Saturday, October 8, 2011

Computers don’t think, people do

This article provides an overview of the Dashboard potential, focus on what works, what doesn’t and why.

First of all, let me say that Dashboard design is not an exact science, anyway obviously, the purpose of a Dashboard is not to entertain and also is not to provide dashboard developers a chance to astonish people with their artistic talents. That means that a Dashboard should be designed with appropriate consideration, which enable see what is meaningful and think without distraction.

As it’s well known, a decision is something that is done by people and a Dashboard is merely a tool that provides you with a mechanism to retrieve information and display it structured. In another words, a Dashboard provide personalized views for communication of information, in order to monitor and track Processes, providing criteria for taking a Decision.

Now, let me analyse the following sentence: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” by Leonardo da Vinci

I wonder why people sometimes assume that simplicity means lack of complexity. In fact, people would know without asking that simplicity is focused on the essence and essence imply needed complexity.

Oracle provides a complete data management product, which is also a so comprehensive set of Business Intelligence solutions. Below it’s shown an illustrative example of a customized Dashboard using Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) technology: