Thoughts on Visualization

Presented to an small audience. In collaboration with Anne Gonnella

Transcript

1. Visualizing (Financial) Data Alberto Conti & Anne Gonnella JWST Innovation Team
3. “Data visualization is just a tool, but good data visualization takes the burden of effort off the brain and puts it on the eyes” Stephen Few
4. “When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty... but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” Richard Fuller
5. “Visualization allows information to be derived from data, i.e. we look at the picture and gain insight” Anne Gonnella
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9. TELL A STORY
10. From Data to Stories 1. Data + People with knowledge of the data 2. Compiled and presented in one place 3. You reveal the story within the data 4. Automate 5. Make it interactive: users explore and find their stories
11. 1. Data + People with knowledge of the data
12. 2. Compiled and presented in one place Congratulations on a great 1st step!
13. 3. You reveal the story within the data
14. 4. Automate
15. 4. Automate
16. 4. Automate
18. 5. Make it interactive so that users can explore and find new stories Zillow NYTimes
19. TELL A STORY
20. Next Steps 1. Take the PMO monthly and make into an infographic 2. Automate the creation of the PMO monthly infographic 3. Move the PMO monthy to a web dashboard
22. Next Steps: Implementation We need to match a few people with different skills Someone who understands the data and the story it tells (PMO) Someone with the skill to interpret that using visualizations (JIT) Someone with the technical ability to automate this and make a dashboard (Chad is working on a dashboard now) has