The Memorial Day holiday is an important opportunity to remember those who have paid the highest price while serving in our armed forces. It also stands in as the unofficial beginning of summer, a chance to get the barbecue out, open the pool and spend some time with family in friends. And it has long…
Data Storytelling – Help Make the Data Meaningful
I was having a conversation a couple weeks ago with a client. First let me explain the client environment. This was an IT executive at a fairly large consumer products manufacturer with multiple manufacturing and distribution locations. They operate at least 3 differing systems (accounting/backoffice, manufacturing, warehouse/logistics) on 2 different server platforms, and like many,…
Its too early to gloat about your bracket, the hard picks are still ahead
Using the same Business Analytics tools that are available to you to analyze your data resources (Sales, Marketing, or Production data) we’re looking at the data that’s available for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. With the first two rounds of March Madness behind us, I’ve created a visual look at how this year compares to…
Visualizing the History of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
Although it is too late to effect anyone’s bracket, I have a few historical visualizations which strongly indicate how the tournament will play out. Round 1 – Seeds and Conference match ups, covered in previous post I posted earlier this week with predictive charts for the first round. Historically, seeds 1-4 get a pass, the…
Lessons in creating the perfect NCAA bracket
Let’s just begin with the obvious, there’s no visualization or analysis available that will generate the perfect bracket. There are just too many variables involved. I haven’t even made an attempt at that. What this article does present is several visualizations that can be used as tools towards a better bracket prediction. It’s not a…