Comments on: The "Action Dashboard" (An Alternative To Crappy Dashboards) http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Free Web Analytics toolshttp://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html/comment-page-2#comment-491241 Free Web Analytics tools Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:35:41 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/?p=562#comment-491241 [...] Dashboard approach: if a brief seems too long winded you can also take a dashboard approach. Avinash Kaushik provides a great example of how to create a dashboard. The essence of it is: graph; summary of metrics; impacts/areas for improvement; and next steps I find this to be best for recurring data such as a weekly, monthly or quarterly review of KPI’s but you can definitely tailor this to specific projects if you so choose. [...] [...]
Dashboard approach: if a brief seems too long winded you can also take a dashboard approach. Avinash Kaushik provides a great example of how to create a dashboard. The essence of it is: graph; summary of metrics; impacts/areas for improvement; and next steps I find this to be best for recurring data such as a weekly, monthly or quarterly review of KPI’s but you can definitely tailor this to specific projects if you so choose.
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]]> By: Blog do Eduardo Costa » Dashboards ao resgate!http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html/comment-page-2#comment-488102 Blog do Eduardo Costa » Dashboards ao resgate! Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:32:34 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/?p=562#comment-488102 [...] Leitura interessante também encontra-se no Dashboard Spy. Embora tenha muitos posts sobre “variedades”, pode-se extrair informações úteis em boa parte do material deles. Encontrei, por exemplo, o tutorial do anychart mencionado acima e o blog do autor do livro Web Analytics.Em um post, Avinash, o autor do livro - e do blog, fala sobre dashboards poluídos, cuja única serventia é mostrar que o desenvolvedor (normalmente um consultor) é mestre “nono dan” da arte dos gráficos em Excel. Afinal, para que um dashboard se o usuário não pode extrair facilmente algo útil? [...] [...]
Leitura interessante também encontra-se no Dashboard Spy. Embora tenha muitos posts sobre “variedades”, pode-se extrair informações úteis em boa parte do material deles. Encontrei, por exemplo, o tutorial do anychart mencionado acima e o blog do autor do livro Web Analytics.

Em um post, Avinash, o autor do livro – e do blog, fala sobre dashboards poluídos, cuja única serventia é mostrar que o desenvolvedor (normalmente um consultor) é mestre “nono dan” da arte dos gráficos em Excel. Afinal, para que um dashboard se o usuário não pode extrair facilmente algo útil?
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]]> By: The Difference Between Dashboards and a Reports | Ask Enquirohttp://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html/comment-page-2#comment-488003 The Difference Between Dashboards and a Reports | Ask Enquiro Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:05:10 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/?p=562#comment-488003 [...] Web analytics master Avinash Kaushik suggests that 80% of Web Analytics dashboards are these excessive excel sheets that really do not tell us anything. They are not actionable. [...] [...]
Web analytics master Avinash Kaushik suggests that 80% of Web Analytics dashboards are these excessive excel sheets that really do not tell us anything. They are not actionable.
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]]> By: Web Analytics Wednesday Review: Sinotech Group: Web Analytics Getting Social at Chinalytics Longmarch Bloghttp://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html/comment-page-2#comment-487615 Web Analytics Wednesday Review: Sinotech Group: Web Analytics Getting Social at Chinalytics Longmarch Blog Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:37:00 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/?p=562#comment-487615 [...] The Sinobuzz dashboard is well designed and provides a good overview of brand performance. Like most dashboards (see Avinash’s Action Dashboard post), it suffers from the lack of analysis and actionable insights.FP: A good rule of thumb for any Dashboard: Handle with care. Dashboards without analytics and recommendations usually end up as pretty charts without impact. The key resource is not the dashboard, but an analyst who understands these numbers and your business and can provide actionable insights and recommendations based on that data. John mentioned that there are more reports to dig deeper and it would be great to understand what these reports can do. The critical queastion remains: How does the tool enable brands to take action? [...] [...]
The Sinobuzz dashboard is well designed and provides a good overview of brand performance. Like most dashboards (see Avinash’s Action Dashboard post), it suffers from the lack of analysis and actionable insights.

FP: A good rule of thumb for any Dashboard: Handle with care. Dashboards without analytics and recommendations usually end up as pretty charts without impact. The key resource is not the dashboard, but an analyst who understands these numbers and your business and can provide actionable insights and recommendations based on that data. John mentioned that there are more reports to dig deeper and it would be great to understand what these reports can do. The critical queastion remains: How does the tool enable brands to take action?
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]]> By: JLhttp://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html/comment-page-2#comment-487094 JL Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:24:07 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/?p=562#comment-487094 I'm not new to analysis, but will be to whatever dashboard I create or software I purchase to help me collate and acquire quick insight into the information I've gathered. And so your site has helped me to remember that after the pretty dashboard analytics, I need to stay on track by providing "analysis" at the end. If I could just find a relatively easy-to-configure, multi data source, individual dashboard that could assist me in "quickly" providing the ninja reporting, I'd be a happy ninja! I'm not new to analysis, but will be to whatever dashboard I create or software I purchase to help me collate and acquire quick insight into the information I've gathered. And so your site has helped me to remember that after the pretty dashboard analytics, I need to stay on track by providing "analysis" at the end. If I could just find a relatively easy-to-configure, multi data source, individual dashboard that could assist me in "quickly" providing the ninja reporting, I'd be a happy ninja!

]]> By: Dashboard Design Tips « Oracle, I and everything in betweenhttp://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/04/the-action-dashboard-an-alternative-to-crappy-dashboards.html/comment-page-2#comment-484971 Dashboard Design Tips « Oracle, I and everything in between Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/?p=562#comment-484971 [...] If you are in hurry, you can find some more tips on Panorama’s blog here. But if you are someone who does dashboard/reports/data visualization for living, I highly recommend that that you read works of the two prominent experts in the field.Avinash KaushikAction Dashboard (An Alternative to Crappy Dashboards Five Rules for High Impact Web Analytics Dashboards [...] [...]
If you are in hurry, you can find some more tips on Panorama’s blog here. But if you are someone who does dashboard/reports/data visualization for living, I highly recommend that that you read works of the two prominent experts in the field.

Avinash Kaushik

Action Dashboard (An Alternative to Crappy Dashboards
Five Rules for High Impact Web Analytics Dashboards
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