Get your BI Dashboards on Track in 2013
with Mico Yuk using these

7 Easy Steps!

01/08/2013 UPDATE: Registration has been extended to Jan 31!!
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"STOP Struggling and START Building BI Dashboards today
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Some INCREDIBLE Customer Testimonials
I’ve received so far!

Mico’s dashboard methodology is a driving factor for successful design & implementations of complex dashboards!

"A great 'how-to' dashboard methodology! - Beyond academic theory, I have witnessed firsthand how Mico’s dashboard methodology is a driving factor for successful design & implementations of complex dashboards. This is a must have for your dashboard journey"

~ Mark E. Bradley, HP Software
Senior Software Technical Product Manager for Strategic Analytics

…it is the best no BS presentation on how to develop visual dashboards I've ever seen

"I've witnessed Mico deliver her presentation on dashboard methodology across the globe, and can say first hand that it is the best no BS presentation on how to develop visual dashboards I've ever seen. I've also had the pleasure of working with her 1-1 at my company and we have dashboards that we worked on 5 years ago together using these methods that are still in use today. The fact that you can now access her proven dashboard methodology virtually, is a must attend if you are seeking to truly understand where to start in your dashboard development journey. You won't be disappointed!"

~ Gabe Orthous, McKesson
Sr. Business Intelligence Technical Lead

To Date: We’ve documented more than 50 people who’ve attended my trainings globally, and used my simple 7-step BI dashboard formula to transform themselves from mere report developers or business analysts to the dashboard geniuses in their organization. Some even reported BIG JUMPS in their role and salary due to their unexpected executive exposure!

Meet your Personal Dashboard Trainers "Dream Team"

Mico Yuk - Your BI Dashboarding Coach (aka SAP BI Queen)

(That’s me again) SIDENOTE: Besides letting you know that I am the founder of the renowned "Xcelsius Gurus" and consultancy firm Benchmarkers.com, I won’t bore you with a long bio, but here is a snippet of what was said about me at other events I taught at last year.

“Since starting her SAP Business Intelligence dashboarding career in 2007, Mico has developed over 200+ enterprise dashboards successfully for some of the biggest names in the world such as Medtronic, VISA, SAP AG, the US Army, LG Electronics, Digicel Jamaica, Aviva Canada, and Qatar Gas.

Taken the industry by storm with her “NO BS opinions” it’s no surprise that she is one of the top SAP BI Influencers with thousands of followers online. Displaying some of the flashiest dashboards the industry has ever seen, she is highly regarded as the “SAP BI Queen”.

I paid top dollar to see her when she came to my country and would advise anyone serious about taking their BI career to the next level to use her BI Dashboard Formula…this coming from a guy who has been developing Crystal/Webi reports for 15 yrs.”

Donald MacCormick - "Legendary" BI Thought Leader/Bonus Session Instructor #1

You’ve probably heard about this ‘outspoken’ BI Executive! As the former CTO of BusinessObjects, Donald has been an active member of the business intelligence community for over 20 years!

What many don’t know is that he was a ‘key player’ in the acquisition of Xcelsius (now known as SAP Dashboards) during his time at BusinessObjects.

Donald is Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Antivia, responsible for bringing products to market that enable SAP customers to get more from their BI investment. He makes rare appearances at industry events and selected panel discussions where folks flock globally to hear his insight on BI.

A mesmerizing speaker and key BI thought leader, Donald has promised that these sessions will be both entertaining and immediately applicable!

Ryan Goodman - "Sought After" Dashboarding Guru/Bonus Session Instructor #2

Don’t be fooled by his ‘boyish looks’! Ryan Goodman is not only Centigon Solutions' founder and CEO, but he is an author, and renowned expert in business intelligence data visualization.

Unarguably one of the “most sought after experts” in the BI Dashboarding field, he has over 10 years of experience designing business software solutions and consulting large scale enterprise dashboards.

Well known for ‘PUSHING THE ENVELOPE’ with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) software, he takes an active role in various online communities and publications including: DashboardInsight, EverythingXcelsius, ASUG, and his own blog RyanGoodman.net It’s hard to sleep after spending even 10 minutes learning from Ryan. I know because I’ve done it for the last 3 years! You’ll have to see for yourself.


You won’t get these folks in a single stage anywhere else!
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No "HYPE"... These Training Modules are LOADED -
but VERY SIMPLE to LEARN & IMPLEMENT!

