02686cam a2200277 i 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002500063020002200088035002100110050002200131100003000153245014900183260007100332300002300403504005400426505169600480650002602176650002402202650003302226700001702259942001202276952010702288999001302395ocn915056967OCoLCta210113s2015    paua     b    000 0 eng    a9781628250787 (pbk.)  a162825078X (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)915056967  aP93.5b.G473 20151 aGeraldi, Joana G.,d1979-10aVisuals matter! :bdesigning and using effective visual representations to support project and portfolio decisions /cJoana Geraldi, Mario Arlt.  aNewtown Square, Pa. :bProject Management Institute, Inc.,cc2015.  axi, 143 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-142).0 aIntroduction : Research problem and purpose ; Research area and approach ; Research phases ; Target audience, structure -- The challenge: project portfolio decisions : PPM context and its challenges ; Structural complexity ; Emergent complexity ; Socio-political complexity -- The opportunity: visuals : Portfolio decision as a sensemaking process ; The power of visuals ; Visuals: friends or foes? ; Research focus -- Tapping into the potential: visual literacy : Visual literacy ; Design ; Use ; User ; Relationship between visual literacy areas ; Guiding principles for visual design ; Concluding notes -- Research design : Methodological challenges ; Experimental rational ; The decision task ; Key variables and introduction to the dashboards ; Subjects ; Location and workflow of the experiment ; Validity and reliability -- Data analysis : Research questions and propositions ; Demographics ; Proposition 1. Impact of visual design on cognition and confidence ; Proposition 2. Impact of visual use on cognition and confidence ; Proposition 3. Impact of familiarity on cognition of data and confidence ; Proposition 4. Relationship between visual design, use, and user ; How do different users react to different visuals? Exploring visual preferences and adoption ; How do people use visuals? Useful visual skills ; Summary, discussion and implications of key findings -- Summary, conclusions, and recommendations : Implications for practitioners ; Implications for teaching and learning ; Implications for research ; Toward a mindful use of visuals -- Appendices : Historical overview and current trends in the literature ; Validation of relevant perspectives for portfolios ; Survey. 4aVisual communication. 4aProject management. 4aCommunication in management.1 aArlt, Mario.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oP93.5 .G473 2015pPNLIB21060362r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c548d548