications and visualizations. It's now up to the public to find tools to interrogate and make sense from this data. Is BusinessObjects Explorer onDemand up to this task? May. 25, 2009
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SAP Project? Show me the wiki
Question: What's flexible, efficient, auditable, transparent and should come with every SAP implementation or improvement project? Answer: well the title gives it away really. Wiki.  May. 14, 2009
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A tale of 2 desks
What does your desk say about who you are, and how you work? If the most powerful man in the world can work without a PC, then why do some of us need two? Feb. 9, 2009
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Data Visualization 2.0 - The end of charts?
The internet provides a plethora of applications and mashups that visualize raw data in new and exciting ways. Whereas once representing enterprise data using colorful graphs may have sufficed, now if visualizations don't quickly tell a story their unlikely to be effective.  Jan. 8, 2009
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5 tips for successful Onshore/Offshore working
Increasing numbers of SAP projects have some form of offshore element. Whether this is during development, testing or support, it is critical to understand effective ways of working with offshore colleagues.  Dec. 22, 2008
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Web 2.0 features for SAP documents
New Web2.0 technologies enable greater interaction and accessibility with documents of various formats (PDF, PPT, Word etc). These features provide rich user interfaces and the ability for greater contextualizing of documents.  Dec. 14, 2008
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5 Free Open Source Applications to use on SAP Projects
The tools used by the Open-source Software development community can be utilized to enable more efficient people centric SAP projects. My top 5 Free Open-Source applications are those which allow for - and are centered around - greater transparency, collaboration and participation.  Dec. 3, 2008
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Using wikis to Gather Requirements
Gathering and defining requirements can be a painful and time consuming process. Using tools such as email and word documents to manage group collaboration can be inefficient and costly. Wikis provide a platform for mass collaboration, leading to a more transparent and visible requirements gathering process.  Nov. 26, 2008
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Free our Public Data
The Public sector free data movement is challenging many old perceptions as to the value and usefulness of back office information. Recent competitions have allowed the public to build applications creating unexpected visualizations of government data for the benefit of all.  Nov. 17, 2008
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