Module #1-8 Overview (8 weeks)

OVERVIEW... Learn 7-Steps to Building Dashboards that 'WOW'

This section is to provide a quick overview of the 8 training modules that I am going to cover.
Scroll down to see more details on each module and the bonuses!

Module 1 – PLANNING... the Most important but Overlooked Step (Templates #1-2)

Module 2 - SCOPING… the Art of Gathering Requirements! (Template #3)

Module 3 – PROTOTYPING… Developing the “Perfect” Dashboard by reading your user’s mind!

Module 4 - VALIDATING THE DATA… before making False Promises! (Template #4)

Module 5 - CONNECTING THE DATA… the Moment of Truth!

Module 6 - UAT – User “Attack” Testing… How to get Through Quickly! (Templates #5-7)

Module 7 - GO LIVE… Living Through Dashboard Armageddon! (Template #8)

BONUS Module 8 - KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER… the Key to Job Security! (Templates #9-10)

**All of the modules will be delivered on demand on weekly basis for 8 weeks, with two live Q&A sessions per week.

Module #1

PLANNING... the Most important but Overlooked Step

In this live webinar I will kick off the series by showing how to plan a hassle-free
dashboard project. “70% Planning / 30% Execution are how most successful
dashboards are built”

(Template #1) The ‘No-Brainer’ Dashboard Planning Guide – Learn how to use our comprehensive guideline to document, plan and budget your project without the guesswork!

Identify "Who" – Why quickly identifying executive sponsors, key players, and any gaps in the required support & IT staff is the KEY to avoiding financial pitfalls!

Identify "What" – How to STOP “scope creep” before it STARTS by using our templates to set expectations with key players and identify the most important KPIs up front!

Identify "When" – How to avoid the trap of pre-set deadlines set by the “business” using our customizable project plan template.

(Template #2) Dashboard ‘Cost Savings’ ROI Calculator – Learn how to use this simple template to estimate how much TIME and MONEY an automated BI Dashboard will save your organization, in the next month, year or 5 years.. you choose!

The time saved in this step alone is worth the entire webinar!

Module #2

SCOPING… the Art of Gathering Requirements!

I will then move into the how to’s of scoping. This is truly where most
dashboard geniuses are born.

(Template #3) The BI Dashboard Formula “Blueprint” (fka the KPI Matrix) - Discover how to extract and document all of your dashboard requirements in this simple, yet powerful form. The Dashboard Blueprint is single-handedly the most valuable part of this training series… this amazing template is considered by many to be the “silver bullet”. Hear what one developer had to say on twitter below:

The “Requirements Gathering Triad”– Learn how to easily gather the three core type of requirements of any BI Dashboard
1. Data Requirements – Capture all of the KPI/Metrics details such as the clear definition, how to calculate, and much more…
2. Functional Requirements – How your business user expects to ‘use’ the dashboard
3. Design Requirements – Define the look and feel of the dashboard

Module #3

PROTOTYPING… Developing the “Perfect” Dashboard by reading your user’s mind!

In this live training series I will share my “super secret” shortcuts to creating my infamous blockbuster dashboards in any organization!

“Extreme Makeover – BI Dashboard Series” – Watch me critique ‘never before seen’ real world before and after dashboards. Learn how to quickly identify and overcome common design mistakes before your end users do!

“Corporate Branding” the Secret Sauce – Learn how to use your company’s branding guidelines to eliminate the guesswork in color usage

Incorporating “RAG” (Red, Amber, Green) – Learn how to ‘cleverly’ incorporate RAG (alerts) on an ‘as needed’ basis to enhance dashboard effectiveness

Speedy Templates – Stop starting from scratch! Use my pre-defined templates, guidelines and tools to speed up your design process by up to 60%.

Building “The 75 Percenter” – Discover how to build a 75% functional dashboard that will keep your end users silent until testing!

Module #4

VALIDATING THE DATA… before making False Promises!

In this live webinar, I will teach you how to use our secret ‘behind the scenes’ data validation process to avoid running in circles during the data connection step.

Running a “Background Process” – Learn why starting this step in the background while prototyping will MAKE OR BREAK will determine if your BI Dashboard project is a success or failure!

(Template #4) BI Dashboard Blueprint “Cheat sheet” – Learn how to use the BI Dashboard Blueprint as a cheat sheet during this step

Conducting Business Negotiations – Learn the power of negotiating with the business on data requirements up front to avoid surprises

3 Main Areas of Focus – Learn why focusing on the back end database, security
and refresh requirements at this stage will avoid performance issues in future steps

Module #5

CONNECTING THE DATA… the Moment of Truth!

