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What is a dashboard and how to start creating one
Current examples of use
Employees benefit too
Guarantee of timely project delivery
Two years later, one of the most popular developers of data visualization solutions, Tableau, appeared, and dashboards began to gain popularity among other digital tools for business.
What is a dashboard and how to start creating one
A dashboard is a graphical panel that allows you to collect, visualize, structure and analyze information in one place. Based on the data obtained, the organization's business processes are subsequently controlled.
When creating a dashboard, a manager should first identify three main parameters:
Project implementation budget and planned income
Construction timeframe
The quality characteristics of the object, how it will be used in the future and how the investment in the project will pay off
A more detailed business plan is then developed, which describes the tasks aimed at achieving the characteristics established within these parameters. Once the business plan is created, it will be possible to move on to assigning responsibilities for each task at the top level, the successful completion of which will depend on dozens of smaller tasks within it.
Current examples of use
Currently, 9 cultural and entertainment centers of the Mesto Vstrechi network are under construction in Moscow. With such a scale, project managers are physically unable to visit all the sites to assess and control the progress of the work. But thanks to the correct configuration of the dashboard and the involvement of other specialists, the system will be able to automatically assess the impact of various factors on the overall project online, simplifying the task.
Thus, at each construction site, a construction control representative enters into the system in the morning information about the number of workers on site, the types of work they are doing, the types of equipment used, and other information about the progress of construction, accompanying the information with photographs. Information from all sites is sent to the project manager and the director of the general contractor.
Online minutes are kept at general meetings with the general contractor, in which information on the construction progress is entered. If there are problems, a person responsible for solving them is appointed, and this person receives a notification about a new task. Then, in the system, it will be possible to track the progress of its implementation, the reasons for delays and how they will affect the overall construction schedule of the facility.
Dashboards in asset management
The dashboard will also be useful at the stage of preparing the facility for commissioning, helping to optimize the process of preparing and concluding contracts with tenants. The dashboard will allow you to track the status of concluding lease agreements, the profit received from them, the volume of operating expenses, etc.
After the object is opened, management control is carried out in the dashboard: the managing managers write reports in the system daily, which allows for any problems to be quickly detected. If necessary, it will be possible to set up automatic generation of an order with a requirement to eliminate the problem (with the ability to track the deadline for its execution).
Employees benefit too
Data visualization systems can be customized to meet individual employee needs, and then almost all specialists in your organization will use them.
Some employees are used to working in Excel, while others are used to working in a Gantt chart. If the dashboard interface is configured in a way that is familiar to both, they will be able to adapt to its use more quickly and will begin to appreciate it for the opportunity to save time on routine tasks. In addition, dashboards can be used through mobile applications, which allows you to access the necessary information anytime and anywhere.
There is no need to worry about data security either: project managers will have access to functions for assigning different rights to interact with documents and setting up document exchange in such a way that they can only be sent within the company.
Guarantee of timely project delivery
Modern digital dashboards will benefit any business manager: thanks to this tool, he will see what is happening in the company right now and will be able to make informed and timely management decisions.
The dashboard helps developers to fulfill the main task - to deliver the object within the specified time frame and with the appropriate quality without exceeding the planned budget. The dashboard allows you to accurately comply with all these criteria, as it helps not only to control all the resources involved in the implementation of the object, but also to track how their work affects the development of the project as a whole.