Item: Tableau Desktop
Rating: 8
Author: Carlos Ochoa

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The whole organization is using Tableau as a front end. We are trying to have updated insights to accelerate decisions. It is no longer enough nor it is feasible in the long term to have people working constantly on excel graphics and PowerPoint presentations. Tableau is a good way to have reliable insights and set the work efforts where they should be.

Pros and Cons

Consolidate data
Gives a variety of graphs to choose from
Provide executive views

Connectivity with SharePoint documents and other enterprise software
Increase drag and drop functionality

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Power BI

Pretty similar.

Other Software Used

Clarity PPM (formerly CA Project Portfolio Management), Zoom

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited when you have a report that needs to be updated constantly. It is better to automate the extraction of information and create a Tableau dashboard. It is also well suited when you want to create relevant insights from raw data as it allows you to create your own measures.

Less appropriate when you have a one-time presentation. It is better to use other ways for presenting the info/insights you want.

Expensive, but good

Overall Satisfaction with Tableau Desktop

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Alternatives Considered

Other Software Used

Likelihood to Recommend

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