Data Visualisation in Complex Projects
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ABOUT THE WEBINAR
Having the ability to see a position or situation from multiple perspectives can be useful. From the same set of data, we can display multiple perspectives of hierarchical layouts such as job association, task, and project dependency, temporal views of task execution, disruption impact, etc, views essential for project management. Being able to easily morph perspectives can reveal intricate knowledge and understanding that is otherwise not obtainable.
In complex projects patterns do not remain static, they constantly emerge and evolve. It is often beneficial to be able to determine pattern changes, as sometimes patterns can have their own particular context and emergent properties. The ability to understand and proactively deal with these patterns is just one of the elements that distinguishes complex and traditional style projects. It requires a level of Systems Thinking to recognise areas of uncertainty, complication, interaction and dynamics.
There is a growing requirement to put increasing volumes of data and information into context, to have visibility across the project lifecycle, and to be able to manage the complex interweave of connections between people, organisations, locations and events. The benefits of data visualisation in context can be significant.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Dr Weidong Yang
Dr Yang is the Founder and CEO of Kineviz Inc based in San Franscisco California. He has received a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in Physics, in Physical Chemistry, a Master’s Degree from the University of Oregon in Computer and Information Science, and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Fudan University in Physics.
He began his career in 1999 as a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Alivasatos group, Physical Chemistry Dept, UC Berkeley. In 2001 he moved on to become a Scientist for Nanometrics where he invented a technique that enables alignment with sub-nanometer precision, a key technology for the semiconductor industry’s sub 10nm fabrication. He then joined Timbre Technologies, Inc. (A TEL Company) as a Product Manager and Senior Scientist where he led and managed the development of an optical CD metrology application.
He founded Kineviz Inc to connect humans with data to gain insights for better outcomes.
In 2013, he founded Kinetech Arts, a non-profit at the intersection of Art, Technology and Science which was named the Best 2014 Sci-Art Collective by SFWeekly.
Jackie O’Dowd
Jackie O’Dowd is the Founding Partner and CEO of Realising-Potential. She holds a Master’s in Leadership and Management from Curtin University.
Jackie began her career in ICT and transitioned to professional services working across multiple industries, including manufacturing, petroleum, government, health, mining, and civil construction. She has advised and consulted to numerous executive and leadership teams to remediate projects, improve and optimise their organisations through improved business architecture and data and information management practices. She also provides expert opinion for organisations that have legal disputes to settle or questions to answer.
Brian Higson
With a foundation and subsequent degree in Architecture (Building variety,) Brian has spent most of his career working in visual communication. Initially through manual drawing techniques, then a natural progression to CAD, 3D modelling, and now culminating in data science and analysis through to data visualisation, all with the single goal of delivering a common shared view through in this case Graph.
Graph is a mathematical representation of how things are connected, how networks link together, and then using graph algorithms and analytics help us understand how those connections come to be, how they evolve, and what we can infer meaning to. Its about telling the data story.