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... Example The samemeasureat the samepointintimein the past The samedaylastyear The samemeasureatsomeotherpointintimein the past The end of lastyear The currenttargetfor the measure ... wereonceagainabletogrow.Whatreallycausedheadstoturninrecognition of dashboardsasmuchmorethanyoureverydayfledglingtechnology,however,was the Enronscandalin2001. The aftermathputnewpressureoncorporationstodemonstratetheirabilitytocloselymonitorwhatwasgoingonintheirmidstandtotherebyassureshareholdersthattheywereincontrol.Thisincreasedaccountability,combinedwith the concurrenteconomicdownturn,sentChiefInformationOfficers(CIOs)onamissiontofindanythingthatcouldhelpmanagersatalllevelsmoreeasilyandefficientlykeepaneyeonperformance.MostBIvendorsthathadn'talreadystartedofferingadashboardproductsoonbegantodoso,sometimesbycleverlychanging the name of anexistingproduct,sometimesbyquicklypurchasing the rightstoanexistingproductfromasmallervendor,andsometimesbycobblingtogetherpieces of productsthatalreadyexisted. The marketplacesoonofferedavastarray of dashboardsoftwarefromwhichtochoose.1.3.Dispelling the ConfusionLikemanyproductsthathit the high‐techscenewithasplash,dashboardsareveiledinmarketinghype.Virtuallyeveryvendorin the BIspaceclaimstoselldashboardsoftware,butfewclarifywhatdashboardsactuallyare.I'mreminded ofthe earlyyears of datawarehousing,wheneagertolearnaboutthisnewapproachtodatamanagementIaskedmyIBMaccountmanagerhowIBMdefined the term.Hisresponsewasclassicandrefreshinglycandid:"BydatawarehousingweatIBMmeanwhatever the customerthinksitmeans."Irealizethatthiswasn'tIBM'sofficialdefinition,whichI'msureexistedsomewhereintheirliterature,butitwasmyblue‐suitedfriend'sway of sayingthatasasalesperson,itwasusefultoleave the termvagueandflexible.Aslongasaproductorserviceremainsundefinedorlooselydefined,itiseasytoclaimthatyourcompanysellsit.Thoseraresoftwarevendorsthathavetaken the timetodefine the termintheirmarketingliteraturestartwith the specificfeatures of theirproductsas the core ofthe definition,ratherthanagenericdescription.Asaresult,vendordefinitionstendtobeself‐validatinglists of technologiesandfeatures.Forexample,Dr.GregoryL.Hovis,Director of ProductDeploymentforSnippetsSoftware,Inc.,asserts:www.it-ebooks.infoCategorizingdashboardsCommonthreadsindashboarddataNon‐quantitativedashboarddataDashboardsareusedtosupportabroadspectrum of informationneeds,spanning the entirerange of businesseffortsthatmightben ... suchas the amount of timethatpassedbetweeneventsinaprocess(forexample,byassociatinganumberwith the linethatlinks the eventsorbyhaving the length ofthe lineitselfencode the duration)or the sizes of businessentities(perhapsexpressedinrevenuesornumber of employees).www.it-ebooks.infooftencomingfromdiversesourcesrelatedtovariousbusinessfunctions.Itisn'taspecifictype of information,butinformation of whatevertypethatisneededtodoajob.Itisn'tjustinformationthatisneededbyexecutivesorevenbymanagers;itcanbeinformationthatisneededbyanyonewhohasobjectivestomeet. The requiredinformationcanbeandoftenisaset of KPIs,butnotnecessarily,forothertypes of informationmightalsobeneededtodoone'sjob....
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