DASHBOARDS: Is it the new face of Business Intelligence? 2011

In order to stay competitive, organizations need to consider Business Intelligence today more than ever. Whether in Banking, Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, Telecommunications or Government knowing your customers, employees, partners, vendors, and competitors is crucial to your success. That is Intelligence about your Business! The main goal of Business Intelligence is: Better decision making at each level of an organization and improving performance at each level resulting into better value for the share holders of the organization. Casualties of organizations for not managing the performance are a plenty. A Dashboard can be a powerful tool for, analysis, reporting and even forecasting – but the main use of a Dashboard should be Performance Management based on the strategic goals set for the organization; selecting, watching  and acting based on the  Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) .

This seminar is a complete "how-to" instructional guide for planning, designing, implementing, using, and maintaining performance Dashboards. It shows with ample examples various Dashboard types, shows how a spreadsheet is sometimes used as a Dashboard. It discusses the various nuances of Scorecards, Balanced Scorecards, measures, and metrics and goes in details about Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It demonstrates performance Dashboard implementation process and displays the characteristics of well-designed Dashboards. It clarifies the various Dos and Don’ts of implementing Dashboards with numerous examples. It warns the attendees where a Dashboard implementation can go wrong. It finally explains how to identify Dashboard opportunities in your organization and where to place the Dashboards.