If you are struggling to keep track of performance metrics and identify areas needing improvement? You will be pleased to know that you are not alone. Many people find it challenging to sift through ...

Simple column charts can hide the truth of your data, but box plots tell the full story.

Whether you employ a single part-time consultant or a dozen full-time workers, the people who work for you are your most important -- and often your most expensive -- resources. Appraising and ...

Microsoft Excel can present two series of data points together on the horizontal axis, but if the number scale for each series dramatically differs, the data will not be readable. Using a two-sided ...

Q. As a conclusion to each project, we evaluate our project time and cost estimates for accuracy. Obviously, underestimating is a problem, but over-estimating is also a problem that leads to ...

In this guide, we show you how to create a Pareto chart in Excel. Excel is the best. Though we have many free and paid alternatives, the ease with which we can create complex data sheets and perform ...

Whether presenting a project at school, delivering a critical report at work, or simply trying to make sense of your budget, graphs are efficient and visually appealing means of conveying complex ...

Excel is probably Microsoft’s most popular developer tool. With a built-in functional programming language that now supports lambdas and variables, Excel has become a tool that people build businesses ...

Viewing the distribution of related values from one entity to another is a frequent request, and that’s where Microsoft Excel floating bar charts can help. Instead of starting from the X axis, the low ...

Is your chart boring? Try Excel’s people chart to liven things up. Susan Harkins shows you how. A people chart is an infographic, which leads me to a second definition. An infographic tells a story, ...