In this live webinar, I will reveal the KEY to entering the data connectivity step prepared and gain the needed ‘quiet time” from the business to get the ‘behind the scenes’ data work done.

The Silencer – Learn how to use the “75 Percenter” (referred to in Step 3a) to quiet your business users… while you work on the data

Prepping for “SSR” – The power of Security, Scheduling and Refreshing … not be forgotten!

Lamborghini Dashboards Anyone? – Find out what a Lamborghini and a BI Dashboard has in common and why it’s important to your success!

The “Database Rules” – Why using the ‘database’ to house EVERYTHING (all meta data) is your best bet!

BONUS SESSION – Learn from world-renowned expert and secret guest on how to specifically tackle data connectivity in Xcelsius!

NOTE: This webinar is not technically focused, as the BI Dashboard Formula is tool agnostic, but we will feature a Bonus Xcelsius session to focus on the specific tool.

Considered to be the least ‘desirable’ of all the steps, I will show you how you can get through data connectivity in a breeze!

Module #6

UAT – User “Attack” Testing… How to get Through Quickly!

In this live webinar, I will share some tricks that I use to ‘successfully’ finish user testing as quickly as possible. The secret to success during this step is conducting your own testing first and I’ll show you how!

(Template #5) The “Developer’s” UAT Checklists – This internal checklist made for developers allows you to catch up to 40% of errors before it ever reaches your end user!

The Change Request “Reduction” Toolbox - Discover how to use cheap or free tools to reduce future or duplicate change request

The Pre-Testing Method – Learn one trick that is guaranteed to speed up “User Attack Testing” by at least 50% that works every time!

(Template #6) The “Speedy” End User UAT Checklist – Use our ‘speedy’ pre-defined checklist to guide your users in providing “meaningful” feedback, reducing future change request

(Template #7) Change Request Log – Learn how to use our change request log to manage all user change request, and reduce ‘back and forth’ emails by up to 60%. Easily move ‘out of scope’ request to Phase 2!

Module #7

GO LIVE… Living Through Dashboard Armageddon!

Perhaps the most telling step…In this live coahcing series I will cover things
to consider before going live and how to measure success!

(Template #8) “Pre Launch Checklist” – Like any application, there is a list of things to check before you launch your dashboard. Learn what to look out for!

How to “GO LIVE” – What does it mean to go live and why should you care about user adoption? Learn this and more as we cover some real world go live success and failures.

Getting “Sign Off” – As silly as this sounds, most developers don’t know how to get signed off! Discover why getting signed off the right way is the key to ‘high’ user adoption!

Define the next Phase of your dashboard!

Bonus Module #8

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER… the Key to Job Security!

Almost across the finish line…

In the live webinar I'll share what two simple ways to transfer your knowledge and set the stage for future dashboards success.

(Template #9) BI Dashboard Formula ‘Visual’ User Guide - Learn how to use this powerful pre-formatted end user guide template to create a visual training experience for your end-users

(Template #10) BI Dashboard Formula Technical Guide – Learn how to use this power technical guide to make maintaining and updating your dashboard a breeze… for the next guy!

Choosing the “Next Guy” – Learn why choosing the next guy to build your user guides will save you time in the future!

You are A ‘Dashboard Genius’ – Learn how to mark yourself as the dashboard genius and pave any path in your BI career! I will cover some short snippets of how to deliver your project in a single package.

Wouldn’t it be NICE to HEAR your business sponsor

TALK about YOU like this?

Actual Testimonial I Received...

“I worked directly with (your name here) in creating a dashboard for our company. (Your name here) distilled over 100 KPI’s into 14 succinct meaningful KPI’s on a visually excellent dashboard. (Your name here) probes the reasons why the business is looking at certain items, what they show the business, and questioning is it useful information, which can be acted upon?

(Your name here) is tireless in her pursuit of providing useful, meaningful information in a format, which is quickly understood and absorbed by the audience. I truly enjoyed the experience of working with (your name here), she is full of energy, exceptionally intelligent and a complete expert in the field of dashboards!”

~ Fiona Conway, Digicel Jamaica
VP of Finance

Don’t wait another minute… ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT!

Become the dashboarding genius in your organization today!

Plus if you REGISTER TODAY as an Early Bird I’ve added
"Three BONUSES VALUED AT $3,395 FOR FREE!!”


