Saturday, January 27, 2007

Ah, the promise of better collaboration between Design and Development

If Expression Studio is as good as it looks, it might very well resolve an issue that this web designer runs into when working with engineers. The design is never implemented exactly as was intended, unless I do the web development and let the engineers hook-up the backend. Not very many programmers are also good designers. It happens, just not that often.





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The balanced scorecard ... what is it?

Robert Kaplan and David Norton developed a strategic management tool during the 1990s and dubbed it the "balanced scorecard." It's intended to link strategic planning to tactical maneuvers and it focuses on 4 key areas: customers, internal business processes, finances, and ongoing learning growth. For more, see this article.





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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

What are performance dashboards ...

This article is an excerpt from the book Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business by Wayne W. Eckerson, director of research and services at The Data Warehousing Institute, a worldwide association of data warehousing and business intelligence professionals. The book was published in October 2005 and can be ordered at online book dealers.





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