SavvyData has announced a new class about creating information dashboards for your FileMaker-centric solution. This class covers the technical methods and business processes you'll need to know to effectively design and construct dashboards and scorecards -- and other decision support systems that monitor selected key performance indicators (KPIs). Once the exclusive purview of large corporations, in the last few years Business Intelligence (BI) systems have become popular and affordable for small and midsize organizations.

Recommended for...
.    In-house developers* responding to management s requests
.    Independent developers* wishing to provide additional functionality
.    Managers* of developers of information visualization systems
     (*attendees should be comfortable with FileMaker layout mode, calculation fields, and relating tables; our Ace of Charts workshop as a prerequisite is highly recommended)

This 'Dashing Dashboards' class provides a revealing look into the current thinking and best practices around information visualization. We recognize our debt to the works of Alan Cooper, Jakob Nielsen, Donald Norman, Edward Tufte, Stephen Few, various CHI (computer-human interaction) groups, and other pioneers of datavis usability.

You ll learn about designing effective information display and user interaction capabilities appropriate for your audience. Apply the best information design every time using the three threes a convenient memory hook representing the distinctions between systems that:
.    measure, monitor or manage performance metrics, for
.    operations, tactical or strategic purposes.

Additional Topics Covered:
.    Your Current Environment: assessing factors for success
.    Dashboard Design Dogma: Simplicity, Usability, Efficacy, Interactivity
.    Information Architecture Insight: how people perceive
.    Focus on the Data: clean, normalized, usable, reliable
.    Focus on the User: the right information in the right style to the right person
.    Focus on the Purpose: serving the big picture by making sure the pieces fit
.    Development Methods: tools, techniques, and templates
.    Deployment Realities: caveats and provisos to anticipate
.    Completion: tips to aid transition and closure

Classes are offered monthly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in other U.S. cities on an ad hoc basis. To view the current schedule please visit the training page for this course:  http://www.savvydata.com/datavis_dashboards.php.

About SavvyData:
SavvyData knows how to make data work smarter. The company builds custom database solutions and data-driven Web sites, empowering clients to collect, use, augment, analyze, transform and share this digital lifeblood called data. Ever the technologist mentors, SavvyData staff teach, write articles, and present at industry events. SavvyData is a division of Lifescope Inc., a 15-year old company based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contact:
Lee Lukehart
650.868.0882 mobile  650.368.8448 office
Certified FileMaker Developer: v10/9/8/7
Expert FileMaker Trainer:  v10/9/8/7
FileMaker Business Alliance: since 2002

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