IBCS® WORKSHOP - Application of the SUCCESS formula

IBCS® WORKSHOP  ̶  Application of the SUCCESS formula

This workshop will be conducted in Croatian and English.
This workshop is precondition for attaining the IBCS® Certified Consultant certificate.

​Objectives:
Application of IBCS® standard on own reports and presentations.

​Preconditions: 
Attending IBCS® with SUCCESS - Successful reports and presentations and IBCS® Workshops.

Conditions:
The attendance fee includes training materials, lunch and refreshments during breaks. Number of places on this workshop is limited.

Day 1

Introduction

  • Summary of the one-day ‘IBCS® with SUCCESS’ training
  • Objective and overview of the two workshop days

Convey a message (SAY)

  • Elaboration of rules for building storylines, using appropriate wording, and highlighting messages
  • Individual exercise on wording

Organize content (STRUCTURE)

  • Elaboration of rules for consistent, mutually exclusive, and collectively exhaustive structuring
  • Group exercise on the improvement of poorly structured text

Choose proper visualization (EXPRESS)

  • Elaboration of rules for the proper choice of chart and table types
  • Group exercise with case studies

Avoid clutter (SIMPLIFY)

  • Elaboration of rules for a cleaner layout
  • Individual exercises on removing clutter from charts and tables

Increase information density (CONDENSE)

  • Elaboration of rules for adding data and elements to charts and tables as well as objects to screens and pages
  • Group exercise with case studies

End of day 1

Day 2

Ensure visual integrity (CHECK)

  • Elaboration of rules for avoiding misperceptions, in particular wrong scaling
  • Discussion on proper scaling for typical practical challenges

Apply semantic notation (UNIFY)

  • Elaboration of rules for a consistent semantic notation
  • Exercise: Collaborative design of an IBCS® compliant chart

Development of a corporate notation manual

  • Elaboration of the necessity and the contents of a corporate notation manual
  • Example: The HICHERT+FAISST IBCS® Notation Manual

Case studies

  • Group exercises: Design of report pages supporting given messages
  • Presentation of the results

Enabling corporate adoption of the IBCS® Standards

  • Elaboration of the requirements for corporate adoption
  • Summary and outlook

End of workshop