Work samples

This is a statistic of a hotel-booking platform, which contains an overview of the accumulated number of overnight stays and respectively the average number of overnight stays per booking during a certain time period, compared to the time period of the previous year. The data is aggregated by hotel chain. Target groups are travel managers of the booking companies. They were initially requested to comment on which questions on booking behaviour should be answered by the statistics. The users require data about the booking behaviour of their staff members at a glance, for example which chains were preferred compared to the previous year’s period or which chains tended to be disfavoured.

The optimized condition according to IBCS® offers a tidied and focussed presentation of the statistics. Instead of a table with separate visuals in a bar chart, the data was prepared in a condensed table format. With the help of integrated deviation diagrams, the observer recognizes immediately which hotel chain registered an increase or decrease in overnight stays and the relation in which the deviation is to be regarded.

The technical realization was completed in Microsoft Excel 2010 in combination with the SAP Design Studio v.1.6 and Graphomate v.2.3.6.

This example displays the slide of a presentation at the annual staff meeting of a company group. The slide gives information on the development of staff from 2003 to 2005, divided into departments.

The reason for a revision with IBCS® was in particular the reduction of unnecessary redundancies. Given the lack of time at the presentation, the audience should not be distracted visually from the essential information. Colours, logos and backgrounds were therefore deleted and the stacked bar chart was optimized according to the ‘Simplify Rules’. Additionally, a clearly defined message, respectively highlighted areas and linked comments give the slide significantly more validity.