DATA VISUALIZATIONGraphs and Tables Design

March 2013

Dott. Nicola Sandoli Business Development Managern.sandoli@iconsulting.biz

Bianchi 12

Rossi 7

Verdi 4

Communicate with numbers

Education

Models and Examples

Meaningful information

Better analysis lead to better decisions

less time wasted

From Data to Information

Issues Actions Benefits

Standards

Skills and Competences

Verdi

Rossi

Bianchi

Where are we?

How to tell a story with data

Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKbO6O3O3M

How to communicate using Graphs and Tables?

Why Data Visualization

What is the right skill set for building good data visualizations?

The ability to ask good questions is really what we start with.[Amanda Cox]

The right skill set

Seems like the right person is a unicorn, someone who knows some design, some programming and some statistics?

Example - Graph

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100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

Orders

FranceGermanyChina

2013 Q2 Orders Quarter to DateDate Apr 28, 2013

Orders (€) % on total OrdersFrance 275.049 31%Germany 100.456 11%China 500.454 57%

875.959 100%

Note: To date 30% of the Quarter has elapsed

Marketshare

Company ACompany B

Marketshare

Company ACompany B

Example – Pie Chart

26%

20%

12%

42%

x

y

w

z

Scenario: we sell product X and top management want a quick view on the market share

Issues:• Lot of space for little info• Which is bigger, red or orange?• Legend is required but complex to read

y

z

x

w

Maketshare Sales

tot

42%

26%

20%

12%

630

390

300

180

1500

Advantages:• We are the blue one and we are second• Clear understanding of market share and ranking• More info in the same amount of space• Not so “flashy” but right to the point

Example – Pie Chart