For a long time now businesses have been grading themselves using KPIs and metrics. This is all fine and well, but what good is a grade if it’s not effecting change within the organization? We spend countless hours and thousands of dollars identifying targets and goals for our organization as a means for targeting organizational [...]

Over the past several years I have been a part of numerous SharePoint projects and have been involved with the SharePoint community in a number of ways.  Through these experiences I have noted several common factors that may lead to an unsuccessful deployment of SharePoint to an organization’s business users. I often hear the same [...]

During a recent client engagement, at a global network power connectivity supplier, I ran into a common theme, one of which I have experienced many times over – providing visibility, transparency, and insight into their operations.  I was there to implement a data visualization environment into the manufacturing operations on several LCDs, within various functional [...]

Having successfully settled into my hotel the room, my real adventure begins to with my first day of work. From what I’ve seen already my imagination is running wild with what to expect from the next week here. None the less it’s time to get moving so I jump in the shower, brush my teeth [...]

So what’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word Congo? For me it was a movie about gorillas and vast rainforests, definitely not technology and BI consulting. Recently, however, an opportunity came up for me to travel to The Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa and I couldn’t help but [...]

This week, Governor Rick Snyder gave his first State of the State address in Lansing, Michigan. He spoke about change for Michigan and the importance of setting clear, measurable goals. Governor Snyder announced the implementation of the Michigan Dashboard (www.michigan.gov/midashboard). The new public dashboard will compare Michigan’s results to other states to achieve “real results [...]

In the aftermath of the economic turmoil, corporate management is busier than ever making sure their company stays afloat and is profitable. Management teams have been tasked to cut costs and boost profits. Drastic measures are being taken to address the viability and profitability of the business. Performance Management (which includes activities to ensure goals [...]

As a first time blogger for iDashboards blog, I’m pleased to announce the launch of this service. Since 2003, iDashboards has worked with organizations to provide business intelligence (BI) dashboard solutions to better monitor various Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).  Lately, our customers have requested that we establish a portal for shared learning and best practices. [...]