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Review & Critics of Previous Related Work:

In all, there are 3 areas where we have focus on research on; related works idenified from
  1. World Wide Web
  2. Previous SMU Students' Work
  3. Company A's current practice

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From World Wide Web
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Feature: Sales Dashboard with geographical analysis
Learning Points:
  1. Clean layout and clear infotip used on the map.
  2. interaction between bar chart and geographical chart.
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Feature: Geographical Dashboard on Sales
Learning Points:
  1. Clear label on the geographical map
  2. A further zoom-in or data points on the map will improve the usability of this graph.
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Feature: Sales Dashboard
Learning Points:
  1. A clean sales dashboard with clear layout.
  2. Treemap to provide an overview of the market share. However, the color is too fanciful and hard to read.
  3. Lack of reference line in the bar chart, and the choice of the color (purple) is not distinct.
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Feature: Qlikmap's feature of Map
Learning Points:
  1. Great feature on interactivity on geographical map.
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Feature: Geographical Map on Distribution
Learning Points:
  1. Clean layout and labelling of geographical map.
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Past SMU Students' Work
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Feature: Demand Forecasting Application
Learning Points:
  1. Neat Layout.
  2. Filters are neatly displayed at the left side of the bar
  3. 3. Instruction on how to use is clearly stated
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Feature: Job Analysis
Learning Points:
  1. Interactivity among the graphs: (1) allow multiple selections of categories (2) Allow multiple selection of Time
  2. Radarchart: "For display" only - missing information on how to interpret
  3. Overall:Do not have junkcharts, and every chart display need to have a purpose & meaning to it.
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Feature: Comphrensive Dashboard
Learning Points:
  1. Good views of Maps: using an overview of a geographical map, with a focus view of a geographical map.
  2. Good practice of analysis: From an "overview", to a detailed analysis (from geographical map, to the details that can be found in the barcharts)
  3. However, red and yellow are glaring to the eyes (Not user-friendly).
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Feature: Comphrensive Dashboard- Coffee Chain Inc Application
Learning Points:
  1. Similar business context on sales analysis : and how a geographical map can interact with the sales analysis (by other graphic charts)
  2. Minor but significant - "reset" button
  3. Provide use-case for report (to demo on how the dashboard can be interpreted)
  4. It is not "idiot-proof" - reference to the report is required on what each of the graphic chart is about (perhaps too complicated) or the order / arrangement of the charts can be improved.
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Feature: Sunburst Diagram
Learning Points:
  1. Simple and neat layout with sunburst diagram as the graphic to display the main results
  2. Interaction across element, and allow highlighting of bars (Timeline bar) to filter the data
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Feature: Geographical Diagram
Learning Points:
  1. Good example on how to improve the
  2. Interaction across element, and allow highlighting of bars (Timeline bar) to filter the data, such that
    • Display of the data on the map
    • Upon a click, it will display the location in depth
    • A tooltip will provide more details to the location, then
    • A price trend/ graph is displayed to show the price of the selected zoom
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From Company A
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Feature: Current Practice
Strength:
  1. Clear indicators on KPI based on different aspect of the business
Weakness:
  1. No benchmarking of performance with target and external opportunities
  2. Many tables are used instead graphics.
  3. Layout is not clean