Gemignani / Galentino / Schuermann Data Fluency

Empowering Your Organization with Effective Data Communication
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-85100-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

A dream come true for those looking to improve their datafluency
Analytical data is a powerful tool for growing companies, butwhat good is it if it hides in the shadows? Bring your data to theforefront with effective visualization and communicationapproaches, and let Data Fluency: Empowering YourOrganization with Effective Communication show you thebest tools and strategies for getting the job done right. Learn thebest practices of data presentation and the ways that reporting anddashboards can help organizations effectively gauge performance,identify areas for improvement, and communicate results.
Topics covered in the book include data reporting andcommunication, audience and user needs, data presentation tools,layout and styling, and common design failures. Those responsiblefor analytics, reporting, or BI implementation will find arefreshing take on data and visualization in this resource, as willreport, data visualization, and dashboard designers.
* Conquer the challenge of making valuable data approachable andeasy to understand
* Develop unique skills required to shape data to the needs ofdifferent audiences
* Full color book links to bonus content atjuiceanalytics.com
* Written by well-known and highly esteemed authors in the datapresentation community
Data Fluency: Empowering Your Organization with EffectiveCommunication focuses on user experience, making reportsapproachable, and presenting data in a compelling, inspiring way.The book helps to dissolve the disconnect between your data andthose who might use it and can help make an impact on the peoplewho are most affected by data. Use Data Fluency today todevelop the skills necessary to turn data into effective displaysfor decision-making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gemignani, Zach

Gemignani, Chris

Galentino, Richard

Schuermann, Patrick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword .xix
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 The Last Mile Problem 1
Chapter 2 The Data Fluency Framework 19
Chapter 3 How Organizations Struggle with Data Fluency 33
Chapter 4 A Consumer's Guide to Understanding Data 47
Chapter 5 Data Authors: Skilled Designers of Data Presentations 79
Chapter 6 The Data Fluent Culture 127
Chapter 7 The Data Product Ecosystem 161
Chapter 8 The Journey to Data Fluency 183
Feature The Data Fluency Inventory 193
Appendix A Designing Data Products 223
Appendix B Style Guide 237
Index 245

Über Autor(innen)

Zach Gemignani is co-founder and CEO of Juice Analytics.He works with companies with companies to build analytics-savvyorganizations and develop analytical tools that focus on gettingthe human elements right. Chris Gemignani is also co-founderof Juice Analytics and previously Chris was a VP analyst atCitibank and PNC bank. Dr. Richard Galentino is CEO ofStratable, Inc., a strategic planning and organizationaldevelopment consulting firm. Dr. Patrick Schuermann is aHarvard International Education Policy Fellow. Nathan Yau(Consulting Editor) has a PhD in statistics and is a statisticalconsultant helping clients make use of their data throughvisualization. Nathan is the author of the best-sellingvisualization books, Visualize This and DataPoints.