In my previous post, Do emotions have a role to play in dashboard design? I discussed how emotions play a part in good design.  In this posting I’ll discuss how emotions would play apart in good design of a dashboard. As mentioned in the previous post, design can be broken into the aspects o... [More]

Managing requirements on a software project can be tedious.  Most tools or process are not connected to Team Foundation Server which makes traceability difficult.  Agora has solved this issue with Requirements Tracker. In the course of doing large development projects for clients we are r... [More]

My background is both in engineering and usability. Functional design is very important to me. I’ve been educated to build things so that they work well for people. With the Business Intelligence practice I lead, dashboards and reports are an area I get involved in. Most times people are very satisf... [More]

Like most kids in the civilized world north of the equator, my three daughters all went back to school this week.  The eldest has just gone away to university for first year and she happens to have chosen my alma mater, so moving her in to residence this weekend brought back lots of memories of... [More]

If you have new information how will you run your organization differently? If you are not ready to make changes in your company, having new information will not contribute new value. You must be ready to break old habits. You must be ready to make new decisions based on the facts. For instance, ... [More]