Category: Bissantz ponders

Take a look behind the scenes or better, into our BI laboratory with a new series of articles. We have plenty of ideas on how we want to further develop our products. Creating user-friendly features [...]

Exception reporting, a.k.a. alerting, is often propagated as an effective method to stop the half-hazard information overload that plagues modern managers. Experts, however, warn of the downsides – [...]

Adored by the software industry and hated by visualization experts – those colorful little controlling speedometers that are supposed to, at a glance, tell executives whether the company is headed [...]

Bad weather had initially seemed to delay our research schedule but in the end, precarious track conditions offered new insights.

Diagrams dominate our times. The more image-like they are, the less we can control their impact on us. Pictures burn deep into our brains before our conscious mind can prevent permanent damage when they [...]

What I learned behind the wheel: When designing management reports there is a lot we have to learn from race car drivers. Part 1: From lap times to Neuroscience to the sudden death of diagrams. Lesson [...]

What is Business Intelligence? During a conference, we were asked to explain our understanding of Business Intelligence in a one minute video clip. Attention is scarce – so why not? When it comes to [...]

Do you master color scales in reports? Test your knowledge on colors and the right way to convey numbers. Your supervisory board wants a report on the stance in Europe toward the free trade agreement [...]

 Our forum at Porsche Museum in Stuttgart may be over, but the excitement and enthusiasm are still very strong. And not just for me, but for everyone I have spoken to about it. It [...]

Were you with us in Berlin? At our Executive Forum celebrating our 20th corporate anniversary? If not, you really missed out. The professional race car driver and instructor, Markus Gedlich, was there [...]

We’ve just finished another important step: Frank Kretschmann and Nota-X have summarized the outstanding material from the Nordschleife into a first film. In it, I explain why it was so important to [...]

In a time that is marked by “fake news”, there are some good news for Business Intelligence, professional racers, and even society as whole. Why a letter to the editor of “SportAuto” and an initiative [...]

I’ve made great process on my book about charts over the summer and autumn. The structure, content, and the text are all finished. Now I am working with Fabian Kragenings, a design professional from [...]

Motion arouses emotion: The streetcar in the look of our Business Intelligence software DeltaMaster will roll through the city of Nuremberg for a further year. The DeltaMaster tram has many fans – both [...]

The color concept in DeltaMaster is one of a kind in the industry – and the result of long, careful deliberation. It uses the luxury of business professionals to explain everything sensibly and send [...]

Possibilities and limitations of software - Eberhard Heins, editor in chief of "is report", was asking for them in an open letter. The answer is here.

Post vom "is report": In jeder Ausgabe richtet Eberhard Heins, der Chefredakteur des Magazins, einen offenen Brief an jemanden aus der Szene. Ein Artikel aus unserem Forschungs-Blog hatte ihn neugierig [...]

When you are making decisions about the direction and design of systems for management information and Business Intelligence, which topics and terms are important to know? Once again, it helps to have [...]

How can management information fulfill its purpose? When we ponder this question, we consider many different aspects including design, form, rules, methods, and trends. What role does brain research play? [...]

When you are making decisions about the direction and design of systems for management information and Business Intelligence, which topics and terms are important to know? Once again, it helps to have [...]

We are continuing on with our glossary of the most important terms and topics in management information and Business Intelligence. In doing so, we hope to help managers communicate better with the IT [...]

Why do people talk about traffic lights, gauges, and dashboards? Is PowerPoint really dangerous? More on the questions that have shaped us – and our software – for years.

When it comes to management information, where do we need to be careful? What topics are driving the scene? What roles do resolution, eyespan, and scaling play in creating quality reports? Why do people [...]

Colors make the world bright and happy. They are a pleasure for both our eyes and souls. They grab our attention and help us remember things. The human brain perceives colors separately from form and [...]

Effective reports first grab your attention and then guide you to understanding, step by step. That’s a complex task because something called “change blindness” stands in the way. That means if [...]

Reports need to be smart, appealing, and understandable in order to have an effect. Yet in order for reports to have the right one, they must be read at the right time and in the right order. That is [...]

People want to present themselves. They want to show who they are, what they think, and what they can do. That can have a big impact on Business Intelligence. Here are some thoughts after a walk through [...]