See the data — don’t read it.

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2 min readJul 13, 2016

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While managing multiple projects and optimizing your time and budget to the maximum, it is key to visualize all inputted for data analysis. Data inputted into the system can be used by project management tools used to visualize it into easy to understand graphs or grids. However, it is absolutely up to you to decide on the type of data visualization you prefer.

(1) Graphs

If you prefer graphs as a way to view your data input, dygraphs is an open source JavaScript charting table for handling large data. Highly interactive by using zoom, pan, and mouseover functions. Highly compatible with all browsers

Forecast.it is the most intelligent graphing tool regarding calculating costs that cannot be quantified such as the cost of servers, certifications, etc. An unlimited amount of data snapshots is enabled to show project progress over time or through a stage gate model. It is found to be one of the most interactive in adapting to historical data and gives uncertainty calculations in projects. Not only this, but it offers client profitability percentages readily to show the most valuable projects to prioritize.

(2) Charts

Datawrapper is data visualization that uses CSV files to create highly interactive charts. It is known to the go-to data visualization tools for many news organizations. It provides various chart options ranging from line charts to donut charts with exceptional graphic designs.

Highcharts allows for exporting charts to

PNG, JPG, SVG, and PDF with a broad spectrum of charts that map right out of the box. Largely used as a dashboard for internal marketing stakeholders, it is one of the handiest interactive charts that is used worldwide.

(3) Timelines

Timeline JS is a very easy to use data visualization tool which creates beautiful timelines without having to write any code. It can pull data in from different sources of media and integrate them in the timeline along with Google spreadsheet.

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