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Build a Framework: Your chart junk is my roadmap / vision statement

By ⋅ December 27, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

I remember in the late 90′s, seeing many examples of the little train of wedgies that folks used to characterize their business processes: Click on the picture for a full-size image! I’ve used them myself (some of the above samples are mine, I’m comfortable in admitting it) – of course, I typically don’t make this [...]

Subdivide a huge project list to simplify the prioritization process

By ⋅ October 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

A classic problem for many project-oriented organizations (IT, R&D, Engineering, Operations) … how can resource prioritization be simplified, yet repeatable? It’s a fairly involved topic, but a common approach is to group projects into a workable number of “chunks” … we’ll use the term Initiatives. How will this help? Challenge: Clarify the team’s priorities, alignment, [...]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Powerpoint

By ⋅ October 5, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Author’s Note: This is by far the most popular post on my weblog – I’ve even been cited in Wikipedia! I appreciate all the traffic, and invite you to check out my other posts on presentations – including … Five Under-Emphasized PowerPoint Best Practices Project Status Dashboards Best Practice (and a PowerPoint trick) Lighten Up, [...]

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Current Writings on Presenting Complex Information Visually

By ⋅ July 10, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

It was during a slow point at work a few years ago, while we were in the process of being acquired, that I had the opportunity to get some training / attend some seminars, and I went to a presentation / lecture by Edward Tufte regarding the visual presentation of data – boy, was I [...]

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