Bonus #1

10 ‘Powerful’ BONUS Templates - (over 500 hours worth of consulting)!

  1. BIDF Planning Guide (seen on right)

  2. BIDF Customizable Project Plan Template

  3. BIDF Savings ROI Calculator

  4. BIDF Blueprint (Goldmine)

  5. BIDF Speedy UAT Checklist

  6. BIDF Secret Developer’s Checklist

  7. BIDF Change Request Log

  8. BIDF Go Live Checklist

  9. BIDF ‘Visual’ User Guide Template

  10. BIDF Technical User Guide Template

Bonus #2

Get A 1-Year Membership to the Exclusive SAP BusinessObjects Expert Site
(A $395 Value,Yours FREE)

As one of the hottest sources for SAP BusinessObjects related content on the Internet, this ”BI goldmine” continues to pump out articles, whitepapers, and templates… you name it from the top industry experts.

Gain 12 months of unlimited access to in-depth tutorials, best practices, podcasts, videos and much more all covering the entire SAP BusinessObjects suite of software! I am an advisor of the site, and I can assure you the content is top notch. I arranged this with my friends over there just for you!

Bonus #3

Stay ahead in the Industry by learning from our ‘BI Guru’ Bonus Sessions
($3,000 worth of Speaking Fees,Yours FREE)


BI Guru Instructors: Ryan Goodman, Donald MacCormick and few more surprise guests!

Description: Unlike BIDF 1.0 we are going to leave this as a surprise as we literally have a waiting list of speakers who can't wait to teach you about the hottest topics in BI such as big data, mobility, BI in the cloud, HANA, SAP Visual Intelligence, Explorer, Design Studio and much more! We also use these sessions to add more technical content to the course from well known industry experts, but based on our student feedback from BIDF 1.0 these bonus sessions are a must have!



When does it happen?

Start Date: January 15, 2013
End Date: March 15, 2013
** All training module & Bonus Sessions will be released on a weekly basis for 8 weeks
on-demand with 24/7 access.
** All Q&As will be live and take place on a weekly basis (invites will be sent by January 5, 2013)

SATISFACTION GUARANTEE

You can sign up and attend the entire training series today SATISFACTION-GUARANTEED!
I’m so confident that you will be absolutely taken back by the teaching in this training series,
I am willing to give you a 100% refund if applying
it to your dashboard project within 30 days after the course is complete, you do not feel fully satisfied for any reason.
You have my promise.



Actual Testimonial

Your list of “what to do” and “what not to do” …will go a long way for my young career!

Thank you SO MUCH for the class, and more importantly, the advice you gave me when handling teams/projects. Your list of “what to do” and “what not to do” in the Corporate world will go a long way for my young career.

~ Miguel A. Reyes
Intel Corporation

SO…. What is ALL this going to COST YOU?

…I thought about this for a long time.

A few of my customers suggested that I charge $5,000 per person compared to what they saved once they learned this. I could charge and get this amount, but it would limit who could access this information.

… So I’ve decided to price it at a fraction of the cost at $1,995.

I figured this price would attract those who are “serious”. Still I realize it may be a stretch for some of you so I am willing to give you a $500 discount for making a quick decision today!

BUT THE CLOCK IS TICKING

SAVE $1,500

ACTUAL VALUE $2,995 PAY $1,495

Hope you can join us for the course!

(Don’t forget to click above for special savings and bonuses)

Cheers!

P.S. – HURRY, BI DASHBOARD FORMULA 2.0 kicks off on January 15, 2013, but like BIDF 1.0 we expect this to be sold out in a few weeks. Space is limited to ensure the best experience for all attendees, so don’t miss out! Remember, all sessions will be available on demand, and you’ll have unlimited access to the replay videos for the next 12 months!

REALLY IMPORTANT!! Not only is the event backed by a completely satisfaction guarantee… but I’m throwing in $3,395 in bonuses just for you signing up today. Please don’t make the mistake of “waiting to think this over”. I had to turn away dozens of “hopeful attendees” who waited too long to register in BIDF 1.0 and had to sit on our BIDF 2.0 waiting list.

P.P.S. — Described as 'career changing' by some of our BIDF 1.0 students, be sure to tell your colleagues about this course using the social share buttons on the left and our twitter #BIDF hashtag. But first, make sure you place your own order! If you have any questions or comments, please send an email to support@bidashboardformula.com.

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