The timing couldn’t have been better for us to introduce college stakeholders to 6P’s business forward dashboard. Initially a conceptual challenge dreamed up by our president, Paul Provost, it became a minor obsession for him to find a way to help clients confidently gather and apply online intelligence. More than just a straightforward reporting tool, our dashboard includes insights, actionable recommendations, and business impact statements. It doesn’t need to leave room for data interpretation; instead, it reveals a clear story, so data interpretation is unnecessary. For its part, the college was ready to give it a try. And because each audience’s journey was unique based on their needs and applicable metrics, multiple dashboards were commissioned right from the start.
With each dashboard’s ability to analyze realtime live data, proof of concept was quickly established, so much so that two new dashboards are about to be added to the initial slate of four. By showing only the analytics most relevant to the specialty areas, department leaders are gaining clearer insights about how users are interacting with the college’s most popular online materials/ ideas. Dashboard reports have become an integral strategic component of the overall decisionmaking process, with multiple staff making use of these money- and time-saving online tools to get credible answers to metric-driven questions.
