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Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

Learn how to effectively use dashboards to convey project progress and keep both sides happy with the project's performance. This session covers the role of the project manager in communication, different communication methods, and the benefits of using dashboards. Explore the concept of a dashboard, why it is essential for project management, and how it can save time and effort in compiling data into reports. Discover how Esri software, such as ArcGIS Online and Operations Dashboard, can help bring project data to life.

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Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

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  1. Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress Matt Harman

  2. Using Dashboards to Convey Project Progress

  3. project summary stats 7/23/12 Using Dashboards to Convey Project Progress

  4. Using Dashboards to Convey Project Progress

  5. Role of the PM Ensure both sides are happy with the project’s performance Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring/Control Closing • A PM spends 90% of his/her time communicating Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

  6. Communication Know your audience • Daily Standups • Weekly Status Reports • Status Meetings • Meeting Minutes • Email Notifications • Project Dashboard Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

  7. What is a dashboard? • Simple, graphical presentation of data • Communicate the big picture upstream and across the organization • Drill-down capabilities • Communicate all of your PM acronyms in one, easy to access place “A dashboard is a visual display of the most important information needed to achieve one or more objectives, which fits entirely on a single computer screen so it can be monitored at a glance.” –Stephen Few Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

  8. Why a dashboard? Get the big picture out there Wow Factor • Auto-communication • Conveying project status with minimum effort • Concise, summarized statistics on your project • Don’t waste your time compiling data into reports • Configured correctly, data can speak for itself • Customer-facing communication Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

  9. When your project goes spatial Esri software to help convey project progress ArcGIS Online Operations Dashboard • Esri Maps for Sharepoint • Esri Maps for Office • Workflow Manager • Esri Maps for … • Bring your project data to life with ArcGIS integration Operations Dashboard! Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

  10. Thank you… Please fill out the session survey: Tuesday Offering ID: 1589 Wednesday Offering ID: 1599 Online – www.esri.com/ucsessionsurveys Using Dashboards to Communicate Project Progress

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