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Enterprise Dashboards for Dummies

Enterprise dashboard users often require quite a bit of helpdesk-type coaching or, at the very least, be provided with adequate documentation and help manuals. Documentation must always be in business language (never technical) and be as straight forward as possible. A conversational tone often helps. Sometimes, even an “idiot’s guide to enterprise dashboards” approach  will work wonders.

That brings us to the topic of today’s post. Here is the really neat Dummiez Book Cover Generator. Take a look below at the Enterprise Dashboard Design for Dummies cover that I generated.

Another way to use such a graphic is to lighten the tone of a project. At the start of an enterprise dashboard project, or even at the end of the project, it’s often effective to poke fun at yourselves. You can be facetious and portray the team as the know-it-all business dashboard team or the team of complete idiots.

Send me the enterprise dashboard related graphics that you generate and I’ll post it in the Dashboard Spy blog.

Designing Enterprise Dashboards for Dummies Enterprise Dashboards for Dummies

Seriously, if you aren’t a fan of the Dummies books, they are great. Take a look at this one on Crystal Xcelsius For Dummies .

Update: If you don’t know by now, the above book cover is a joke. However, the following one isn’t:

Excel 2007 Dashboards for Dummies Book 

Read the table of contents here at this post about Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Dashboards & Reports for Dummies Book.

To purchase the book, use this link. 

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