The Panic Guys build an amazing project status board using CSS/HTML and display a bunch of internal stats about each project. They reported that it provided an amazing degree of collaboration they never had before because all the information was always in view and held each team accountable. Some of the the most important numbers are at the top where the support queue depths are displayed at all times. The middle shows project due dates and currently assigned members. The bottom shows key metrics and bus schedules when it is time to go home. A very nice idea!
[From Panic Blog » The Panic Status Board]
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I love things like this. Us IT-types usually tend to underestimate the value of visually representing information. We forget that data is meaningless unless it leads to understanding, and most of the less-technical people that we are trying to communicate with don’t “hear” the same way we naturally “speak.”
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