The Visual Imperative, Creating a Visual Culture of Data Discovery by Ryan, Lindy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Table of Contents Copyright Dedication Foreword Introduction About the Author Acknowledgments Part I: How Data is Driving Business Disruption, Transformation, and Reinvention

Introduction Chapter 1: Separating leaders from laggards

Abstract 1.1. An era of disruption, transformation, and reinvention 1.2. Characteristics of data-centric companies 1.3. Examples of data-driven companies 1.4. From the data to the dashboard 1.5. Navigating this book

Chapter 2: Improved agility and insights through (visual) discovery

Abstract 2.1. The discovery imperative 2.2. Business intelligence versus data discovery 2.3. The business impact of the discovery culture 2.4. The role of friction in discovery 2.5. The four forms of discovery 2.6. SQL: The language of discovery 2.7. Discovery in the days to come

Chapter 3: From self-service to self-sufficiency

Abstract 3.1. From self-service to self-sufficiency 3.2. Discovery capabilities for self-sufficiency 3.3. (Information) enablement technology 3.4. The data scientist: the sexiest of them all 3.5. Moving forward

Chapter 4: Navigating ethics in the big data democracy

Abstract 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Aftershocks of the big data revolution 4.3. Big data’s personal impact 4.4. Exercise: ethical data scenarios 4.5. Data ethics in the news 4.6. The data visualization hippocratic oath 4.7. Ethics requires leadership 4.8. Closing thoughts

Chapter 5: The data science education and leadership landscape

Abstract 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The new data science student 5.3. The new digital native 5.4. Addressing the gender gap—women in IT 5.5. New roles for new leaders 5.6. The steps beyond

Part II: Communicating Data Visually

Introduction Chapter 6: Visual communication and literacy

Abstract 6.1. The history of visual communication 6.2. Visual memorability and retention 6.3. Extending visual literacy to visual data literacy 6.4. From communication to conversation

Chapter 7: Visual storytelling with data

Abstract 7.1. The storytelling paradigm: defining the data story 7.2. A brief bit of story psychology 7.3. The data narrative framework 7.4. Five steps to data storytelling with visualization 7.5. Storytelling reconsidered, the probability problem 7.6. Storytelling’s secret ingredient: the audience

Chapter 8: The importance of visual design

Abstract 8.1. Data visualization is a beautiful science 8.2. Key cognitive elements in visualization 8.3. Color 101 8.4. Visual design building blocks 8.5. Visualization constraints

Chapter 9: The data visualization continuum

Abstract 9.1. Data visualization definition 9.2. The power of viz 9.3. To explain or explore—or both? 9.4. The rise of the infographic 9.5. Choosing the chart: a quick diagnostic 9.6. Data visualization golden rules 9.7. Conclusions

Part III: Building the Foundation for Data Visualization

Introduction Chapter 10: Architecting for discovery

Abstract 10.1. Key information challenges for data discovery 10.2. Tackling today’s information challenges 10.3. Designing for frictionless 10.4. Enabling governed data discovery 10.5. Conclusions 10.6. Anatomy of a visual discovery application 10.7. The convergence of visual analytics and visual discovery

Chapter 11: Data visualization as a core competency

Abstract 11.1. Data visualization business benefits and risks 11.2. Introducing the data visualization competency center 11.3. Tools for the DVCC 11.4. Socializing the DVCC 11.5. The implementation roadmap 11.6. Four tips to DVCC success

Chapter 12: Visual discovery by design

Abstract 12.1. Data discovery by design 12.2. Leveraging visualization for assessable, meaningful, actionable 12.3. Three key points to a useful data visualization

Chapter 13: The need for visualization in the Internet of Things

Abstract 13.1. Understanding “data in motion” 13.2. The internet of things primer 13.3. The art of animation 13.4. Human centered design in mobile(first) strategies 13.5. Interaction for playful data visualization

Appendix Subject Index